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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
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 by English singer John Newman. The song was released as a digital download on 6 March 2020 by Island Records. [1] The song peaked at number 24 on the Scottish Singles Chart. [2] The song was written by KIDDO, Fredrik Haggstam, John Newman and Litens Anton Nilsson.
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 the song, Turner not only imitated the voices of Ben E. King, Smokey Robinson, Chuck Jackson and Billy Stewart, among others, but named them as he sang verses of the song in their style. The tune climbed to No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard R&B Singles chart and No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart early in 1967. [ 1 ]
David Walter Foster OC OBC (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, film composer, and music executive.He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. [1] [2] Foster's career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s [3] before focusing largely on composing and production.
David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. [1] Among his best known works are the motion picture soundtracks to The Big Bus, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Conversation, All the President's Men, and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as "Manhattan Skyline".
David Richard Campbell (born 7 February 1948) is a Canadian-American arranger, composer, and conductor. He has composed and arranged music for many films, including North Country (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), August: Osage County (2013), Annie (2014), Foxcatcher (2014), Rock of Ages (2012), Dreamgirls (2006), and Joy (2015).