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He began recording performances by street performers from around the world. Johnson heard Roger Ridley sing the Ben E. King hit , "Stand by me" in Santa Monica and immediately began recording him and other street musicians like Small, making their performance the centerpiece of a video featuring performances of the number by a handful of ...
"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
Playing For Change (PFC) was founded in 2002 by Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke. [1] [2] Mark Johnson was walking in Santa Monica, California, when he heard the voice of Roger Ridley (deceased in 2005) [3] singing "Stand By Me"; it was this experience that sent Playing For Change on its mission to connect the world through music.
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).
For many musicians, street performance was the most common means of employment before the advent of recording and personal electronics. [5] Prior to that, a person had to produce any music or entertainment, save for a few mechanical devices such as the barrel organ, the music box, and the piano roll.
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E Street is mourning following news of the passing of Adele Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen's mother, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, after battling Alzheimer's disease. Adele was 98. No information on ...
The group gained success in 1998 with their cover of Ben E. King's hit song "Stand by Me", [2] which was particularly successful in Europe, reaching the top 10 in eight countries. Later that year, their debut album of the same name, Stand by Me was released. [3] The group also had a minor hit with a cover of the Bill Withers song, "Ain't No ...