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Biographie:
The Coasters
Gründung: 1955
Auflösung: --
Genre: Rhythm & Blues, Rock'n'Roll Website: http://die-rock-and-roll-ag.de/html/coasters.html
Gründungsmitglieder
Tenorgesang: Carl Gardner
Tenorgesang: Leon Hughes (bis 1958)
Baritongesang: Billy Guy
Bassgesang: Bobby Nunn (bis 1958)
Gitarre: Adolph Jacobs (bis 1958) Weitere ehemalige Mitglieder Tenorgesang: Cornell Gunter (1958-196?)
Bassgesang: Will "Dub" Jones (1958-196?)
Tenorgesang: Obie Jessie (1958)

Letzte Besetzung
Tenorgesang: Carl Gardner
Tenorgesang: Earl Carroll (ab 196?)
Baritongesang: Billy Guy
Bassgesang: Ronnie Bright (ab 196?)

THOSE HOODLUM FRIENDS THE COASTERS THE STORY - QUOTED Edited by Claus Röhnisch (updated May 2, 2005) THE ORIGINAL COASTERS The Coasters deserve their place in music history. They have existed for almost 50 years. The men who constituted the original foursome, and those who joined those hoodlum friends during the illustrious and adventurous career of the group, were all hand-chosen professional performers, who debuted during the early years of rhythm & blues. All of them contributed to the emerging of original rock´n´roll. Each and every member is (or was) an exciting individual, despite the fact that many of their hit records were sung in unison. The Coasters are probably the most qualitative vocal group in modern music. Alongside the Platters and the Drifters they certainly were the most famous "harmonizers" during the original era of rock´n´roll. At times, they even outsold their colleagues. The Coasters - with the guidance of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller - waxed some of the best rock ´n´ roll records ever produced; the lyrics, the music, the rhythm, the sound, the technique, the fun.... Arnold Shaw summarized the Coasters´ enormous prominence in his book "The Rockin´ 50s" (Plenum Publ., 1974): "If rock´n´roll had produced nothing but the Coasters and Leiber and Stoller, it would still have commanded attention as the sound embodiment of a time and generation. They reflected the world of the young with understanding, good humor, and social insight. This was rock´n´roll at its best - ebullient, energizing, entertaining, expressive, and danceable..." Below I´ve tried to recapture some of the more interesting remarks about the Coasters throughout the years, with chronology, as to which period in the Coasters´ long time career the statements correspond. This then, is the Coasters´ story, told truly and from a different kind of perspective. See also the year by year re-cap (50 Years of Rhythm & Blues - with The Coasters) including essential and "trivial" facts, covering 1949 - 2005 (edited by Claus Röhnisch). "You are about to read how two Jewish teenagers from the North-East and a number of black singers from the South met up in Los Angeles and began to change the world of music beyond recognition.... "Searchin´" .. was on the popular best-selling record charts for over six months, a term which, among rock ´n´ roll hits, was surpassed by less than half a dozen records. Incredibly, "Young Blood", the reverse of "Searchin´" was among them. ... The world wide popularity of "Yakety Yak" and "Charlie Brown" guaranteed The Coasters a permanent shrine in rock ´n´ roll´s Hall of Fame. Had they never entered a recording studio again they would have remained an institution on the strength of these two enormous hits. Any other vocal group would have followed a couple of timeless classics with a slew of records whose artistic qualities gradually diminished. The Coasters made a number of subsequent records at least as good as "Yakety Yak" including three, "Poison Ivy", "Shoppin´ For Clothes", and "Little Egypt", which brought vocal group productions to increasingly dazzling new heights." Bill Millar, 1975 ("The Coasters", Star Books).

The Coasters waren eine Vokalgruppe der 1950er Jahre. Sie wurden im Oktober 1955 in Los Angeles gegründet. Die Gründungsmitglieder waren Bobby Nunn und Carl Gardner von den Robins, sowie Leon Hughes, Billy Guy und Adolph Jacobs an der Gitarre. Schon bald wurden sie von dem berühmten Produzententeam Jerry Leiber und Mike Stoller entdeckt und bekamen durch sie einen Plattenvertrag bei Atco Records. Leiber und Stoller waren ihre Produzenten und schrieben auch praktisch jeden Hit für die Band. Schon im Januar 1956 nahmen sie ihre ersten Songs auf, ab 1957 regnete es dann Erfolge, durch die die Costers zwar Berühmtheit nicht jedoch besonders viel Geld erlangten: Sie erhielten zusammen nur 5000 Dollar pro Woche. Es war eine Zeit, in der sich schwarze Sänger noch mit dem zufrieden geben mussten, was sie erhielten. Young Blood und Searchin', beides Leiber/Stoller-Songs, waren die größten Erfolge der Band in diesem Jahr. 1958 zogen Leiber und Stoller nach New York. Guy und Gardner kamen mit, während die anderen in Los Angeles blieben. Als Ersatz kam kurzzeitig Obie Jessie, dann Cornell Gunter und Will "Dub" Jones. Mit Yakety Yak (1958) und Charlie Brown (1959) erschienen daraufhin die größten Erfolge der Coasters. Auf beiden Aufnahmen spielt King Curtis Saxophon. Die Songs, beide von Leiber und Stoller, zeichnen sich durch humorvolle und für damalige Zeiten rebellische Texte aus. Nach Along Came Jones und Poison Ivy 1959 war die große Zeit der Coasters Anfang der 60er Jahre endgültig vorbei. In den 60ern stiegen Gunter und Jones aus, man fand Ersatz in Earl "Speedo" Carroll und Ronnie Bright. Daraufhin tourte die Band als Oldie-Gruppe durch die Lande. In den 70ern und 80ern gab es kurzzeitig zwei Bands mit dem Namen Coasters, da Gunter seine neue Band ebenfalls so genannt hatte. 1987 erfolgte ihre Aufnahme in die Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Discographie:

• Single-Diskographie
  
• Down In Mexico/Turtle Dovin' (1956)
  
• One Kiss Led To Another/Brazil (1956)
  
• Young Blood/Searchin' (1957)
  
• Idol With The Golden Head/(When She Wants Good Lovin') My Baby Comes To Me (1957)
  
• Sweet Georgia Brown/What Is The Secret Of Your Success? (1957)
  
• Gee, Golly/Dance! (1958)
  
• Yakety Yak/Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (1958)
  
• The Shadow Knows/Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass (1958)
  
• Charlie Brown/Three Cool Cats (1959)
  
• Along Came Jones/That Is Rock & Roll (1959)
  
• Poison Ivy/I'm A Hog For You (1959)
  
• What About Us/Run Red Run (1959)
  
• Besame Mucho (Parts 1 and 2) (1960)
  
• Wake Me, Shake Me/Stewball (1960)
  
• Shoppin' For Clothes/The Snake And The Bookworm (1960)
  
• Wait A Minute/Thumbin' A Ride (1961)
  
• Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)/Keep On Rollin' (1961)
  
• Girls Girls Girls (Parts 1 and 2) (1961)
  
• (Ain't That) Just Like Me/Bad Blood (1961)
  
• Ridin' Hood/Teach Me How To Shimmy (1962)
  
• The Climb (vokal und instrumental) (1962)
  
• The P.T.A./Bull Tick Waltz (1963)
  
• T'Ain't Nothin' To Me/Speedo's Back In Town (1964)
  
• Bad Detective/Lovey Dovey (1964)
  
• Wild One/I Must Be Dreaming (1964)
  
• Lady Like/Hongry (1965)
  
• Let's Go Get Stoned/Money Honey (1965)
  
• Crazy Baby/Bell Bottom Slacks And A Chinese Kimono (She's My Little Spodee-O) (1965)
  
• She's A Yum Yum/Saturday Night Fish Fry (1966)
• Soul Pad/Down Home Girl (1967)
  
• She Can/Everybody's Woman (1968)
  
• D.W. Washburn/Everybody's Woman (1968)
  
• All Right/The World Is Changing (1969)
  
• Love Potion No. 9/D.W. Washburn (1971)
  
• Cool Jerk/Talkin' 'Bout A Woman (1972)
  
• Soul Pad/D.W. Washburn (1973)
  
• Hush Don't Talk About It/The World Keeps On Turning (1976; als Carl Gardner & the Coasters)