The very first group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Coasters’ songs were covered by Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Hollies, The Beach Boys, The Monkees, and many, many more, with songs like Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown, Three Cool Cats, Searchin’, Young Blood, Poison Ivy, I’m A Hog For You, Little Egypt and (Ain’t That) Just Like Me becoming Rock ‘n’ Roll and Beat Group standards. In this remarkable book, Peter Checksfield looks at every song they ever recorded, from their mid-’50s roots in The Robins, right up until the eventual retirement of group leader Carl Gardner in 2005.
