( CNN ) -- Songwriter and record producer Jerry Leiber , who penned hits for Elvis Presley , Ben E. King and the Coasters , died in a Los Angeles hospital Monday . He was 78 . Leiber paired with Mike Stoller in 1950 , when both were 17 years old , to form one of the most prolific songwriting teams of the day . Their hits were jukebox staples through the 1950s and 1960s . `` He was my friend , my buddy , my writing partner for 61 years , '' Stoller said . `` He had a way with words . There was nobody better . I 'm going to miss him . '' Elvis took their song `` Hound Dog '' to the top of the charts in 1956 . The tune was No . 19 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of `` The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time , '' which came out in 2004 . 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 . '' Dozens of other artists from country to blues to R & B and rock recorded their songs . Leiber , along with Stoller , was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. iReport : Leiber and Stoller interviewed in 2010 . `` Leiber and Stoller advanced rock and roll to new heights of wit and musical sophistication , '' says their Rock Hall biography . `` They were particularly influential during rock and roll 's first decade . '' Leiber , the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland , was born in 1933 and grew up in Baltimore . He is survived by his three sons -- Jed , Oliver , and Jake -- and two granddaughters , Chloe and Daphne .
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 .