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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
thou who knowest all about me, stand by me. In the midst of persecution, stand by me. In the midst of persecution, stand by me. When my foes in battle array, undertake to stop my way, thou who saved Paul and Silas, stand by me. When I'm growing old and feeble, stand by me. When I'm growing old and feeble, stand by me. When my life becomes a ...
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).
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.
Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche (/ ˈ n iː tʃ i / NEECH-ee; [3] April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. [4] He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector , and went on to work with the Rolling Stones , Neil Young , and others.
Stand by Me, a 1986 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner, based on the novella The Body by Stephen King; Stand by Me, a 1998 Singaporean Mandarin drama series; Stand by Me Doraemon, a 2014 Japanese 3D CGI-animated film based on the manga series Doraemon by Fujiko Fujio
It was the first Clash song to reach the United States Top 30 charts [8] [9] and in 2010, the song was ranked number 298 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [10] [11] In the US and Canada, the song's title is expanded to "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)", as the words "stand by me" dominate the chorus.