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    • Apr 25, 1933
    Songwriter Jerry Leiber is born in Baltimore, Maryland. Best known for the rock and rhythm & blues songs he writes with partner Mike Stoller, Leiber also hits the country chart as a writer with such titles as "Jailhouse Rock," "Don't," "Hound Dog," "Stand By Me" and "Ruby Baby"
    Sep 7, 1957
    Elvis Presley records "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles. The song is written in the midst of eight hours of sessions by producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
    Jan 30, 1961
    Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller announce they'll form their own production company. Originally pop and R&B songwriters, several of their songs become country hits, including "Stand By Me," "Hound Dog" and "Ruby Baby"
    Jan 21, 1987
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Rick Nelson, Jackie Wilson, Leiber & Stoller, Carl Perkins, Clyde McPhatter, Louis Jordan, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Joe Turner, Eddie Cochran, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
    Nov 17, 1994
    Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk in Los Angeles. Among their credits are the country hits "Jackson," "Hound Dog," "Stand By Me" and "Jailhouse Rock"
    Mar 2, 1995
    "Smokey Joe's Cafe" opens at New York's Virginia Theatre. The Broadway musical features songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, including "Hound Dog," "Fools Fall In Love" and "Stand By Me"
    Feb 23, 1999
    Johnny Cash receives a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in Los Angeles, along with Smokey Robinson, songwriters Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Mel Torme, Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff, and Broadway composers Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
    Jan 6, 2000
    "Smokey Joe's Cafe" closes a five-year Broadway run at the Virginia Theatre. The musical features such Leiber and Stoller songs as "Jailhouse Rock," "Ruby, Baby" and "Stand By Me"
    Dec 13, 2008

    Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller attend the opening of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. The musical features their songs, including "Jailhouse Rock" and "Stand By Me"

    Jun 9, 2009
    Simon & Schuster publishes "Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography," a book written by David Ritz with songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The composers' credits include "Jailhouse Rock," Ruby, Baby" and "Stand By Me"
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