The team also wrote `` Stand by Me '' for Ben E. King , `` Kansas City , '' which was made famous by Wilbert Harrison , `` On Broadway , '' top singles for the Drifters and George Benson , and a string of hits for the Coasters , including `` Young Blood , '' `` Searchin ' , '' and `` Yakety Yak . '' Jerry Leiber wrote some of the top hit songs in the ' 50 and ' 60s . He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 . He joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame two years later . Leiber married his songwriting partner , Mike Love , in 1950 .
Jerry Leiber wrote some of the top hit songs in the ' 50 and ' 60s . He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 . He joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame two years later . Leiber married his songwriting partner , Mike Love , in 1950 .