fliped with ''Charlie Brown'' issued on Atco Records in 1959 The foursome was created September 28, 1955 from the nucleus of the Los Angeles, California based vocal sextet the Robins, originally recording since 1949 with Bobby Nunn - born September 20, 1925 in Birmingham, Alabama - as bass/lead singer. It was the young producing-composing team of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, who with manager-salesman Lester Sill persuaded Bobby Nunn and Carl Gardner, lead tenor vocalist with the Robins from 1954 on Leiber-Stoller´s tiny Spark label in L.A., to leave that group and launch the Coasters. Gardner - born April 29, 1928 in Tyler, Texas - is still the Coasters´ spokesman and coach today (and sang lead with the group for 50 years). The Robins´ West Coast hits from Spark were later issued on Coasters compilations (a.o. RIOT IN CELL BLOCK #9 and SMOKEY JOE´S CAFE). Attracted by the success of SMOKEY JOE´S CAFE with Gardner on lead vocal, Atlantic Records signed an independent producer-composer contract with Leiber & Stoller on September 28, 1955. Two hand-chosen Californians, Billy Guy (a young, slick baritone, born June 20, 1936 in Itasca, Texas) from the duo Bip & Bop, and Leon Hughes (born August 26, 1932 in Los Angeles County), completed the original Coasters line-up. They were contracted to Atlantic´s new subsidiary Atco Records. Through the Coasters Leiber-Stoller launched some of the most entertaining songs of the ´50s. The first Coasters´ recording was DOWN IN MEXICO from January 11, 1956. The record became a "sleeper" R&B; hit - followed by the minor Pop hit ONE KISS LED TO ANOTHER. The group now hit the road for national promotion and produced R&B;´s most famous double-sided smash in 1957 (with Gardner and Guy lead singers on one side each). YOUNG BLOOD (the original A-side) hit the national R&B; Best Seller Chart #1 on June 3 and the week after its flip, SEARCHIN´, occupied that same spot for a further 12 weeks and also went to #1 on the R&B; Disc Jockey and Juke Box Charts (with YOUNG BLOOD at # 2). Both titles also became national Pop Top Ten hits, staying on the charts for half a year. This success stands as a rather unique achievement in American music history. After three less successful, but exciting issues, (a.o. IDOL WITH THE GOLDEN HEAD) the Coasters reformed and - with Jerry & Mike - moved from the West Coast to New York. Bobby Nunn and Leon Hughes stayed in California, where Nunn later launched his own "The Coasters, Mark II". Nunn died of heart failure on November 5, 1986 in Los Angeles. His group, now led by Billy Richards Jr, continued to tour as "Billy Richards´ Coasters", and Hughes also started his own off-shoot Coasters group, "The World Famous Coasters" aka "The Original Coasters". Two new group members were recruited by the Coasters´ prolific manager Lester Sill and shared leads on the first New York Coasters Atco effort, ZING! WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART (a beach music classic today). Both new-comers were former L.A. experienced group singers - Will "Dub" Jones, successful bass lead with the Cadets, born in Shreveport, Louisiana on May 14, 1928; and Cornell Gunter, lead with the Flairs, born November 14, 1936 in Coffeyville, Kansas. The two joined Gardner and Guy to establish the classic New York quartet that recorded all the other famous Coasters´ golden million sellers: YAKETY YAK (a #1 Pop and R&B; hit in 1958, which received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999), CHARLIE BROWN (Pop and R%B #2) and ALONG CAME JONES ( Pop #9) in 1959 and the double-sider POISON IVY (R&B; # 1, Pop #7) b/w I´M A HOG FOR YOU. The classic Coasters had a fifth member in guitarist Adolph Jacobs, born April 15, 1939 Sabine, East Texas, who was succeeded by a Coasters employee, Sonny Forriest, on WHAT ABOUT US b/w RUN RED RUN, which was the last single of the highly successful year of 1959. The productions of the Coasters´ Atco recordings were far superior to any contemporary group efforts (using the best musicians available, especially Texan King Curtis´ fruity sax breaks) with the lyrics neatly deriding aspects of teenage and/or black ghetto life. The group also worked out hilarious stage routines and became the most professional act in late ´50s Rhythm & Blues and early ´60s International Pop. In 1960 the Coasters hit with WAKE ME, SHAKE ME and waxed one of their all-time greatest recordings, SHOPPIN´ FOR CLOTHES (with Guy and Jones sharing lead vocals). That year they also released their under-rated, but qualitative "One By One" LP. In 1961 they hit with WAIT A MINUTE (recorded in 1957). After the group´s last U.S. Pop Top 30 hit entry, LITTLE EGYPT (Ying-Yang), Cornell Gunter left the group in June, 1961. He formed his own "Fabulous Coasters" a couple of years later. Gunter died in his car by a gun shot from an unknown in Las Vegas on January 26, 1990. Remnants of his group tour as "The Original Cornell Gunter Coasters". The famous former lead of the Cadillacs, Earl "Speed

fliped with ''Charlie Brown'' issued on Atco Records in 1959 The foursome was created September 28, 1955 from the nucleus of the Los Angeles, California based vocal sextet the Robins, originally recording since 1949 with Bobby Nunn - born September 20, 1925 in Birmingham, Alabama - as bass/lead singer. It was the young producing-composing team of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, who with manager-salesman Lester Sill persuaded Bobby Nunn and Carl Gardner, lead tenor vocalist with the Robins from 1954 on Leiber-Stoller´s tiny Spark label in L.A., to leave that group and launch the Coasters. Gardner - born April 29, 1928 in Tyler, Texas - is still the Coasters´ spokesman and coach today (and sang lead with the group for 50 years). The Robins´ West Coast hits from Spark were later issued on Coasters compilations (a.o. RIOT IN CELL BLOCK #9 and SMOKEY JOE´S CAFE). Attracted by the success of SMOKEY JOE´S CAFE with Gardner on lead vocal, Atlantic Records signed an independent producer-composer contract with Leiber & Stoller on September 28, 1955. Two hand-chosen Californians, Billy Guy (a young, slick baritone, born June 20, 1936 in Itasca, Texas) from the duo Bip & Bop, and Leon Hughes (born August 26, 1932 in Los Angeles County), completed the original Coasters line-up. They were contracted to Atlantic´s new subsidiary Atco Records. Through the Coasters Leiber-Stoller launched some of the most entertaining songs of the ´50s. The first Coasters´ recording was DOWN IN MEXICO from January 11, 1956. The record became a "sleeper" R&B; hit - followed by the minor Pop hit ONE KISS LED TO ANOTHER. The group now hit the road for national promotion and produced R&B;´s most famous double-sided smash in 1957 (with Gardner and Guy lead singers on one side each). YOUNG BLOOD (the original A-side) hit the national R&B; Best Seller Chart #1 on June 3 and the week after its flip, SEARCHIN´, occupied that same spot for a further 12 weeks and also went to #1 on the R&B; Disc Jockey and Juke Box Charts (with YOUNG BLOOD at # 2). Both titles also became national Pop Top Ten hits, staying on the charts for half a year. This success stands as a rather unique achievement in American music history. After three less successful, but exciting issues, (a.o. IDOL WITH THE GOLDEN HEAD) the Coasters reformed and - with Jerry & Mike - moved from the West Coast to New York. Bobby Nunn and Leon Hughes stayed in California, where Nunn later launched his own "The Coasters, Mark II". Nunn died of heart failure on November 5, 1986 in Los Angeles. His group, now led by Billy Richards Jr, continued to tour as "Billy Richards´ Coasters", and Hughes also started his own off-shoot Coasters group, "The World Famous Coasters" aka "The Original Coasters". Two new group members were recruited by the Coasters´ prolific manager Lester Sill and shared leads on the first New York Coasters Atco effort, ZING! WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART (a beach music classic today). Both new-comers were former L.A. experienced group singers - Will "Dub" Jones, successful bass lead with the Cadets, born in Shreveport, Louisiana on May 14, 1928; and Cornell Gunter, lead with the Flairs, born November 14, 1936 in Coffeyville, Kansas. The two joined Gardner and Guy to establish the classic New York quartet that recorded all the other famous Coasters´ golden million sellers: YAKETY YAK (a #1 Pop and R&B; hit in 1958, which received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999), CHARLIE BROWN (Pop and R%B #2) and ALONG CAME JONES ( Pop #9) in 1959 and the double-sider POISON IVY (R&B; # 1, Pop #7) b/w I´M A HOG FOR YOU. The classic Coasters had a fifth member in guitarist Adolph Jacobs, born April 15, 1939 Sabine, East Texas, who was succeeded by a Coasters employee, Sonny Forriest, on WHAT ABOUT US b/w RUN RED RUN, which was the last single of the highly successful year of 1959. The productions of the Coasters´ Atco recordings were far superior to any contemporary group efforts (using the best musicians available, especially Texan King Curtis´ fruity sax breaks) with the lyrics neatly deriding aspects of teenage and/or black ghetto life. The group also worked out hilarious stage routines and became the most professional act in late ´50s Rhythm & Blues and early ´60s International Pop. In 1960 the Coasters hit with WAKE ME, SHAKE ME and waxed one of their all-time greatest recordings, SHOPPIN´ FOR CLOTHES (with Guy and Jones sharing lead vocals). That year they also released their under-rated, but qualitative "One By One" LP. In 1961 they hit with WAIT A MINUTE (recorded in 1957). After the group´s last U.S. Pop Top 30 hit entry, LITTLE EGYPT (Ying-Yang), Cornell Gunter left the group in June, 1961. He formed his own "Fabulous Coasters" a couple of years later. Gunter died in his car by a gun shot from an unknown in Las Vegas on January 26, 1990. Remnants of his group tour as "The Original Cornell Gunter Coasters". The famous former lead of the Cadillacs, Earl "Speed

fliped with ''Charlie Brown'' issued on Atco Records in 1959 The foursome was created September 28, 1955 from the nucleus of the Los Angeles, California based vocal sextet the Robins, originally recording since 1949 with Bobby Nunn - born September 20, 1925 in Birmingham, Alabama - as bass/lead singer. It was the young producing-composing team of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, who with manager-salesman Lester Sill persuaded Bobby Nunn and Carl Gardner, lead tenor vocalist with the Robins from 1954 on Leiber-Stoller´s tiny Spark label in L.A., to leave that group and launch the Coasters. Gardner - born April 29, 1928 in Tyler, Texas - is still the Coasters´ spokesman and coach today (and sang lead with the group for 50 years). The Robins´ West Coast hits from Spark were later issued on Coasters compilations (a.o. RIOT IN CELL BLOCK #9 and SMOKEY JOE´S CAFE). Attracted by the success of SMOKEY JOE´S CAFE with Gardner on lead vocal, Atlantic Records signed an independent producer-composer contract with Leiber & Stoller on September 28, 1955. Two hand-chosen Californians, Billy Guy (a young, slick baritone, born June 20, 1936 in Itasca, Texas) from the duo Bip & Bop, and Leon Hughes (born August 26, 1932 in Los Angeles County), completed the original Coasters line-up. They were contracted to Atlantic´s new subsidiary Atco Records. Through the Coasters Leiber-Stoller launched some of the most entertaining songs of the ´50s. The first Coasters´ recording was DOWN IN MEXICO from January 11, 1956. The record became a "sleeper" R&B; hit - followed by the minor Pop hit ONE KISS LED TO ANOTHER. The group now hit the road for national promotion and produced R&B;´s most famous double-sided smash in 1957 (with Gardner and Guy lead singers on one side each). YOUNG BLOOD (the original A-side) hit the national R&B; Best Seller Chart #1 on June 3 and the week after its flip, SEARCHIN´, occupied that same spot for a further 12 weeks and also went to #1 on the R&B; Disc Jockey and Juke Box Charts (with YOUNG BLOOD at # 2). Both titles also became national Pop Top Ten hits, staying on the charts for half a year. This success stands as a rather unique achievement in American music history. After three less successful, but exciting issues, (a.o. IDOL WITH THE GOLDEN HEAD) the Coasters reformed and - with Jerry & Mike - moved from the West Coast to New York. Bobby Nunn and Leon Hughes stayed in California, where Nunn later launched his own "The Coasters, Mark II". Nunn died of heart failure on November 5, 1986 in Los Angeles. His group, now led by Billy Richards Jr, continued to tour as "Billy Richards´ Coasters", and Hughes also started his own off-shoot Coasters group, "The World Famous Coasters" aka "The Original Coasters". Two new group members were recruited by the Coasters´ prolific manager Lester Sill and shared leads on the first New York Coasters Atco effort, ZING! WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART (a beach music classic today). Both new-comers were former L.A. experienced group singers - Will "Dub" Jones, successful bass lead with the Cadets, born in Shreveport, Louisiana on May 14, 1928; and Cornell Gunter, lead with the Flairs, born November 14, 1936 in Coffeyville, Kansas. The two joined Gardner and Guy to establish the classic New York quartet that recorded all the other famous Coasters´ golden million sellers: YAKETY YAK (a #1 Pop and R&B; hit in 1958, which received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999), CHARLIE BROWN (Pop and R%B #2) and ALONG CAME JONES ( Pop #9) in 1959 and the double-sider POISON IVY (R&B; # 1, Pop #7) b/w I´M A HOG FOR YOU. The classic Coasters had a fifth member in guitarist Adolph Jacobs, born April 15, 1939 Sabine, East Texas, who was succeeded by a Coasters employee, Sonny Forriest, on WHAT ABOUT US b/w RUN RED RUN, which was the last single of the highly successful year of 1959. The productions of the Coasters´ Atco recordings were far superior to any contemporary group efforts (using the best musicians available, especially Texan King Curtis´ fruity sax breaks) with the lyrics neatly deriding aspects of teenage and/or black ghetto life. The group also worked out hilarious stage routines and became the most professional act in late ´50s Rhythm & Blues and early ´60s International Pop. In 1960 the Coasters hit with WAKE ME, SHAKE ME and waxed one of their all-time greatest recordings, SHOPPIN´ FOR CLOTHES (with Guy and Jones sharing lead vocals). That year they also released their under-rated, but qualitative "One By One" LP. In 1961 they hit with WAIT A MINUTE (recorded in 1957). After the group´s last U.S. Pop Top 30 hit entry, LITTLE EGYPT (Ying-Yang), Cornell Gunter left the group in June, 1961. He formed his own "Fabulous Coasters" a couple of years later. Gunter died in his car by a gun shot from an unknown in Las Vegas on January 26, 1990. Remnants of his group tour as "The Original Cornell Gunter Coasters". The famous former lead of the Cadillacs, Earl "Speed