Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller walked into the studio that day as Elvis Presley's bosses. They were the songwriters, he was the singer. That's how it worked. They created, he performed. But by the end of that session, something had shifted. Elvis had shown them a song he'd been working on, expecting feedback, maybe encouragement. What he got instead was silence. Then tears. Then Mike Stoller saying something that would haunt him for the rest of his life: "We've been writing for ten years, and we'

7.5K reactions · 178 comments | APR 25 1933 - #JerryLeiber #Birthday Jerry Leiber, (& Stoller ), songwriter and producer for #ElvisPresley #BuddyHolly #TheMonkees #CliffRichard . Among their hit songs: Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, Don't, There Goes My Baby, Searchin', Yakety Yak and Kansas City. Leiber died on August 22, 2011 in Los Angeles at the age of 78 from cardio-pulmonary failure. | Rockabilly Italia | Facebook