Jerry Leiber: A few of his many hits

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'Too Much Jelly Roll,' Floyd Dixon (1951)'Hard Times,' Charles Brown (1952)"K.C. Lovin'," Little Willie Littlefield (1952)'Smokey Joe's Cafe,' The Robins (1955)'Hound Dog,' Elvis Presley (1956)'Ruby Baby,' The Drifters (1956)'Yakety Yak, The Coasters (1958)'Alligator Wine,' Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1958)'Stand By Me,' Ben E. King (1961)'Love Potion No. 9,' The Clovers (1959)'I Keep Forgetting,' Chuck Jackson (1962)'Is That All there Is,' Peggy Lee (1969)

Recorded in 1951 by legendary blues and piano player Floyd Dixon, Jerry Leiber's sexually suggestive tune "Too Much Jelly Roll" was right at home with other Dixon good-time jump blues, including innuendo-filled songs such as "Red Cherries," "Wine Wine Wine" and "Baby Let's Go Down to the Woods."<br>
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Key lyric: "My brother died last week, doctor said he was ill, too much jelly roll up and got him killed. Too much jelly roll ain't good for a good man's soul."

'Too Much Jelly Roll,' Floyd Dixon (1951)

Recorded in 1951 by legendary blues and piano player Floyd Dixon, Jerry Leiber's sexually suggestive tune "Too Much Jelly Roll" was right at home with other Dixon good-time jump blues, including innuendo-filled songs such as "Red Cherries," "Wine Wine Wine" and "Baby Let's Go Down to the Woods."

Key lyric: "My brother died last week, doctor said he was ill, too much jelly roll up and got him killed. Too much jelly roll ain't good for a good man's soul."

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