Pop Chronicles Interviews #69 - Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
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- How they got together, how they got interested in rhythm and blues when they did; whether it was unusual for white artists to be writing blues; musical training; first record they did together; first commercial success 0:05:04
- "Hound Dog" (Big Mama Thornton); time frame between "Hound Dog" and "Smokey Joe's Cafe"; "K.C. Loving"; "Hound Dog" (Elvis) and backlash; whether lyrics or music happen first; how they work together; did they know Elvis was going to do "Hound Dog"; their favorite songwriters; contrast with songwriting and form at the time (1968) 0:08:52
- Beatles; Lennon and McCartney's songwriting; reception from critics; other songwriters they liked; question of inspiration from other artists 0:06:06
- Affiliation with Atlantic; Spark Records; "Smokey Joe's Cafe"; The Coasters; storytelling songs; "Idol with the Golden Head" 0:08:07
- Role with Coasters, other artists at Atlantic; use of strings; The Drifters; Elvis Presley movies; Elvis' music and impact 0:05:53
- Elvis continued; question of whether there would have been a rock revolution without Elvis; what people are doing differently now (1968) as opposed to in 1957; Tommy Dowd; other reminiscences about Atlantic; time spent in studio then versus now; A&R men 0:07:51
- Philosophy about producing and writing combined; why they became producers; importance of producers over time; rising importance of technicians; managers as producers; questions about "most aesthetically pleasing" examples of their own works; why R&B caught on in mid-50s with white kids; decisions on "raunchy" content 0:09:25
- White teen audience and lessening of raunchy content; overall quality of "sexy" songs; role of radio in conscientiousness about content; favorites of their own songs; "Spanish Harlem" 0:04:56
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Pop Chronicles Interviews #69 - Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, audio recording, August 15, 1968; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703855/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.