- Three Cool Cats
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Type =B-side to "Charlie Brown"
Artist =The Coasters
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Released =January 1959
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Recorded =March 17 , 1958
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Writer =Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Label =Atco 6132
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Audio sample? ="Three Cool Cats" is a 1958 song by
The Coasters , written byJerry Leiber and Mike Stoller . It was originally released as theB-side of The Coasters' hit single, "Charlie Brown"."Three Cool Cats" is perhaps best known as one of the fifteen songs recorded by
The Beatles for theirDecca Records audition onNew Year's Day 1962 at the Decca Studios inLondon . The Beatles'cover version featuredGeorge Harrison 's vocals andPete Best on drums. The Beatles' manager,Brian Epstein , personally chose this and the fourteen other audition numbers from the band'sMerseyside dance hall and rock club repertoire. The recording was included on The Beatles' "Anthology 1 ".The song was later performed by on the
Ry Cooder album "Chávez Ravine" in 2005.
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