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)

One could easily argue that this is the best-known Leiber and Stoller composition as "Stand By Me" has been tackled by artists as diverse as Sonny & Cher, Tracy Chapman, Meat Loaf, Jordin Sparks and John Legend. King's orchestral-soul original remains the signature take, however, and it topped the charts a second time when a film of the same name was released in 1986.<br>
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Key lyric: "And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh now now stand by me. Stand by me, stand by me."

'Stand By Me,' Ben E. King (1961)

( Los Angeles Times )

One could easily argue that this is the best-known Leiber and Stoller composition as "Stand By Me" has been tackled by artists as diverse as Sonny & Cher, Tracy Chapman, Meat Loaf, Jordin Sparks and John Legend. King's orchestral-soul original remains the signature take, however, and it topped the charts a second time when a film of the same name was released in 1986.

Key lyric: "And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh now now stand by me. Stand by me, stand by me."

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