The Coasters

The Coasters , is a vocal group of Rhythm and Blues, Doo-wop and Rock' roll American, called The Clown Princes Of Rock' roll (“prince-clowns of the rock' roll”).

History

The group is formed with Los Angeles in 1956 on ashes of The Robins. There remains the singer soloist, Carl Gardner, baritone-low Bobby Nunn and the tenor Obie Young Jessie, always in partnership with the duet of composer-songwriters Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller. Coasters take down their first gold disc in 1957 with Searchin' , which enables them to turn with Little Richard or Fats Domino. They connect the tubes with Yakety Yak (1958) or Charlie Brown (1959).

Then they leave Los Angeles for New York. Nunn and Jessie are then replaced by Cornell Gunter (old of Ink Spots, Senses of smell and Platters) and Will " Dub" Jones (of the Juniors). The comic song Along Came Jones (1959) will be adapted in French by Henri Salvador ( Zorro arrived ).

In 1961, they separate from Leiber and Stoller and work with other artists, like Booker T. Jones, but without finding the first places of the hit-parades.

The end of Coasters is tragic: Earl Carroll replace Gunter, which founds its clean Coasters. The saxophonist King Curtis is stabbed in 1971. In 1980, one finds the corpse mutilated of one of new Coasters, Nathaniel Wilson, Bobby Nunn dies in 1986, and Cornell Gunter is killed by balls in 1990. Carl Gardner remains alone with the bar, indéboulonnable.

Coasters sold 50 million discs and entered to the Rock-and-roll Hall off Famed in 1987.

Hit parades

Discography

The Very Best off The Coasters , Rhino - Atlantic/WEA

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