Description
Author: Mike Stoller (music); Jerry Leiber (lyrics)
Publisher: Metric Music Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Format: Vintage sheet music
Date of Publication: mid-1950s
Condition:
Good. Original mid-1950s sheet music with visible age toning, edge wear, and light surface wear consistent with age and handling. Minor creasing present. Interior music pages remain intact and fully legible. Paper is fragile. Preserved in an archival sleeve.
Description:
Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots is a mid-1950s rock-and-roll novelty song written by the influential songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, whose work helped define the sound and attitude of early rock music. The song was recorded successfully by The Cheers and Les Baxter, reflecting the era’s fascination with youth culture, rebellion, and the growing mythology of motorcycles and leather-clad individuality.
The illustrated cover features a dramatic motorcycle image alongside portraits of the performers, capturing the visual language of postwar American pop culture and the emergence of rock-and-roll iconography. The song’s rhythmic drive and narrative lyrics exemplify Leiber and Stoller’s ability to blend humor, social observation, and musical innovation.
This is an original period printing, not a reproduction, and survives as a vivid artifact of 1950s popular music, marking the transition from traditional sheet music culture to the rock-and-roll era.