"Yakety Yak" | ||||
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Single by the Coasters | ||||
B-side | "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" | |||
Released | April 1958 | |||
Recorded | March 17, 1958 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length | 1:52 | |||
Label | Atco 6116 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | |||
Producer(s) | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | |||
The Coasters singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Yakety Yak" (2007 Remaster) on YouTube |
"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for the Coasters and released on Atco 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.[1] This song was one of a string of singles released by the Coasters between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, making them one of the biggest performing acts of the rock and roll era.[2]
In 1999, the original 1958 recording on the ATCO label by the Coasters was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[3]