Jerry Leiber, Songwriter Featured in Smokey Joe's Cafe and Other Musicals, Dies at 78 by Broadway.com

Jerry Leiber, the rock-and-roll songwriter whose hits were featured in six Broadway musicals, died on August 22 of cardiopulmonary failure. Leiber had a 60-year-long partnership with Mike Stoller that produced hits such as “On Broadway,” “Spanish Harlem,” “Hound Dog,” “Yakety Yak,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “There Goes My Baby,” “Charlie Brown&rdqu…

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