LONDON (Reuters) – The Coasters lead singer and founding member Carl Gardner has died aged 83, the band's website announced.
He passed away at a hospice in Florida on Sunday after suffering from congestive heart failure and vascular dementia "for some time."
The Coasters were a U.S. R&B vocal group with a string of hits in the 1950s that included "Young Blood," "Searchin,'" "Poison Ivy" and chart topper "Yakety Yak."
Gardner was lead vocalist for Los Angeles-based The Robins before he and bandmate Bobby Nunn teamed up with Billy Guy, Leon Hughes and guitarist Adolph Jacobs to form the Coasters in 1955.
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