Verified listings:
- Riot In Cell Block #9 - The Robins
- Riot In Cell Block Number Nine - The Coasters
Assumed/incorrect titles:
- Riot In Cell Block No. 9
- There's A Riot Goin' On Up In Cell Block #9
other performers:
- Richard Berry (lead vocal/narrator)
Written by:
- Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
Recording location:
- Master Recorders (Los Angeles, CA)
Available on (*):
- 1954 45 rpm single (Spark 103)
- 1971 LP Their Greatest Recordings - The Early Years (Atco SD 33-371, fall, 1971)
- 1992 CD set 50 Coastin' Classics (Rhino R2 71090, November 24, 1992)
Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
- prison
- police
general information about The Robins
General type of music:
- rhythm & blues
Group disbanded:
- late 1955 (original group)
Based in:
- Los Angeles, CA
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- Leiber & Stoller effected the end of the original Robins by asking two of the stars to be in their new group, The Coasters. The remaining Robins continued to record for a short time, but had no further hits.
- Since The Robins and The Coasters contained some of the same members, and the former in a way became the latter, records by The Robins have sometimes been released credited to The Coasters.
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