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"Riot in Cell Block #9" | ||||
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Single by The Robins | ||||
B-side | "Wrap It Up" | |||
Released | 1954 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 3:02 | |||
Label | Spark | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | |||
The Robins singles chronology | ||||
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"Riot in Cell Block #9" is a R&B song composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1954. The song was first recorded by The Robins the same year.[1] That recording was one of the first R&B hits to use sound effects and employed a Muddy Waters stop-time riff as the instrumental backing.[1]