<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 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>