Coasters

The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood" in 1956, 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. They were the first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Coasters were formed on October 12, 1955, when two of The Robins, a Los Angeles–based rhythm-and-blues group, joined Atlantic Records. They were dubbed The Coasters because they went from the west coast to the east. The Robins included Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn. The original Coasters were Gardner, Nunn, Billy Guy, Leon Hughes (who was replaced by Young Jessie on a couple of their early Los Angeles recordings), and the guitarist Adolph Jacobs. Jacobs left the group in 1959.
==Links to Peel==
Peel was a fan of much of their work and would often play material from them on his shows. In 1999, he selected their ‘Searchin’ track as his Peelenium 1957.
==Shows Played==
;1973
*06 November 1973: I'm A Hog For You
;1974
*26 March 1974: unknown
;thumb|219x219px1980
*03 April 1980: Smokey Joe’s Café (JP: "Originally issued back in 1955, when I was a schoolboy and fighting expulsion from school for doing something like wearing my tie in an impudent manner.")
*26 May 1980: Searchin'
;1989
*06 April 1989: Searchin'
;1994
*11 March 1994: ‘Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass (LP - Thumbin' A Ride)’ (Edsel)
;1998
*The Dansette Story: Yakety Yak
;1999
*Jerry Wexler: Soul Man: Yakety Yak
*05 October 1999: ‘Searchin’ (Peelenium 1957)
;2003
*01 May 2003: 'Shoppin' For Clothes' (LP - The Beat Goes On) (Kent)
*08 May 2003 (Radio Eins): Shoppin' For Clothes (album - The Beat Goes On) Kent
;2004
*11 August 2004: What About Us? (LP - Coast Along with the Coasters) Atco (JP: "I shall spend the next 23 hours or so trying to imagine Mark E Smith singing that.")
== See Also ==
*Gigography 1954-1966
*Disc & Music Echo: Peel Columns
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists