50 Coastin' Classics

100 Greatest American Albums of All Time (100 music items)

"Rock’s most enduring novelty hits When L.A. vocal group the Robins met East Coast writer/producers Leiber & Stoller, they struck R&B gold. Driven by riotous King Curtis sax, the renamed quartet’s late-’50s hits — four R&B chart-toppers, including “Searchin’ ” and “Poison Ivy” — mixed ghetto narratives with zany wit. Standout tracks: “Charlie Brown,” “Yakety Yak”"

500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! (500 music items)

"Aided by rock’s first great writer-producer team, Leiber and Stoller, the Coasters transformed doo-wop/R&B; vocal harmonizing into a string of pioneering and funny rock & roll smashes. If they were starting out now, they’d be a hip-hop Sum 41. Standout track: “Charlie Brown""