the Commitments
USA
Formed: 1956
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: R&B/Soul, Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Doo Wop, Early R&B, Early Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
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The Coasters were one of the few artists in rock history to successfully straddle the line between music and comedy. Their undeniably funny lyrics and on-stage antics might have suggested a simple troupe of clowns, but Coasters records were no mere novelties -- their material, supplied by the legendary team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, was too witty, their arrangements too well-crafted, and the group itself too musically proficient. That engaging and infectious combination made them one of the most popular early R&B/rock & roll acts, as we...
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