[78-L] Jerry Leiber has died

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Aug 22 19:36:56 PDT 2011


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/source-songwriter-jerry-leiber-dies-at-78-20110822

Good Leiber-Stoller bio here:
http://www.donaldclarkemusicbox.com/encyclopedia/detail.php?s=2187

One of the most incredible versions of a Leiber-Stoller song I've ever heard is 
Joan Morris and William Bolcom (and one of the few times her voice doesn't make 
me reach for a cyanide pill) doing "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" 
as if it were one of Schubert's most dramatic songs.

dl





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