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Down in Mexico

1956 single by The Coasters

"Down in Mexico"

Single by The Coasters

from the album The Coasters

B-side

"Turtle Dovin'"

Released

1956

Genre

Doo-wop

Length

3:15

Label

Atco

Songwriter(s)

Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

The Coasters singles chronology

"Down in Mexico"
(1956)

"One Kiss Led to Another"
(1956)

"Down in Mexico" is the debut single by the American vocal group the Coasters, released in 1956. The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and appears on the 1957 compilation album The Coasters.^[1] It reached No. 8 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1956.

Personnel

Credits adapted from The Coasters LP liner notes:^[2]

The Coasters

Carl Gardner – lead tenor vocal
Billy Guy – baritone vocal
Bobby Nunn – bass vocal
Leon Hughes – tenor vocal
Adolph Jacobs – guitar

Credits adapted from The Coasters: The Complete Singles As & Bs 1954-62 CD liner notes:^[3]

Additional musicians

Mike Stoller – piano
Gil Bernal – saxophone
Barney Kessel – guitar
Ralph Hamilton – bass
Jesse Sailes – drums
Chico Guerrero – congas

References

^ Leiber & Stoller interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
^ Kramer, Gary (1957). The Coasters (LP liner notes). The Coasters. New York, New York: ATCO Records. ATCO 33-101.
^ The Coasters: The Complete Singles As & Bs 1954-62 (CD liner notes). Middlesex: Acrobat Music. 2016. ADDCCD3180. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |people= ignored (help)