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"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by him, along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who together used the pseudonym Elmo Glick. According to King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a spiritual written by Sam Cooke and J. W. Alexander called "Stand by Me Father", recorded by the Soul Stirrers
Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film [5] directed by Rob Reiner. Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon in 1959. Stand by Me stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell as four
The Body was published in King's 1982 collection Different Seasons and later adapted into the 1986 film Stand by Me. [1] The story takes place during the summer of 1960 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. After a boy disappears and is presumed dead, twelve-year-old Gordie LaChance and his three friends set out to find his body along ...
The Ultimate Collection: Stand by Me is a compilation album by American musician Ben E. King. It was released in 1987 via Atlantic Records . The album includes many hits such as "Stand by Me", the original "Spanish Harlem", and "Young Boy Blues".
"Stand by Me" was reissued in the US, with "Woman Is the Nigger of the World", on 4 April 1977. [ nb 6 ] [ 37 ] Rock 'n' Roll re-charted in the UK on 17 January 1981, at number 64. [ 2 ] In the US, it was reissued in October 1980, also at budget price, [ nb 7 ] [ 41 ] and it was briefly reissued in the UK by the budget label Music for Pleasure ...
Michael Brewer, one-half of the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, has died. He was 80. On Tuesday, Dec. 17, Brewer's musical partner, Tom Shipley, confirmed the news of his death in a Facebook post ...
Tyler, 33, threw Rickey’s pet alligator and Rickey, 30, launched Tyler’s crocodile from their Wasilla apartment, Alaska News Source reports. It is not clear what anime kicked off the dispute.
Bradley Gregg is an American actor, active in film and television productions.. Gregg has appeared in Hollywood films since the 1980s and is perhaps best known for his supporting roles in Stand by Me (1986), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).