Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller on "What's My Line?"

[dmmillerjr]

It's hard to believe, from the perspective of 2011, that they were ever 'unknowns'. But WML would have been more likely to have had Irving Berlin as a mystery challenger back then. Not that Mr. Berlin would have participated in a game show...

[avalanchesuperstar]

R.I.P. Jerry Leiber. Your lyrics brought joy to tons worldwide.

[jimaroo100]

Vincent Price asks if they inflict pain... they do look like dentists or accountants.

[captainamerica1967us]

A-Huh, A-Huh, A-Huh, rock-n-roll, what a fad.

[2340Vegas]

Good upload. Watching WHATS MY LINE in chronological order paints a good picture of America in the 50s and early 60s from the point of view of that generation. R&R was admitted as popular but never taken as culturally significant.

[CBSEye]

Great clip and L & S simply proved that rock'n roll is here to stay! The panel sucks!

[zzzut]

Jerry Leiber was one of the great pop lyricists of our times. May he rest in peace.

[jensenbell]

RIP Jerry Lieber. Our world is so much better with your words in our ears. (sorry the grown ups in the 50s didn't realize you were artists. Everyone knows it now.)

[jensenbell]

RIP Jerry Lieber. Our world is so much better with your words in our ears.

[ShalomIsrael60]

Jerry Leiber RIP

[Savvynlady]

RIP Jerry Leiber. you gave much to the music world and so much to black music along with your partner Mike Stoller.

[Jamdor78]

I shouldn't be surprised,and I remember these folks, but I can't believe how dismissive they are of the music. "I hope that you have the chance to enjoy it and then go on and perhaps do more serious things in music." As soon as they found out it was Rock and Roll, they became quite hostile.

[RTT8001]

Sad...Jerry Leiber and Nick Ashford passing the same day.....two brilliant songwriters.

[EnjayElliott]

Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller had more talent in their little fingers then this F**wit direspectful panel of Pee takersthough I am a Vincent Price fan. Fact is most people havent a clue who 3 of the panel are & almost everyone knows a Lieber & Stoller Song .. Nuff Said :-)

[mishima611]

RIP Jerry Leiber

[recordguy4321]

everyone except the great Mike and Jerry = SQUARESVILLE!

[cosg9531]

What's rock and roll?

[wmlfan9]

@bathroommonkey76 I watched the clip.  Very interesting. Thanks.

[bobjfs]

These men helped to change American popular culture... and for the better.

[VASINGER]

She didnt like anything. She hated Country music too- and told New Yorkers to leave town because "the hillbilles were coming". Luckily Patsy Cline put "The wicked witch from the East" back in her place! The grand ol opry actually had talent, which she did not. She was just jealous.

[MrCallipygous]

show aired March 9, 1958 - I read Leiber and Stoller's "Hound Dog" book. They were writing R&B in the early 50s long before R&R. I found that part very informative.

[wmlfan9]

I seem to recall reading somewhere once that Leiber or Stoller (I forget which) was a survivor of the sinking of the Andrea Doria.

[roots66]

Yes, it was Stoller, returning from his honeymoon in Europe.

[d820m]

@roots66 when the rescue boat arrived , one of the first things Leiber informed him was that Hound Dog a was # 1 record, Stoller asked if it was the Big Mama Thornton version and Leiber told him, "No, some guy named Elvis Presley"

[Great2C]

Wow, Dorothy Kilgallen is really a bitch here. Pretty unusual for that show which was known for its sophisticated, urbane politeness.

[norristerse]

@Great2C

nah, she's just pulling their leg!

funny to think L&S weren't household names at this time though.

[Jantv81]

@Great2C maybe she was having a bad day and brought her mood into the show.

[VASINGER]

@Great2C Actually not unusual. Most people who claim to be urbane and sophisticated aren't.

[Marckymarc71]

I love how John describes Rock and Roll as a [passing] fad. LOL

[elanaLOVESpink]

@Marckymarc71

That was how it was thought of, then, by the "older" generation, as just a "passing fad" that won't last very long, and so on. Even The Beatles were quoted as saying that they didn't expect their music to be popular for more than just a few years. Well, guess everyone was wrong.

[weatdamal]

Thank you soo much for sharing :)