2008/12/16

MUSICAL REVIVES PIONEER ROCK AND ROLL COMPOSERS' SONGS


(the musical is called Smokey Joe's Café)

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller teamed up in 1950 to write music, and went on the compose some of the biggest rock and roll hits of the 20th century, including Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog."
When rock and roll took the world by storm, Leiber and Stoller were at the center of the storm.

(2008 Dec 9 / Mike O'Sullivan) 17b
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-09-voa2.cfm