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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
Queens, New York, U.S. Musical artist Leiber and Stoller were an American songwriting and record production duo, consisting of lyricist Jerome Leiber ( / ˈ l iː b ər / ; April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) [ 1 ] and composer Michael Stoller [ 2 ] (born March 13, 1933). [ 3 ]
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, 800 P) Pages in category "Musicians from New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 736 total.
The original Broadway cast of West Side Story and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein: 1957 "Tom Dooley" The Kingston Trio: 1958 "Rumble" Link Wray: 1958 The Play of Daniel: A Twelfth-Century Drama: New York Pro Musica under the direction of Noah Greenberg 1958 "Rank Stranger" The Stanley Brothers: 1960 "At Last" Etta James ...
Smokey Joe's Cafe is a musical revue showcasing 39 pop standards, including rock and roll and rhythm and blues songs written by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.The Original Broadway cast recording, Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller, won a Grammy Award in 1997.
Spyder Turner (born Dwight David Turner, February 4, 1947, Beckley, West Virginia) is an American soul singer. Turner was raised in Detroit, and sang in doo wop groups and high school choirs while young.