Mike Stoller

As half of the legendary writing/production team of Leiber and Stoller, during the '50s and '60s Mike Stoller was at once a devoted follower of black culture and music and one of its defining forces. Born in Belle Harbor, Long Island, Stoller's mother had been an actress and a member of the chorus in Gershwin's +Funny Face. Nudging her son towards classical piano lessons, Stoller instead rebelled ...more