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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
Both born to Jewish families, Leiber came from Baltimore, Maryland, [3] and Stoller from Queens, New York, [8] 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.
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).
Singers from New York City (2 C, 801 P) Pages in category "Musicians from New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 736 total.
Rappers from New York City (5 C, 87 P) Pages in category "Singers from New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 800 total.
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 ...
Pages in category "Artists from New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,039 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jimi Hendrix in 1968. In 1968, Jimi Hendrix and his manager Michael Jeffery bought the Generation, a newly defunct nightclub in New York's Greenwich Village. [3] Hendrix had frequently joined jam sessions at the venue, which had hosted acts as diverse and legendary as Big Brother & the Holding Company, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Dave Van Ronk, Sly & the Family Stone, and John Fahey.