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Those were fighting words in 1954. Riot in Cell Block #9, performed by the Los Angeles quartet the Robins, is vintage rhythm and blues by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the songwriting team who, as much as anybody, invented rock 'n' roll. To imagine '50s pop music without their propulsive tunes-Hound Dog, Kansas City, Jailhouse Rock, Searchin', Love Potion #9, There Goes My Baby, Love Me, Yakety Yak-is pretty much to imagine the '40s. As writer-producers, impresarios on call to Elvis Presley, the Coasters, the Drifters and many more, Leiber and Stoller were the prime concocters...
...Woman: "I can make a dress out of a feed bag and I can make a man out of you." Pop music was supposed to be kid stuff; Leiber and Stoller gave it a stiff drink and made it grow up fast and strong. Baby, that was rock 'n' roll...
...Dallas to the most successful fund-raising event ever held for any federal candidate, gathering $4.1 million in contributions. Says Gramm: "That ought to make it very, very difficult to breathe in these other campaigns." He will undoubtedly have bucketfuls of such money by the time the 1996 primaries roll around. He just needs to be very careful how he gets it and how he spends...
Alonzo Mourning lights up the Sonics as the Hornets roll, 112-99. Page...
Roger Williams would not roll over and play dead. With the possibility of five game match looming and an 8-4 Roger Williams advantage on the scoreboard, however, the Crimson woke up and rallied...