Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller; (born March 13, 1933) 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 hits—including "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. They were the first to surround black
Mike and the Mad Dog that intensity, that bravado, that fierce individual personality to our show, and that's what I thought made it so good." George Vecsey of "The New York Times" once described Russo's voice as "a bizarre mixture of Jerry Lewis, Archie Bunker and Daffy Duck." His voice has also been described as "Donald Duck on steroids." Both Francesa and Russo credited Imus for making the pairing possible. Russo said, "Imus was very, very, very, "very" important to the development of FAN... He solved a lot of problems for the company." Francesa said, "Without Imus, there's no "Mike and the Mad Dog", there's