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Title: Jerry Leiber passed away Post by: Rocker on August 23, 2011, 05:24:38 AM Half of the greatest songwriting duo in popular music died on August 22nd
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/arts/music/jerry-leiber-rock-n-roll-lyricist-dies-at-78.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/arts/music/jerry-leiber-rock-n-roll-lyricist-dies-at-78.html) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dHfu6atlqo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dHfu6atlqo) BTW Brian inducted them into the Hall of fame, which led to his solo album contract after performing "On broadway" Title: Re: Jerry Leiber passed away Post by: grillo on August 23, 2011, 09:09:31 AM Dang.That guy was responsible for at least 1/4 of my favorite songs.
Title: Re: Jerry Leiber passed away Post by: TdHabib on August 23, 2011, 09:55:59 AM Sad news, he and Mike Stoller were very talented writers.
Title: Re: Jerry Leiber passed away Post by: hypehat on August 26, 2011, 03:56:55 AM Very sad news. RIP
Title: Re: Jerry Leiber passed away Post by: Rocker on August 28, 2011, 02:16:05 PM For those of you who want to know more about this great songwriting, producing and arranging duo, here's a documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M29TEIvgjDQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M29TEIvgjDQ) Title: Re: Jerry Leiber passed away Post by: The Heartical Don on August 29, 2011, 10:15:04 AM RIP mr Leiber.
(and kudos to Rocker for spelling his name right...) Title: Re: Jerry Leiber passed away Post by: donald on September 02, 2011, 07:32:54 AM I have a book titled Magic in the Air, Brill Building. A lot of great stories about these guys and all of the Brill writers and producers. I highly recommend it.
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