Johnny Burnette

His name and song-writing abilities gained prominence again when Ringo Starr released a cover of "You're Sixteen" in 1973. Jones died in 2000. He was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Johnny Burnette's career was cut short at the age of 30 when he drowned in a boating accident. Gunter was murdered in Las Vegas in 1990. Although they managed to get a recording contract, in 1957 the group split up due to a lack of commercial success, but while living in California in 1960 Burnette had a back-to-back major hits with songs he wrote titled "Dreamin" and "You're Sixteen", followed by "Little Boy Sad" a year later. Nunn died in 1986, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame one year later.

They are considered to be the ones who originally coined the phrase "Rockabilly". Several groups used the name in the 1970s, touring throughout the country, though Gardner held the legal rights to it. Along with his brother Dorsey Burnette and a friend, Paul Burlison, in the early 1950s he formed the Johnny Burnette Rock and Roll Trio. 9" in 1971. Johnny Burnette (March 25, 1934 - August 14, 1964) was a Rockabilly pioneer in Memphis, Tennessee. The Coasters last hit was "Love Potion No. The Coasters signed with Columbia Records, but were never able to regain their former fame.

A series of line-up changes contributed to a lack of hits in the 1960s. This was followed by "Along Came Jones", "Poison Ivy", "Shoppin' for Clothes" and "Little Egypt". The song was a huge mainstream hit, as was the follow-up "Charlie Brown". This new line-up released "Yakety-Yak", which included King Curtis on tenor saxophone.

Jessie was soon replaced by Cornell Gunter (The Flairs). Nunne and Hughes left, replaced by Dub Jones (bass, of The Cadets) and Obie Jessie. This was followed by a dry period, and the group relocated to New York City. In 1957, The Coasters crossed over with "Young Blood"/"Searchin'".

They soon added Billy Guy (baritone), Leon Hughes (tenor) and Adolph Jacobs (guitar), releasing their first single "Down in Mexico", a major R&B hit in 1956. The Coasters continued their association with the Robins' legendary songwriters, Leiber & Stoller. After The Robins signed with Atlantic Records (1955, after the massive chart success of "Smokey Joe's Cafe"), the group split up. Carl Gardner (tenor) and Bobby Nunn (bass) formed The Coasters. The Coasters were an American doo wop and early rock and roll group, evolving from The Robins, a Los Angeles based doo wop group.