LEIBER AND STOLLER WON'T LEAVE.

I know I just posted the Coasters a while back but here's a couple curiosities. Songs by Leiber and Stoller that were hits by the Coasters but recorded earlier by women. "Down In Mexico" by Ella Mae Morse and "Riot In Cell Block #9" by Vicki Young. Both awesome, more rhythm and blues than doo wop. As a bonus, an early version of "Hound Dog" (also written by Leiber and Stoller) by Freddy Bell and the Bellboys that pre-dates Elvis's version (not sure about Big Mama Thornton's). All three of these are pre-1956 because they're from Leiber and Stoller's California era, before they exploded back East with the Coasters and others.

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Listen:
Ella Mae Morse - Down In Mexico mp3 at Internet Archive
Vicki Young - Riot In Cell Block #9 mp3 at Internet Archive
Freddy Bell and the Bellboys - Hound Dog mp3 at Internet Archive