The Scourge Of MS

Happy birthday, Mike Stoller, the composing half of Leiber and Stoller.  They're one of the greatest songwriting teams of our age, having created, among other tunes, "Hound Dog," "Yakety Yak," "Jailhouse Rock," "Kansas City," "There Goes My Baby," "Is That All There Is?" and "Love Potion No. 9."

Here they are on What's My Line? in 1958 (I assume it's that year because they refer to "Don't" as their latest).  They're nowhere near famous enough to be the celebrity guests.  The panel, especially Dorothy Kilgallen, treat their music as an irritant.  The congenial host, John Daly, notes en passant that rock and roll is a fad, and wonders if the team will ever do any serious music.



There's only one answer to that.