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D on't be surprised if you find yourself humming along to "Smokey Joe's Cafe." With a repertoire that includes some of the biggest hits of the 1950s and '60s, it'd be a strain not to break into song.

Iconic songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, creators of Elvis Presley's classic song Hound Dog and others American classics will sign copies of their autobiographical book, Hound Dog from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Barnes & Noble booth at the Eighth Annual West Hollywood Book Fair.

The long-awaited opening of the Grand Theatre is rapidly approaching, with the first 2009-10 season offering Friday, Sept.

The Platters, The Drifters and The Coasters at The MACC. It's time to celebrate rock and roll with the Rockin' '50s. The hits that defined rock and roll are now coming to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center with performances by The Platters, The Drifters & The Coasters at the Castle Theater Sunday, Aug.

The Platters, The Drifters and The Coasters at The MACC. It's time to celebrate rock and roll with the Rockin' '50s. The hits that defined rock and roll are now coming to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center with performances by The Platters, The Drifters & The Coasters at the Castle Theater Sunday, Aug.

The Stars from The Platters, Coasters, Drifters and Temptations play Friday at Thalian Hall.

The Platters, The Drifters and The Coasters at The MACC. It's time to celebrate rock and roll with the Rockin' '50s. The hits that defined rock and roll are now coming to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center with performances by The Platters, The Drifters & The Coasters at the Castle Theater Sunday, Aug.

After bringing in two of the biggest acts in entertainment today - the Black Eyed Peas and No Doubt - promoter Tom Moffatt is taking a trip down memory lane tonight with the Rockin' 50s concert at the Hawai'i Convention Center.

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met in Los Angeles in 1950. Through the '50s and '60s, even into the '70s, the two turned out hit after hit, sung by such groups as the Drifters and the Coasters, and individuals like Ben E. King.

The Westchester Broadway Theatre has announced A Doo Wop Evening, Tuesday, August 18th, featuring The Platters, one of the Top Vocal Groups of the 50's, and Cornell Gunter's Coasters, The Supreme Comedians of Rock and Roll.

The Westchester Broadway Theatre has announced A Doo Wop Evening, Tuesday, August 18th, featuring The Platters, one of the Top Vocal Groups of the 50's, and Cornell Gunter's Coasters, The Supreme Comedians of Rock and Roll.

The Grand Theatre ticket office at 308 St. Clair St. opens Monday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for season ticket sales with a third open house beginning at 4 p.m. Monday.

ROCK ON Andrea Dora has the attention of Jamie LaVerdiere, Todd DuBail, Phillip Boykin, and Josh Breckenridge as they perform another Leiber & Stoller hit from Smokey Joe's Caf at the Cape Playhouse.

You can't dance in the aisles. But it's hard to keep your feet still during the rockin' musical revue "Smokey Joe's Cafe." That's the explosive impact of the good-time rock 'n' roll show raising the rafters at the Cape Playhouse.

The Drifters, The Coasters and the Platters - all groups who defined the earliest days of rock and roll, are coming to Oahu Aug.

How much do you know about these nonsensical or comical songs called novelty songs? Have you ever heard of "Charlie Brown" by The Coasters, "Monster Mash" by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett, or "Yakety Yak" by The Coasters? I'll give you a little bit of the lyrics from these songs.

As a boy in grade school, I still hadn't done my chores when my dad started singing a song I'd heard all too often when delinquent in my household duties: Take out the papers and the trash Or you don't get no spending cash.

The following are WBT's Summer/Fall specials. The Laughs Are On Us Comedy Clubs can't even come close! Outstanding Adult Comedy with six of stand-up's best comedians.

The headlining entertainers for the 16th annual American Music Festival at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront were announced today: Boyz II Men on Sept.

For those suffering withdrawal following the 'American Idol' finale, Theatre Palisades offers an antidote: a musical revue, also designed to suit those who never watched 'Idol,' preferring their entertainment less manufactured, more real.