The Coasters were formed on October 12, 1955, when two of The Robins, a Los Angeles–based rhythm-and-blues group, joined Atlantic Records. They were dubbed The Coasters because they went from the west coast to the east. The Robins included Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn. The original Coasters were Gardner, Nunn, Billy Guy, Leon Hughes (who was replaced by Young Jessie on a couple of their early Los Angeles recordings), and the guitarist Adolph Jacobs. Jacobs left the group in 1959.
The songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller started Spark Records and in 1955 produced "Smokey Joe's Cafe" for the Robins (their sixth single with Leiber and Stoller). The record was popular enough for Atlantic Records to offer Leiber and Stoller an independent production contract to produce the Robins for Atlantic. Only two of the Robins—Gardner and Nunn—were willing to make the move to Atlantic, recording their first songs in the same studio as the Robins had done (Master Recorders). In late 1957, Nunn and Hughes moved to New York and joined with Cornell Gunter and Will "Dub" Jones to form The Coasters. The new quartet was from then on stationed in New York, although all had Los Angeles roots.
The Coasters' association with Leiber and Stoller was an immediate success. Together they created a string of good-humored "storytelling" hits that are some of the most entertaining from the original era of rock and roll. According to Leiber and Stoller, getting the humor to come through on the records often required more recording "takes" than for a typical musical number.
1 Smokey Joe's Cafe
2 Down In Mexico
3 Turtle Dovin
4 One Kiss Led To Another
5 Brazil
6 Searchin
7 Young Blood
8 Lola
9 Idol With The Golden Head
10 (When She Wants Good Lovin') My Baby Comes To Me
11 Sweet Georgia Brown
12 What Is The Secret Of Your Success?
13 Dance!
14 Gee, Golly
15 Yakety Yak
16 Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
17 The Shadow Knows
18 Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass
19 Charlie Brown
20 Three Cool Cats
21 Along Came Jones
22 That Is Rock And Roll
23 Poison Ivy
24 I'm A Hog For You
25 Run Red Run
26 What About Us
The Coasters
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