Charles Brown - Hard Times, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, March, 1952

   March, 1952 - Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, still in their late teens, write their first hit "Hard Times" for R&B star Charles Brown, as well as the rock classic "Kansas City". Their work as writers and producers over the next decade will result in countless hits for dozens of musical legends.

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Charles Brown
1950
04/1950
My Baby's Gone - 6 R&B
1951
02/1951
Black Night - 1 R&B
07/1951
I'll Always Be in Love with You - 7 R&B
10/1951
Seven Long Days - 2 R&B
1952
03/1952
Hard Times - 7 R&B

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

Jerry Leiber with Mike Stoller, 1952y

Mike Stoller, Elvis Presley and Jerry Leiber Looking over the sheet music 

for Jailhouse Rock, June, 1957.

Elvis Presley with songwriters Leiber and Stoller looking over the sheet music for Jailhouse Rock at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in June, 1957 in Culver City, California

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Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller - written

1. 03/1952

Hard Times by Charles Brown - 7 R&B

2. 1953

Hound Dog by Willie Mae Big Mama Thornton - 1 R&B

3. 10/1954

(Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin by The Cheers - 15 US

4. 01/1955

Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin') by The Charms - 15 R&B

5. 09/1955 

Black Denim Trousers by The Cheers - 6 US

6. 11/1955

Black Denim Trousers by Vaughn Monroe - 38 US

7. 12/1955

Smokey Joe's Cafe by The Robins - 79 US, 10 R&B

8. 12/1955

I Want to Do More by Ruth Brown - 3 R&B

9. 1956

The Chicken and the Hawk (Up, Up and Away) by Joe Turner - 7 R&B

10. 03/1956

Down in Mexico by The Coasters - 8 R&B

11. 05/1956

Ruby Baby by The Drifters - 10 R&B

12. 08/1956

Hound Dog by Elvis Presley - 1 US, 1 country, 1 R&B, 2 UK

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