Ted Tocks Covers

Hound Dog

Originally posted on July 2, 2018

70 years ago today Elvis Presley appeared on the ‘Milton Berle Show’. He performed ‘Hound Dog’.

“When they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah, they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine”

#JerryLeiber #mikestoller #bigmamathornton #elvispresley  #forrestgump

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2018/07/02/hound-dog/

@tc_morekindness This Leiber/Stoller composition was her last major hit. She even won a Grammy ("Best Contemporary Vocal Perfomance") for it.

The song was put to good use in the Martin Scorsese movie "After Hours" back in the 1980s. That's where I heard it for the first time.

#PeggyLee #JerryLeiber #MikeStoller #MartinScorsese

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #EndingCredits. Here's what I came up with:

Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is? (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLeSyb_ZEa8

Sandra Barry: The End of the Line (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpy7gxheL98

Solomon Burke: Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFawKuhQIpE

O.V. Wright: When You Took Your Love From Me (1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vXCAyjFc3E

The Impressions: This Must End (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wx1rNws1aM

#PeggyLee #SandraBarry #SolomonBurke #OVWright #Impressions #CurtisMayfield #JerryLeiber #MikeStoller #BertBerns #TonyHatch

Ted Tocks Covers

Yakety Yak

Originally posted on February 7, 2021

On this day in 1971, legendary saxophone player King Curtis Ousley was stabbed to death by a vagrant outside of his New York City home.

“Don't you give me no dirty looks
Your father's hip, he knows what cooks
Just tell your hoodlum friend outside
You ain't got time to take a ride
Yakety yak (don't talk back)”

#TheCoasters #JerryLeiber #MikeStoller #KingCurtis #DuaneAllman #TheAllmanBrothersBand

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2021/02/07/yakety-yak-a-brief-celebration-of-a-legendary-sax-player-musicislife-tedtockscovers-thecoasters-jerryleiber-mikestoller-kingcurtis-duaneallman-theallmanbrothersband-leescratchperry-shanan/

‘Stand By Me’ Song Getting Feature Documentary Treatment
#Documentary #BenEKing #JerryLeiber #Meteor17 #MikeStoller #StandByMe

https://deadline.com/2023/11/stand-by-me-song-documentary-1235613465/

Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, And Ben E. King Song “Stand By Me” To Be Focus Of J. Kevin Swain Documentary To Release In 2025
#Documentary #BenEKing #JerryLeiber #Meteor17 #MikeStoller #StandByMe

https://deadline.com/2023/11/jerry-leiber-mike-stoller-ben-e-king-song-stand-by-me-focus-j-kevin-swain-documentary-1235613465/

Ted Tocks Covers

Kansas City

Originally posted on August 22, 2021

A short celebration of the songwriting brilliance of Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber. Leiber died on this day in 2011.

“Well, I might take a train
I might take a plane
But if I have to walk
I'm going just the same

I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come”

#JerryLeiber #MikeStoller #WilbertHarrison #LittleWillieLittlefield #LittleRichard #TheBeatles

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2021/08/22/kansas-city-exploring-the-songwriting-genius-of-jerryleiber-and-mikestoller-musicislife-tedtockscovers-wilbertharrison-littlewillielittlefield-littlerichard-thebeatles/

Ted Tocks Covers

Kansas City

Originally posted on August 22, 2021

Songwriter #JerryLeiber would have turned 90 years old today. Here are a few songs that he and #MikeStoller wrote together over a few decades.

"Well, I might take a train
I might take a plane
But if I have to walk
I'm going just the same
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come"

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2021/08/22/kansas-city-exploring-the-songwriting-genius-of-jerryleiber-and-mikestoller-musicislife-tedtockscovers-wilbertharrison-littlewillielittlefield-littlerichard-thebeatles/