Co-founder and lead vocalist of The Coasters -- via Spinner. He co-founded the group with Billy Nunn, after leaving The Robins in 1955. The Coasters are one of the great vocal groups of all time -- a conduit for the profound silliness of Leiber and Stoller's brilliant songwriting, which had a truckload of hits and got exploited and shortchanged.
Gardner's theatricality, fine voice and ability to entertain helped make this ensemble's efforts forever memorable.
Not only did they serve as the exponents of the Lieber and Stoller songbook, but they made amazing covers of songs such as "Brazil," "Besame Mucho" and "Zing! Went the Strings of my Heart".
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