Monday, August 22, 2011
Jerry Leiber
the lyric half of the songwriting team Leiber & Stoller, has died at age 78. They had their first hit before they were twenty. Hound Dog. Kansas City, Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown,. Riot in Cell Block #9. Love Potion #9. Jailhouse Rock. Don't. Poison Ivy. Is That All There Is?
Nickolas Ashford, half of the songwriting, producing, performing, & married duo with Valerie Simpson, also died. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Nickolas Ashford, half of the songwriting, producing, performing, & married duo with Valerie Simpson, also died. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
