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"Those Hoodlum Friends" - "The Clown Princes of Rock īNī Roll", The Coasters were the first vocal group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987. They have appeared in 6 major movies and have amassed over 100 million record sales in their career. The foursome was created in October, 1955 from the nucleus of the Los Angeles, California based vocal sextet "the Robins". It was the young producing-composing team of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, who with manager-salesman, Lester Sill, persuaded Bobby Nunn and Carl Gardner, to leave that group and launch the Coasters. 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. Two hand-chosen Californians, Billy Guy and Leon Hughes, completed the original Coasters line-up. They were contracted to Atlanticīs new subsidiary, Atco Records. Through the Coasters, Leiber-Stoller
launched some of the most entertaining songs of the ī50s. The first
Coastersī recording was "Down In Mexico" on 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&Bīs most famous double-sided smash in 1957. "Young Blood" (the original
A-side) was an R&B Juke Box No. 1 hit, and a No. 2 hit on the R&B Disc
Jockey chart, while the flip side, "Searchinī", which occupied the No. 1
spot on the R&B Best Seller chart for thirteen weeks, and lasted No. 1 on
the R&B Disc Jockey chart for seven weeks. Both titles also became
national Pop Top Ten hits, staying on the charts for half a year. Leon Hughes, an original member of The
Coasters, continues to tour around the world to audiences of all
ages. He is currently launching a series of concerts in Las Vegas.
Check back for times and places! Live at the Avi Resort & Casino in Laughlin, NV Live in Los Angeles, CA Video Clip 1957 Live Concert *To Download Video and Audio Clips, right click on the link and then click on "Save Target As" to a folder on your computer. Leon Hughes - An Original Member of the Coasters - Live Pt.1 Leon Hughes - An Original Member of the Coasters - Live Pt.2 Leon Hughes - An Original Member of the Coasters - Live Pt.3 Leon Hughes - An Original Member of the Coasters - Live Pt.4 Leon Hughes - An Original Member of the Coasters - Live Pt.5 Leon Hughes - An Original Member of the Coasters - Live Pt.6 __________________________________ TurboProductions.orga division of Turbo Productions, Inc. Apdo. 1965-4010 Alajuela, Costa Rica Tel: + (506) 2430-7621 Đ 1995-200 8 All Rights Reserved |