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  • Covered Up: Most famously with Elvis Presley's version of "Hound Dog", covering up the original by Big Mama Thornton. Also, Wilbert Harrison's "Kansas City", covering up Little Willie Littlefield, and The Searchers' "Love Potion #9", covering up The Clovers.
    • "D.W. Washburn" by The Monkees was a note-for-note cover of the version by The Coasters, which their label had refused to release. Leiber and Stoller were certain it was going to be a hit and submitted it to The Monkees.
  • Epic Riff: "Jailhouse Rock", "Stand By Me"
  • First and Foremost: Most of the songs they wrote for The Coasters, The Drifters, Elvis, and Ben E. King.

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