Riot in Cell Block #9

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Riot in Cell Block #9 is a 1954 rock and roll/R&B song, famous for its prison-riot narrative style, written by the songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
composer Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
surface form: Jerry Leiber

Mike Stoller
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followsMusicalStyle 1950s R&B
early rock and roll
genre rhythm and blues
rock and roll
hasArtisticMovement early rock era
hasInfluenceOn narrative R&B songs
prison-themed rock songs
hasLyricalPerspective first-person narrator
hasNarrativeStyle storytelling
hasNarrativeTheme prison riot
hasSetting prison cell block
hasSubject incarceration
law enforcement response
violence in prison
hasTimePeriodSetting mid-20th century
hasTitleNumber 9
language English
lyricist Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
surface form: Jerry Leiber

Mike Stoller
notableFor prison-riot narrative
spoken-word style verses
partOf Leiber and Stoller song catalog
publicationDate 1954

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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller notableWork Riot in Cell Block #9
The Coasters notableWork Riot in Cell Block #9
Mike Stoller notableWork Riot in Cell Block #9