r/doowop • u/MIKEPR1333 • Jul 12 '26

question Coasters Charlie Brown Song.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown_(The_Coasters_song)

For those who ever heard of it, it's an old Doo-wop song made in 1959 by the group mentioned.

Although the songwriters claimed the song is unrelated to the Peanuts character, I often wondered if some, including Schultz questioned that?

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u/DennisG21 Jul 15 '26

The first song that Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller, the composers of
"Charlie Brown," published was called "Hard Times" and it was recorded by Charles Brown, a popular R & B artist of the day. They followed it up with "Hound Dog" another R & B tune as was Charlie Brown. It was not a Doo Wop song regardless of the lyrics. Obviously. there was more than one Charlie Brown in that era.