Kent Harris
Biography
Kent Levaughn Harris (October 15, 1930 – April 9, 2019) was an American songwriter and record producer, who is best known as the writer of novelty tunes such as "Shoppin' for Clothes" (a hit for The Coasters, featured on Broadway’s Musical Smokey Joe’s Cafe) credited to Harris, Leiber and Stoller), and "Cops and Robbers" (a hit for Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, George Thorogood, and Wayne Fontana) . He recorded under various pseudonyms including Ducky Drake and Boogaloo and his Gallant Crew.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
406 releases · 93 albums · active 1955–2024
- Performance · 424
- Production · 72
Studios: Gold Star Studios · Atlantic Studios · Hollywood Recorders · Master Recorders
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Coasters
- Bo Diddley
- Ty Karim
- Ike & Tina Turner
- Roy Clark
- The Rolling Stones
- Boogaloo And His Gallant Crew










