{|Jerry Leiber|} and {|Mike Stoller|}'s songwriting and production talents were top-notch, and their '50s and early-'60s hits with the likes of {|the Coasters|}, {|the Drifters|}, and others are classics from top to bottom -- as songs, as performance... Read more

{|Jerry Leiber|} and {|Mike Stoller|}'s songwriting and production talents were top-notch, and their '50s and early-'60s hits with the likes of {|the Coasters|}, {|the Drifters|}, and others are classics from top to bottom -- as songs, as performances, and as wonderfully produced records. This fun set collects several of them, including the original version of {|Hound Dog|} by {|Big Mama Thornton|}, {|the Drifters|}' magnificent {|There Goes My Baby,|} {|Aretha Franklin|}'s stellar {|Spanish Harlem,|} and {|Ben E. King|}'s {|Stand by Me.|} It's just the tip of the iceberg, naturally, but it's a fun and classic set from first to last. {|Leiber & Stoller|} were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. This is why. ~ Steve Leggett Less