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Singers from New York City (2 C, 800 P) Pages in category "Musicians from New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 736 total.
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".
"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
After leaving the employ of Atlantic Records—where they produced, and often wrote, many classic recordings by the Drifters with Ben E. King—Leiber and Stoller produced a series of records for United Artists Records, including hits by Jay and the Americans ("She Cried"), the Exciters ("Tell Him"), and the Clovers ("Love Potion #9", also ...
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 ...
Turner performed lead and backing on "Tell me (crying over you)","Glory fleeting" and in addition backing vocals on "Suddenly there's you", and as group personnel of 'BandTraxs' singing on the funk/rap styled "Detroit (city by the river)". The session was arranged by ex-Motown arranger David J. Van De -Pitte.
Bright Lights, Big City (1999) Saturday Night Fever (1999) The Wild Party (2000) The Wild Party (2000) The Last Five Years (2001) The Producers (2001) Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) Avenue Q (2003) Doubt (2005) [title of show] (musical) (2008) In the Heights (2008) The Addams Family (2009) Elf (2010) Love Never Dies (2010) Ordinary Days (2010 ...
Bands should be notable and linked to their articles which lists their New York origins in the lead. References should be provided for any new entries on this list. Bands may be temporarily red-linked (while an article is developed) as long as the reference establishes that the band is notable and from New York.