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Down in Mexico

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"Down in Mexico"
Single by The Coasters
from the album The Coasters
B-side"Turtle Dovin'"
Released1956
GenreDoo-wop
Length3:15
LabelAtco
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

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

The Coasters

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

Additional musicians

References

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  1. ^ Leiber & Stoller interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  2. ^ Kramer, Gary (1957). The Coasters (LP liner notes). The Coasters. New York, New York: ATCO Records. ATCO 33-101.
  3. ^ 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)