作詞人Jerry Leiber於洛杉磯去世

8月22日星期一 ，以貓王Elvis Presley的暢銷曲"Hound Dog" 、"Jailhouse Rock"和 "Kansas City" "Charlie Brown" 與"Love Potion #9"這些歌出名的作詞人Jerry Leiber於洛杉磯去世（78歲），Jerry Leiber出生於巴爾第摩，他與搭擋Mike Stoller儘管是白種猶太人，但都喜歡黑人的R＆B歌曲，他門先後開過Spark Records 與Red Birds Records 二家唱片公司，培養了the Drifters、 Ben E. King 、 Jay & the Americans 與the Shangri-Las 、 Dixie Cups 這些有名的團体，名曲則有"There Goes My Baby"、 "Young Blood"、 "Searchin'"、 "Spanish Harlem"、 "Ruby Baby"、 "Yakety Yak"、 "Black Denim Trousers"、 "Hard Headed Woman" 、"On Broadway"、 "Only In America" 和"Is That All There Is." 等，Jerry Leiber與Mike Stoller 這二位詞曲搭檔在1987年先後被選入作曲家名人堂與搖滾樂名人堂，2009年還出版了他們的自傳。


貓王的Hound Dog這首歌與唱片反面的Don't Be Cruel在1957年曾獲11週冠軍，是滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜第19名的歌，也是搖滾樂紀元的1955年至1959年的1950年代冠軍歌曲。

Hound Dog這首歌貓王Elvis Presley最早在拉斯維加斯聽Willa "Big Mama" Thornton唱過，後來自己翻唱大受歡迎。



Hound Dog



-Artist: Elvis Presley

-Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller



You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

Cryin' all the time

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

Cryin' all the time

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

And you ain't no friend of mine



Well they said you was high-classed

Well, that was just a lie

Yeah they said you was high-classed

Well, that was just a lie

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

And you ain't no friend of mine



You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

Cryin' all the time

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

Cryin' all the time

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

And you ain't no friend of mine







Well they said you was high-classed

Well, that was just a lie

Yeah they said you was high-classed

Well, that was just a lie

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

And you ain't no friend of mine







Well they said you was high-classed

Well, that was just a lie

Ya know they said you was high-classed

Well, that was just a lie

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

And you ain't no friend of mine



You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

Cryin' all the time

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

Cryin' all the time

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

You ain't no friend of mine