Songwriters Mike Stoller and the late Jerry Leiber wrote Hound Dog and K.C. Loving (Kansas City) in Los Angeles in 1952 just as Gerry Mulligan was forming his pianoless quartet with Chet Baker a few miles away. My point is that Mike may be among the most significant living figures in the evolution of post-war R&B and early rock 'n' roll. Mike, along wit…
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