"One Kiss Led to Another" is a song written by

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such crossover hit songs as " Hound Dog" ( ...

and performed by

The Coasters The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with " Searchin'" and " Young Blood" in 1957, their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producin ...

. The song reached #11 on the

R&B chart The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by ''Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 p ...

and #73 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1956. The song appeared on their 1957 album, ''The Coasters''. The song was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

Personnel

* Mike Stoller, piano *

Gil Bernal Gil Bernal (1931–2011) was a singer and a session musician. His saxophone can be heard on recordings such as " Searchin'" by The Coasters. In the 1950s he played on Duane Eddy's 1958 album ''Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel''. In later years, ...

, saxophone *

Barney Kessell Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as ...

, guitar * probably Adolph Jacobs, guitar * Ralph Hamilton, bass *

Jesse Sailes Jesse John Sailes (1919–2007) was a jazz drummer and session musician who performed on many hit records in the 1940s and 1950s such as Eddie Cochran's "Skinny Jim" and The Coasters' Riot in Cell Block Number 9, Framed, and Searchin'.''The Coaste ...

, drums * Chico Guerrero, congas ''The Coasters: The Complete Singles As & Bs 1954-62'', Acrobat Licensing LTD., ADDCCD3180, 2016, UK

Covers

The Beach Boys recorded the song in September 1965 as an outtake for their album ''

Beach Boys' Party! ''Beach Boys' Party!'' is the tenth studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, and their third in 1965, consisting mostly of cover songs played with acoustic instruments. It reached No. 6 in the US and No. 3 in the UK. The album spawned o ...

'' Lead vocals are by Mike Love. The New York City group Hackamore Brick appropriated a (modified) version of this song's title for the title of their lone album on the Kama Sutra label, ''One Kiss Leads to Another'', released in 1970. The phrase also appears in the lyrics to the album's second track, "Oh! Those Sweet Bananas."

References

Songs about kissing 1956 songs 1956 singles Songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller The Coasters songs The Beach Boys songs Atco Records singles {{1950s-single-stub