<Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Shadow Knows" (1958) </Td> <Td> "Charlie Brown" (1959) </Td> <Td> "Along Came Jones" (1959) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Shadow Knows" (1958) </Td> <Td> "Charlie Brown" (1959) </Td> <Td> "Along Came Jones" (1959) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Charlie Brown" is a popular Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller song that was a top - ten hit for The Coasters in the spring of 1959 (released in January, coupled with "Three Cool Cats," Atco 6132). It went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts, and was the first of three top - ten hits for the Coasters that year . It is best known for the phrase, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?" </P> <P> According to Jerry Leiber, "After' Yakety Yak,' I thought we could write every Coasters song in ten minutes . Man, was I wrong! When we tried to write a follow - up, Mike had lots of musical ideas, but I was stuck....After nearly a week of agonizing, a simple name came to mind .' Charlie Brown .' Then,' He's a clown, that Charlie Brown .' Mike already had a skip - along melodic template in place . He helped me with the story and suddenly a character, played by Dub Jones, stepped out on stage ." </P>

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