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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
The Ultimate Collection: Stand by Me is a compilation album by American musician Ben E. King. ... Notes. Tracks 1, 6, 9 and 14 were recorded on October 27, 1960 in ...
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).
In a 2002 review, Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club called "Stand by Me" one of the only good tracks present, also naming "My Big Mouth" and "Don't Go Away". [5] Reviewing the album's 2016 deluxe edition, Laura Snapes of Pitchfork gave an overall distaste for the album, but called "Stand by Me" "genuinely touching". [6]
Leiber and Stoller previously had co-written and produced the song "Stand by Me" with Ben E. King in 1961. [3] The record used the same arrangement from Joe Sentieri's record (orchestra conducted by Luis Enriquez Bacalov). In the US, the Ben E. King version reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and No. 16 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. [4]
In the midst of tribulation, stand by me. When the hosts of hell assail, and my strength begins to fail, thou who never lost a battle, stand by me. In the midst of faults and failures, stand by me. In the midst of faults and failures, stand by me. When I do the best I can, and my friends misunderstand, thou who knowest all about me, stand by me ...
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".
3 Music. Toggle Music subsection. 3.1 Albums. 3.2 Songs. 4 See also. Toggle the table of contents. Stand by Me. 14 languages. ... "Stand by Me", a 1972 song recorded ...