['< sod > akens toured regularly since 1965 and included a tribute to his mentor, [ [ sam cooke ] ], in most of his shows. < ref > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. tsimon. com / akens. htm | title = jewel akens page | publisher = tsimon. com | date = | accessdate = 2013 - 03 - 06 } } < / ref > he also fronted a group billing itself as [ [ the coasters ] ], though it featured no actual original members of the group. < ref > [ https : / / news. google. com / newspapers? nid = 1917 & dat = 19851227 & id = dgshaaaaibaj & sjid = j3ifaaaaibaj & pg = 3460, 3320818 ] { { dead link | date = march 2013 } } < / ref > akens considered his [ [ cover version ] ] s of " little bitty pretty one " by [ [ thurston harris ] ] and " you better move on " by [ [ arthur alexander ] ] to be his best work. < ref name = " rockabilly " / > he toured with [ [ the monkees ] ] in the late 1960s and continued in the music business until the middle of the 1970s. < ref name = " rockabilly " / > jewel did more shows with a new set of dots that consisted of al martin.. hurley d and songwriter and producer richard dickson. < eod > < sod > akens toured regularly since 1965 and included a tribute to his mentor, [ [ sam cooke ] ], in most of his shows. < ref > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. tsimon. com / akens. htm | title = jewel akens page | publisher = tsimon. com | date = | accessdate = 2013 - 03 - 06 } } < / ref > he also fronted a group billing itself as [ [ the coasters ] ], though it also featured no actual original members of the group. < ref > [ https : / / news. google. com / newspapers? nid = 1917 & dat = 19851227 & id = dgshaaaaibaj & sjid = j3ifaaaaibaj & pg = 3460, 3320818 ] { { dead link | date = march 2013 } } < / ref > akens considered his [ [ cover version ] ] s of " little bitty pretty one " by [ [ thurston harris ] ] and " you better move on " by [ [ arthur alexander ] ] to be his best work. < ref name = " rockabilly " / > he toured with [ [ the monkees ] ] in the late 1960s and continued in the music business until the middle of the 1970s. < ref name = " rockabilly " / > jewel did more shows ( 2006 - 2011 ) with a new set of dots that consisted of al martin.. hurley d and songwriter and producer richard dickson. < eod >']