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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
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).
Kikuo (Japanese: きくお, born September 21, 1988) is a Japanese songwriter and Vocaloid producer. As an independent artist, he produces the lyrics and music for each of his songs under his own record label, "Kikuo Sound Works," often with vocals provided by popular Crypton Future Media voicebank, Hatsune Miku.
"Stand by Me" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by lead guitarist, Noel Gallagher. It was released on 22 September 1997 as the second single from the band's third studio album, Be Here Now (1997). The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in September 1997. Initially being certified gold in the UK in October 1997 ...
Toward the end of the century, during the Tin Pan Alley era, sheet music was sold by dozens and even hundreds of publishing companies. [4] [5] [6] Sheet music industry also suffered of music piracy with pirated reprints, [7] [8] [9] as well various fake books rose considerable amount of copies sold. [5]
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
Music from the Morning of the World: Various artists, recorded by David Lewiston: 1966 For the Roses: Joni Mitchell: 1972 Head Hunters: Herbie Hancock: 1973 Ronald Reagan radio broadcasts Ronald Reagan: 1975–79 Murmurs of Earth Disc prepared for the Voyager spacecraft: compilation produced by Carl Sagan: 1977 Thriller: Michael Jackson: 1982
All acts are listed alphabetically by their first name or (ignoring the words "A", "An", and "The") group name. The * symbol indicates artists no longer signed to the label. A larger collection of artists formerly signed to RCA Records may be found at Category:RCA Records artists