YEAR
1987
INDUCTED BY
Brian Wilson
CATEGORY
Ahmet Ertegun Award
The songwriting duo wrote scores of early rock and roll classics.
Leiber and Stoller’s sixty-year partnership yielded such hits as “Stand By Me,” “Hound Dog,” “Yakety-Yak” and “Young Blood.” Practically every song they touch turned to gold.
Jerry Leiber
Mike Stoller
HALL OF FAME
ESSAY
By Michael Hill
When rock and roll itself was still a baby, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were among its youthful prodigies. Beginning with their 1952 breakthrough, a catchy blues romp called “K. C. Loving,” Leiber and Stoller rapidly grew into one of the most prolific and creative teams in music’s history.
Had they done nothing more than turn out a stream of songs for Elvis Presley – “Love Me,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Treat Me Nice,” “You’re So Square (Baby 1 Don’t Care)” — Leiber and Stoller would rank among the most renowned composers of the rock and roll era.
