Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller signed Tiger Music BMI contract. 9x12 inches. March 10, 1965. Lyricist Jerome Leiber and composer Michael Stoller were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such crossover hit songs as "Hound Dog" (1952) and "Kansas City" (1952). Later in the 1950s, particularly through their work with The Coasters, they created a string of ground-breaking hitsincluding "Young Blood" (1957), "Searchin'" (1957), and "Yakety Yak" (1958)that used the humorous vernacular of teenagers sung in a style that was openly theatrical rather than personal