['< sod > "\'\'\'black denim trousers and motorcycle boots\'\'\'"... is a popular [ [ teenage tragedy song ] ] written by [ [ jerry leiber and mike stoller ] ]. recorded by [ [ the cheers ] ], it went to # 6 on the [ [ billboard ( magazine ) |\'\' billboard\'\' ] ] best selling singles chart in the fall of 1955, becoming leiber and stoller\'s first top ten pop hit. < ref note name = pc13 / > our veteran performer [ [ vaughn monroe ] ] covered the record, going to # 38 on the billboard charts ; the song also rose to a top - 10 chart appearance on the\'\' cash box\'\' chart ( which counted songs, not records, and thus counted all [ [ cover version ] ] s s of a song as one ). then in 1956, french chanteuse [ [ edith piaf ] ] recorded a french translation of the the song entitled "\'\'\'pour l\'homme a la moto\'\' \', " which became one of her biggest selling singles. < eod > < sod > "\'\'\'black denim trousers and motorcycle boots\'\'\'" is a [ [ teenage tragedy song ] ] written by [ [ jerry leiber and mike stoller ] ]. recorded by [ [ the cheers ] ], it went to # 6 on the [ [ billboard ( magazine ) |\'\' billboard\'\' ] ] best selling singles chart in the fall of 1955, becoming leiber and stoller\'s first successful top ten pop hit. < ref name = pc13 / > veteran performer [ [ vaughn monroe ] ] covered the record, going to # 38 on the billboard charts ; the song also rose to a top - 10 chart appearance on the\'\' cash box\'\' chart ( which counted songs, not records, and thus counted all [ [ cover version ] ] s of a song as one ). in 1956, french chanteuse [ [ edith piaf ] ] also recorded a french translation of the song entitled "\'\'\'l\'homme a madame la moto\'\' \', " which became one of her biggest selling singles. < eod >']