Lyricist Jerry Leiber Of Leiber & Stoller Dead At 78

The duo’s songs, which range from “Hound Dog” and “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” to “Love Potion No. 9” and “Yakety Yak (Don’t Talk Back)” to “Is That All There Is?” were some of the most enduring – and, sometimes, the funniest – songs of the rock ‘n’ roll era.