In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument

Yakety Yak

Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

Originally Performed by The Coasters

"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as #1 on the R&B charts and a week as number one on the Top 100 pop list. This song was one of a string of singles released by The Coasters between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, one of the biggest performing acts of the rock and roll era.

Release Date: 1958

Songbooks, Arrangements and/or Media

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Let's All Sing : Let's All Sing - Novelty Songs

Let's all sing, just for the fun of it! Here's a winning collection of 12 fun favorites packed with singable melodies and entertaining lyrics perfect for the young AND the young-at-heart. You're never too old for a little Monster Mash and Yakety Yak! Fresh, new piano/vocal arrangements and clever orchestrations by Alan Billingsley put this collection 'over the top.' A must-have for your music library! Available: Song Collection, Singer Edition, Singer Edition 10-Pak, Performance/Accompaniment CD. For Gr. 2-5.

Songlist: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp), How Much Is That Doggie In The Window, I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover, Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini, Mairzy Doats, Monster Mash, On Top Of Spaghetti, Purple People Eater(TM), Three Little Fishies, Yakety Yak, Yellow Submarine

Mike Stoller : Smokey Joe's Cafe

20 vocal selections from this Leiber & Stoller review, including: Baby, That Is Rock & Roll - Fools Fall in Love - Hound Dog - Jailhouse Rock - Kansas City - Love Potion Number 9 - On Broadway - Ruby Baby - Stand by Me - Treat Me Nice - Yakety Yak - and more.

Songlist: D.W. Washburn, Loving You, I'm A Woman, Pearl's A Singer, Don Juan, Baby, That Is Rock & Roll, Stand By Me, Saved, Young Blood, Fools Fall In Love, Hound Dog, I (Who Have Nothing), Jailhouse Rock, Kansas City, Love Potion Number 9, On Broadway, Ruby Baby, Searchin', Treat Me Nice, Yakety Yak, D.W. Washburn, Loving You, I'm A Woman, Pearl's A Singer, Don Juan, Baby, That Is Rock & Roll, Stand By Me, Saved, Young Blood, Fools Fall In Love, and more

Individual Folios

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Roger Emerson : Yakety Yak

Take out the papers and the trash! It's a never-ending cycle for teenagers, and they just can't wait to talk back! Roger's fun arrangement is a tongue-in-cheek look at the trials of being a teenager. Each voicing is written in optimum key, so your choir can sound its best. Oh, yes...it even has a kazoo chorus! Available: 2-Part, 3-Part Mixed. Performance Time: Approx. 1:45.

Arranger: Roger Emerson | Composers: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller