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Vinony catalogs The Coasters in its Rock & Roll Hall of Fame collection (410 entries).
Within Vinony's link graph, The Coasters is referenced by 433 other articles, and connects out to Billboard Hot 100, UK Singles Chart and Joel Whitburn.
Vinony files it under 1955 establishments in California, African-American musical groups and American comedy musical groups.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Rhythm and blues rock and roll doo-wop
- Years active
- 1955–present
- Labels
- Atco Date King
- Members
- J.W. Lance Primotivo Candelaria Robert Fowler Johnny Stone III
- Past members
- Carl Gardner Billy Guy Bobby Nunn Leon Hughes Adolph Jacobs Young Jessie Will "Dub" Jones Cornell Gunter Elbert "Sonny" Forriest Earl Carroll Thomas "Curley" Palmer Tommy Turner Vernon Harrell Ronnie Bright Jimmy Norman Alvin Morse Carl Gardner Jr. Eddie Whitfield Dennis Anderson James Williams
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Genre
- novelty music
- Country of origin
- United States
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.angelfire.com/mn/coasters
- Image
- The Coasters Publicity Photo.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Coasters
- location of formation
- Los Angeles
- inception
- 1955-01-01
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s. With hits including "Searchin'", "Young Blood", "Charlie Brown", "Poison Ivy", and "Yakety Yak", their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller. Although the Coasters originated outside of mainstream doo-wop, their records were so frequently imitated that they became an important part of the doo-wop legacy through the 1960s. In 1987, they were the first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Coasters” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.