THE COASTERS - THREE COOL CATS

THREE COOL CATS

THE COASTERS

COMPOSERS: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

ALBUM: THREE COOL CATS

LABEL: ATCO RECORDS

GENRE: R&B

YEAR: 1958

"Three Cool Cats" is a 1958 song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by The Coasters and released as the B-side of their hit single, "Charlie Brown."

"Three Cool Cats" was one of the fifteen songs recorded by The Beatles for their Decca Records audition on New Year's Day 1962 at the Decca Studios in London. The Beatles' cover version featured George Harrison's vocals and Pete Best on drums. The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, personally chose this and the fourteen other audition numbers from the band's Merseyside dance hall and rock club repertoire. The recording was included on the Beatles Anthology 1. The group also performed this song several times during the Get Back/Let It Be Sessions of January 1969. None of these have ever been officially released by EMI.

Three cool cats,

three cool cats

are coming up in a beat up car,

spitting up a lift of candy bar

talking on about how sharp they are.

Three cool cats.

Three cool chicks

are walking down the street

swinging their hips,

splitting up a bag of potatoe chips

I think cool cats really did flip.

Three cool chicks

Three cool chicks.

Well up came that first cool cat,

he said: man look at that.

Man, do you see what I see?

Well I want that middle chick

I want that little chick.

Hey man save once chick for me.

Well three cool chicks.

Three cool chicks.

Well they love like

angels from up above

and three cool cats

really fell in love.

But three cool chicks

made three fools out of

three cool cats.

Three cool cats.

Well up came that first cool cat,

he said: man look at that.

man do you see what I see?

Well I want that middle chick,

I want that little chick.

Hey man, save one chick for me.

Three cool chicks.

Three cool chicks.

They look like

angels from up above

and three cool cats

really fell in love.

And three cool chicks

made three fools out of

three cool cats.

Three cool cats.

Three cool cats.

Three cool cats.