Riot in Cell Block No. 9

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Riot in Cell Block No. 9

song by Leiber and Stoller

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the Coasters
…Leiber and Mike Stoller (“Riot in Cell Block No. 9” and “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”). In 1955, with a change in personnel (most notably the loss of Richard Berry, who would later write the rock classic “Louie, Louie”), they became the Coasters. The group had a series of rock-and-roll hits—largely…
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…Leiber and Mike Stoller (“Riot in Cell Block No. 9” and “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”). In 1955, with a change in personnel (most notably the loss of Richard Berry, who would later write the rock classic “Louie, Louie”), they became the Coasters. The group had a series of rock-and-roll hits—largely…
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