Yakety Yak

"Yakety Yak"
A-side label of the U.S. vinyl single
Single by the Coasters
B-side"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"
ReleasedApril 1958
RecordedMarch 17, 1958
GenreRock and roll
Length1:52
LabelAtco 6116
Songwriter(s)Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Producer(s)Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
The Coasters singles chronology
"Gee, Golly"
(1958)
"Yakety Yak"
(1958)
"The Shadow Knows"
(1958)
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]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 125.
  2. ^ "The Coasters". Rock Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
  3. ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.