- Coasters Trivia: The roots of the Coasters date back to 1949 with the formation of the Robins, a black vocal group, in Los Angeles. In their early years, they were affiliated with producer Johnny Otis and recorded for Savoy Records.
- Coasters Trivia: The original Coasters were: Carl Gardner (4/29/1928 - 6/12/2011), Cornell Gunter (11/14/1938 -2/26/1990) Billy Guy (6/20/1936 -11/5/2002), Will "Dub" Jones (5/14/1928 - 1/16/2000).
- Coasters Trivia: Originally from L.A. and known as the "Robins", they followed songwriters Lieber & Stoller to Atlantic Records in New York. They changed their name to show their roots "on the Coast".
- Coasters Trivia: From 1956 to 1961, the Coasters released a string of classic singles written, produced and arranged by the duo of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Songwriters Leiber & Stoller described the Coasters' style as...
- "a white kid's view of a black person's image of white society". Our songs were R&B hits that white kids were attracted to, and if people bought it, it became rock and roll.
- Coasters Trivia: They had 14 songs on the R&B charts, & eight crossed to the pop Top 40. From 1957 to 1959 the Coasters unleashed a half dozen singles, dominating the charts in one of the most formidable runs of the rock & roll era.
- Coasters Trivia: The Coasters' first recording in New York was 1958's "Yakety Yak," featuring King Curtis on tenor sax.
- Coasters Trivia: Their last Top 30 hit was1961's burlesque-dancer tribute "Little Egypt".
- Coasters Trivia: Their last single to chart single was a 1971 cover of "Love Potion Number Nine."
- Coasters Trivia: By 1971, because of gradual personnel changes, Carl Gardner was the last original member remaining in the group.
- Coasters Trivia: King Curtis, who recorded as a solo artist for Atlantic
Records in the '60s, played the famous Yakety Yak saxophone solo. - Coasters Trivia: The inspiration for Along Came Jones was a film of the
same title, a 1945 comedy-Western starring Gary Cooper and Loretta Young. - Coasters Trivia: Poison Ivy is the only hit song with the words "Calamine Lotion"in the lyrics.
- Coasters Trivia: In 1956, Elvis covered Leiber & Stoller's Hound Dog. Stoller, just returning from a cruise, was met by an excited Jerry Leiber who said: "We have a smash hit, by some white kid named Elvis".
