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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
Stanley Seymour Applebaum (March 1, 1922 – February 23, 2019) was an American composer, arranger, musician and conductor.He arranged the orchestration on many pop hit records, most notably in the early 1960s, including The Drifters' "Save the Last Dance for Me"; Ben E. King's "Spanish Harlem" and "Stand By Me"; Brian Hyland's "Sealed with a Kiss"; and Neil Sedaka's "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do".
Both born to Jewish families, Leiber came from Baltimore, Maryland, [3] and Stoller from Queens, New York, [9] but they met in Los Angeles, California, in 1950, where Stoller was a freshman at Los Angeles City College while Leiber was a senior at Fairfax High. Stoller had graduated from Belmont High School.
Benjamin Earl King [1] (né Nelson; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, notably singing the lead vocals on three of their biggest hit singles - "There Goes My Baby", "This Magic Moment", and "Save the Last Dance for Me" (their only US No. 1 hit).
Tracks 2 and 11 were recorded on May 19, 1960 in New York. Track 3 was recorded on February 11, 1963 in Los Angeles. Track 4 was recorded on January 15, 1964 in New York. Track 5 was recorded on February 1963 in New York. Tracks 7, 15 and 18 were recorded on December 18, 1961 in New York. Tracks 8 and 17 were recorded on December 21, 1961 in ...
Singers from New York City (2 C, 809 P) Pages in category "Musicians from New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 737 total.
CBS 30th Street Studio, also known as Columbia 30th Street Studio, and nicknamed "The Church", was an American recording studio operated by Columbia Records from 1948 [1] to 1981 located at 207 East 30th Street, between Second and Third Avenues in Manhattan, New York City.
In early 1928, after decades of recording in various locations, Victor acquired a property in Manhattan to build a recording studio. Originally built in 1907 as a seven-story stable, the building at 155 East 24th Street was previously home to Manhattan's leading supplier of coach, livery, and workhorses, supplying horses for the New York transit system, and later to the U.S. military for use ...