THE COASTERS - CHARLIE BROWN

The Coasters

e fe fi fi fo fo fumi smell smoke in the auditorium(chorus):charlie brown, charlie brownhe's a clown, that charlie brownhe's gonna get caught; just you wait and see(why's everybody always pickin' on me?)that's him on his knees, i know that's himyeah, from 7 come 11 down in the boys' gym(chorus)who's always writing on the wall?who's always goofin' in the hall?who's always throwin' spit balls?guess who (who, me?) yeah, you!who walks in the classroom, cool and slow?who calls the english teacher daddy-o?(chorus)

THE COASTERS - ALONG CAME JONES

The Coasters

Along came jonesthe coastersi plopped down in my easy chair and turned on channel 2a bad gunslinger called salty sam was chasin' poor sweet suehe trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh,"if you don't give me the deed to your ranchi'll saw you all in half!"and then he grabbed her (and then)he tied her up (and then)he turned on the bandsaw (and then, and then...!)(chorus):and then along came jonestall thin jonesslow-walkin' jonesslow-talkin' jonesalong came long, lean, lanky jonescommercial came on, so i got up to get myself a snackyou should've seen what was goin' on by the time that i got backdown in the old abandoned mine, sweet sue was havin' fitsthat villain said, "give me the deed to your ranchor i'll blow you all to bits!"and then he grabbed her (and then)he tied her up (and then)he lit the fuse to the dynamite (and then, and then...!)(chorus)i got so bugged i turned it off and turned on another showbut there was the same old shoot-'em-up and the same old rodeosalty sam was tryin' to stuff sweet sue in a burlap sackhe said, "if you don't give me the deed to your ranchi'm gonna throw you on the railroad tracks!"and then he grabbed her (and then)he tied her up (and then)he threw her on the railroad tracks (and then)a train started comin' (and then, and then...!)(chorus)

THE COASTERS - WIKIPEDIA Y TEMAS

The Coasters

The Coasters are an American Rhythm and Blues/rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood," their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller. Although the Coasters originated outside of mainstream doo wop, their records were so frequently imitated that they became an important part of the doo wop legacy through the 1960s.

Hit singles chart

Entry Date	Title	Peak chart positions
		US Pop Charts	UK Singles Chart	US R&B Charts
3/56	"Down In Mexico" b/w "Turtle Dovin'"	-	-	8
9/56	"One Kiss Led to Another"	73	-	11
5/57	"Young Blood" c/w	8		1
5/57	"Searchin'"	3	30	1
10/57	"Idol with the Golden Head"	64	-	-
5/58	"Yakety Yak" * YAKETY YAK	1	12	1
2/59	"Charlie Brown" * CHARLIE BROWN	2	6	2
5/59	"Along Came Jones" * ALONG CAME JONES	9	-	14
8/59	"Poison Ivy" c/w * POISON IVY	7	15	1
8/59	"I'm a Hog For You"	38	-	-
12/59	"Run Red Run"	36	-	29
12/59	"What About Us"	47	-	17
5/60	"Besame Mucho"	70	-	-
6/60	"Wake Me, Shake Me"	51	-	14
10/60	"Shoppin' for Clothes"	83	-	-
2/61	"Wait a Minute"	37	-	-
4/61	"Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)"	23	-	16
8/61	"Girls Girls Girls (Part II)"	96	-	-
3/64	"T'ain't Nothin' To Me"	64	-	20
12/71	"Love Potion Number Nine"	76	-	-
8/94	"Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass"	-	41	-

Notes: c/w denotes next track same record. U.S. Billboard chart positions. "Shoppin' For Clothes" reached Cash Box Pop #57, and "T'ain't Nothin' To Me" R&B position is from Cash Box (since Billboard did not publish an R&B chart in 1964).

Discography

US singles discography

The line-ups are presented for general overview and do not always fit with issue dates.

Label and catalogue number followed by month/year of issue, and by track titles (with lead and recording dates).

The Robins (only singles featuring Carl Gardner are listed)

(Carl Gardner, Bobby Nunn, "Ty" Terrell Leonard, Billy Richard, Roy Richard, Grady Chapman)

leads: CG-Gardner; BN-Nunn; GC-Chapman; RB-Richard Berry (guest lead) (Los Angeles)

• Spark 103 6/54 - Riot In Cell Block # 9 (RB ca 3/54) / Wrap It Up (BN,CG ca 3/54)

• Spark 107 10/54 - Loop De Loop Mambo (CG 8/54) / Framed (BN 8/54)

• Spark 110 2/55 - If Teardrops Were Kisses (CG, 2/54) / Whadaya Want? (GC 2/54)

• Spark 113 4/55 - One Kiss (CG 8/54) / I Love Paris (GC 2/54)

• Spark 116 6/55 - I Must Be Dreamin (CG 8/54) / The Hatchet Man (BN 2/54)

• Spark 122 9/55 - Smokey Joe´s Cafe (CG ca 8/55) / Just Like A Fool (CG ca 8/55)

• Atco 6059 10/55 - Smokey Joe´s Cafe (CG) / Just Like A Fool (CG) - reissue

(all of the above later issued on EP, LP and CD compilations as The Coasters).

The Coasters (all "true"/legal Coasters singles are listed)

(Carl Gardner, Bobby Nunn, Billy Guy, Leon Hughes)

leads: CG-Gardner; BN-Nunn; BG-Guy (Los Angeles, Chicago*, New York**)

• Atco 6064 2/56 - Down In Mexico (CG 1/11/56) / Turtle Dovin´ (CG 1/11/56)

• Atco 6073 7/56 - One Kiss Led To Another (CG 1/11/56) / Brazil (CG,BN,BG 1/11/56)

• Atco 6087 3/57 - Young Blood (CG 2/15/57) / Searchin´ (BG 2/15/57)

• Atco 6098 8/57 - Idol With The Golden Head (CG 7/24/57*) / (When She Wants Good Lovin´) My Baby Comes To Me (BG 7/24/57*)

• Atco 6104 11/57 - Sweet Georgia Brown (CG,BG,BN 2/12/57) / What Is The Secret Of Your Success? (BG 7/24/57*)

• Atco 6111 1/58 - Gee, Golly (BG 12/4/57**) / Dance! (CG 12/4/57**)

(Gardner, Guy, Will Jones, Cornell Gunter)

leads: CG-Gardner; BG-Guy; WJ-Jones, CoG-Gunter (New York)

• Atco 6116 4/58 - Yakety Yak (CG,BG 3/17/58) / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (WJ,CoG 3/17/58)

• Atco 6126 8/58 - The Shadow Knows (BG 8/8/58) / Sorry But I´m Gonna Have To Pass (WJ 8/8/58)

• Atco 6132 1/59 - Charlie Brown (CG,BG 12/11/58) / Three Cool Cats (CG 3/17/58)

CD version of Charlie Brown has CG, CoG as lead

• Atco 6141 5/59 - Along Came Jones (joint leads 3/26/59) / That Is Rock & Roll (CG 3/26/59)

• Atco 6146 8/59 - Poison Ivy (CG,BG 7/16/59) / I´m A Hog For You (unison 8/8/58, edited 7/17/59)

• Atco 6153 11/59 - What About Us (unison 7/16/59) / Run Red Run (BG 7/23/59)

• Atco 6163 3/60 - Besame Mucho (Part I) (WJ 2/26/60) / Besame Mucho (Part II) (unison backing vcls 2/26/60)

• Atco 6168 6/60 - Wake Me, Shake Me (BG 2/26/60) / Stewball (BG 3/17/58)

• Atco 6178 9/60 - Shoppin´ For Clothes (BG,WJ 7/29/60) / The Snake And The Book Worm (CG,CoG 2/26/60)

A-side also issued as Clothes Line (Wrap It Up)

• Atco 6186 1/61 - Wait A Minute (BG 12/4/57) / Thumbin´ A Ride (CG 7/29/60)

• Atco 6192 4/61 - Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) (BG 2/9/61) / Keep On Rolling (CG,CoG 2/26/60)

• Atco 6204 8/61 - Girls Girls Girls (Part I) (BG 2/9/61) / Girls Girls Girls (Part II) (BG 2/9/61)

(Gardner, Guy, Jones, Earl Carroll)

leads: CG-Gardner; BG-Guy; WJ-Jones; EC-Carroll (New York, Los Angeles*)

• Atco 6210 11/61 - (Ain´t That) Just Like Me (BG 9/25/61) / Bad Blood CG (9/25/61)

• Atco 6219 2/62 - Ridin´ Hood (unison 12/7/60*) / Teach Me How To Shimmy (BG 4/10/61*)

• Atco 6234 9/62 - The Climb (vocal) (WJ 7/31/62) / The Climb (instrumental) (7/31/62)

• Atco 6251 1/63 - The P.T.A. (BG 1/11/63) / Bull Tick Waltz (BG 7/31/62)

• Atco 6287 2/64 - T´Ain´t Nothin´ To Me (BG,WJ 11/16/63) / Speedo´s Back In Town (EC 11/16/63)

• Atco 6300 5/64 - Bad Detective (BG 12/17/63) / Lovey Dovey (CG 12/17/63)

• Atco 6321 10/64 - Wild One (BG 8/28/64) / I Must Be Dreaming (BG,CG 8/28/64)

• Atco 6341 2/65 - Lady Like (unison 2/26/60) / Hongry (BG 4/10/61*)

• Atco 6356 5/65 - Let´s Go Get Stoned (BG 4/21/65) / Money Honey (unison 4/21/65)

• Atco 6379 9/65 - Crazy Baby (BG 4/21/65, edited 9/8/65) / Bell Bottom Slacks And A Chinese Kimono (She´s My Little Spodee-O) (CG 4/21/65, edited 9/8/65)

• Atco 6407 3/66 - She´s A Yum Yum (unison 1/26/66) / Saturday Night Fish Fry (BG 1/26/66)

• Date 1552 3/67 - Soul Pad (BG,EC 11/18/66) / Down Home Girl (BG 11/18/66)

• Date 1607 5/68 - She Can (BG,CG,EC 10/30/67) / Everybody´s Woman (EC 10/30/67)

• Date 1617 7/68 - D.W. Washburn (BG,CG 10/31/67 / Everybody´s Woman (EC 10/30/67)

(Gardner, Guy, Carroll, Ronnie Bright)

• Turntable 504 1969 - Act Right (BG 69) / The World Is Changing (EC 69)

• King 6385 11/71 - Love Potion Number Nine (CG 2/13/68, ed. late 71) / D.W. Washburn (BG,CG 10/31/67)

• King 6389 4/72 - Cool Jerk (CG late 71) / Talkin´ ´Bout A Woman (BG,CG,EC; act. She Can 10/30/67)

• King 6404 1973 - Soul Pad (BG,EC 11/18/66) / D.W. Washburn (BG,CG 10/31/67)

Carl Gardner & The Coasters

(Gardner, Carroll, Bright, Jimmy Norman)

• Wicked 8103 1976 - Hush Don´t Talk About It (CG ca 76) / The World Keeps On Turning (EC ca 76)

Note: There are several "Coasters"-singles and -LPs/CDs featuring former members (which are not the true Coasters).

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The original US vinyl albums

• 1957 - The Coasters - Atco LP 33-101
• 1959 - The Coasters' Greatest Hits - Atco LP 33-111 (SD33-111 rechanneled stereo 1960)
• 1960 - The Coasters One By One - Atco LP 33-123 (SD33-123 stereo)
• 1962 - Coast Along with The Coasters - Atco LP 33-135 (SD33-135 alternate stereo edition)
• 1965 - That Is Rock & Roll - Clarion LP 605 (SD-605 stereo)
• 1971 - Their Greatest Recordings: The Early Years - Atco LP SD33-371 (stereo compilation with alternates)
• 1972 - The Coasters On Broadway - King LP KS1146 (stereo)
• 1975 - 16 Greatest Hits - Trip TOP LP 16-7 (revival re-recordings)
• 1982 - Young Blood (2-set) - Atlantic DeLuxe LP AD 2-4003 (mono)

Representative US CD compilations

• 1986 - The Ultimate Coasters - Warner Special Products 27604 (stereo)
• 1987 - The Coasters - 20 Greatest Hits - Highland Music DCD-7786 (rerecorded in stereo)
• 1989 - The Coasters' Greatest Hits - Atco 33111-2 (reissue of LP, with a couple of tracks in stereo)
• 1992 - 50 Coastin' Classics (2CD-set) - Rhino R2 71090 (mono)
• 1994 - The Very Best of The Coasters - Rhino R2 71597 (mono) - reissued 2008 as "Greatest Hits"
• 1996 - Golden Hits - Masters 1127 (the Trip revivals, stereo)
• 2004 - The Coasters / One By One - Collectables COL-CD-7656 (2LPs on 1CD - "One By One" in stereo)
• 2005 - Coast Along with The Coasters - Collectables COL-CD-6523 (reissue of stereo LP)
• 2005 - 16 Greatest Hits - Audio Passport CD-1018 (reissue of Trip LP)
• 2007 - Down Home - Varèse Sarabande/Vintage CD 302066844-2 (the "On Broadway"-tracks, stereo)
• 2007 - There's A Riot Goin' On: The Coasters On Atco (4CD-set) - Rhino Handmade RHM2 7740 (the complete Atco recordings, 113 tracks; several stereo masters)
• 2008 - The Definitive Soul Collection (2CD-set) - Rhino 132092 (planned for issue in 2008; 30 mono pop hits)

True Coasters recordings - not on any single

No live recordings included (Note: there also are several alternates and edited masters of the singles, not listed below).

Recorded in New York unless otherwise indicated.
Lead singers: Carl Gardner (CG), Billy Guy (BG), Will "Dub" Jones (WJ), Ronnie Bright (RB), Jimmy Norman (JN).

• 1957 Lola (CG 2/12/57 L.A.) - Atco LP 33-101 The Coasters

• 1958 Three Cool Cats (alternate arrangement CG 3/17/58) - Rhino Handmade RHM2 7740 The Coasters On Atco

• 1958 Crocodile (unison 8/8/58) - Rhino Handmade RHM2 7740

• 1958 I´m A Hog For You (several different versions-unison 8/8/58) - Rhino Handmade RHM2 7740

• 1958 Hey Sexy (unison 12/11/58) - Rhino CD R2 71090 50 Coastin´ Classics

• 1958 Sexy (Hey Sexy) (CG 12/11/58) - Rhino Handmade RHM2 7740

• 1959 That Is Rock & Roll (edited version, WJ 3/26/59) - Atco LP SD 33-371 Their Greatest Recordings - The Early Years

• 1960 The Snake And The Bookworm (unison version 2/26/60) - Atco LP SD 33-135 Coast Along With The Coasters (only the stereo album)

• 1960 The Coasters One By One - Atco LP 33-123 (stereo SD33-123) (6/13&15/60)

• 1961 My Babe (BG 9/25/61) - Atco LP SD 33-135

• 1962 The Slime (WJ 7/31/62) - Clarion LP SD-605 That Is Rock & Roll (alternate of The Climb, act. titled so on the album)

• 1967 Mohair Sam (unison 10/30/67) - King LP 1146 The Coasters On Broadway

• 1968 Down At Papa Joe's (unison 2/12/68) King LP 1146

• 1968 Shake ´Em Up And Let ´Em Roll (lead: Jerry Leiber 2/13/68) - Rhino CD R2 71090

• 1971 Mustang Sally (BG late 71) - King LP 1146

• 1971 On Broadway (CG late 71) - King LP 1146

• 1971 The In Crowd (CG late 71) - King LP 1146

• 1973 The Coasters - 16 Greatest Hits (featuring 10 re-recordings with CG and JN, leads ca 73) - Trip LP TOP 16-7

• 1977 Check Mr. Popeye (RB 77) - Epic LP PE-34668 (various artists with Southside Johnny)

THE COASTERS - POISON IVY

* Poison ivyartist: the coasters (peak billboard position # 7 in 1959)words and music by jerry lieber and mike stoller(thought by some to not be about a plant at all, but rather a young lady with a social disease)she comes on like a rose but everybody knowsshe'll get you in dutchnow you can look but you better not touchpoison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-ylate at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-oundshe's pretty as a daisy but look out man she's crazyshe'll really do you innow if you let her under your skinpoison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-ylate at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-oundmeasles make you bumpyand mumps'll make you lumpyand chicken pox'll make you jump and twitcha common cold'll fool yaand whooping cough'll cool yabut poison ivy, lord'll make you itch!!you're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotionyou'll be scratchin' like a houndthe minute you start to mess aroundpoison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-ylate at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-oundmeasles make you bumpyand mumps'll make you lumpyand chicken pox'll make you jump and twitcha common cold'll fool yaand whooping cough'll cool yabut poison ivy, lord'll make you itch!!you're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotionyou'll be scratchin' like a houndthe minute you start to mess aroundpoison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-ylate at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-oundla da la da la dala da la da la dala da la da la dala da la da la da

THE COASTERS - YAKETY YAK

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