The Coasters 1958-??-??
Atlantic Studios, 234 West 56th Street, New York, NY

Set 1
01. Charlie Brown (outtake)
02. I'm a Hog For You (Yea Yea) (takes 6-7 false starts, take 8 complete)
03. Hey Sexy (master)
04. Riding Hood (take 4 false start, take 5)
05. The Shadow Knows (take 2 outtake)
06. Yakety Yak (take 5 outtake)
07. I'm a Hog For You Baby (undubbed master)
08. The Climb (master)
09. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart (false start/master)
10. Sorry, But I'm Gonna Have to Pass (master)
11. Riding Hood (take 28 unreleased fast version)
12. Three Cool Cats (take 11 false start, take 12 master)
13. Hey Sexy (unreleased alternate arrangement)
14. I'm a Hog For You Baby (unreleased slow version)
15. Charlie Brown (master)
16. Stewball (take 10 false start, take 11 master)
17. Riding Hood (master)
18. Crocodile (master)
19. Three Cool Cats (unreleased alternate arrangement)
20. The Shadow Knows (master)
21. I'm a Hog for You Baby (take 5 outtake)
22. Yakety Yak (master)
23. My Baby Comes to Me (mono outtake)
24. Soda Pop (mono unreleased)

Set 2


Set 3


Comment
"The Clown Princes of Rock N Roll" (studio sessions)

tracks 1, 3, 13, 15: 12/11/58; Carl Gardner, lead/tenor; Billy Guy, baritone/lead-1;Will "Dub" Jones, bass/lead-2; Cornelius (Cornel) "Cornell" Gunter, tenor/second lead-3 - with Mike Stoller,arr; James "Taft" Jordan and Red Solomon,tpts; Eddie Bert,tbn; King Curtis,ts-5; Adolph Jacobs and Don Arnone,gtrs; Milt Hinton,bs; Belton Evans,dms. Tom Dowd,eng; Leiber-Stoller,prod. (Atlantic Studios, 234 West 56th Street, NY)

tracks 2, 5, 7, 10, 18, 20: 8/8/58; Carl Gardner, lead/tenor; Billy Guy, baritone/lead-1;Will "Dub" Jones, bass/lead-2; Cornelius (Cornel) "Cornell" Gunter, tenor/second lead-3 - with Mike Stoller,arr/pno; King Curtis,ts; Adolph Jacobs,gtr; Alan Hanlon and/or George Barnes,gtrs; Wendell Marshall or Abie Baker,bs; Joe Marshall or poss. Gary Chester,dms; prob. Francisco "Chino" Pozo,congas. Tom Dowd,eng; Leiber-Stoller,prod. (Atlantic Studios, 234 West 56th Street, NY)

tracks 4, 11, 17: 12/7/60; Carl Gardner, lead/tenor; Billy Guy, baritone/lead-1;Will "Dub" Jones, bass/lead-2; Cornelius (Cornel) "Cornell" Gunter, tenor/second lead-3 - with Plas Johnson,ts; Jewell Grant,bars; Ernie Freeman,pno; Sonny Forriest and Rene Hall,gtrs; Eddie Williams,bs; Melvin Pollan,dms. Lester Sill and Lee Hazlewood,prod. (Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA)

tracks 6, 9, 12, 16, 19: 3/17/58 Carl Gardner, lead/tenor; Billy Guy, baritone/lead-1;Will "Dub" Jones, bass/lead-2; Cornelius (Cornel) "Cornell" Gunter, tenor/second lead-3 - with Mike Stoller,arr/pno; "King" Curtis Ousley,ts; Clifton "Skeeter" Best,bjo; Adolph Jacobs and Alan (Allen) Hanlon,gtrs; Lloyd Trotman or Wendell Marshall,bs; Joe Marshall,dms; Francisco "Chino" Pozo,congas; Reggie Obrecht,dir. Tom Dowd,eng; Leiber-Stoller,prod. (Atlantic Studios, 234 West 56th Street, NY)

track 8: 7/31/62; Carl Gardner, lead/tenor; Billy Guy, baritone/lead-1; Will "Dub" Jones, bass/lead-2; Earl "Speedo" Carroll, tenor/lead-3 - with Mike Stoller,arr/elpno; Alan Lorber,dir; unknown strings; Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb and Lamar Wright,tpts; Harry DiVito,tbn; prob. Buddy Lucas or poss. King Curtis,ts(lead ts-5); Thomas "Curley" Palmer, Billy Butler and John "Bucky" Pizzarelli,gtrs; Al Lucas,bs; Gary Chester,dms. Leiber-Stoller,prod. (unknown studio)

track 23: 7/24/57; Carl Gardner, lead/tenor; Billy Guy, baritone/lead-1; Bobby Nunn, bass; Leon Hughes, tenor - with Mike Stoller,arr/pno; Floyd McDaniel,gtr; Willie Dixon and/or Louis Meyers,bs; Fred Below,dms. Jack Weiner,eng; Leiber-Stoller,prod. (Sheldon Recording Studio, 2120 Michigan Avenue [Chess Building], Chicago IL)

track 24: 1960's Coca-Cola commercial, unknown studio

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Updated At
Thu Nov 24 2005 15:46:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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