“Stand By Me,” which was first performed on April 12, 1961, was written by the triumvirate of Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller. The latter two wrote under the moniker Elmo Glick. King, born ...

The iconic "Stand by Me," originally a No. 4 Billboard Hot 100 hit for Ben E. King in 1961, returns, thanks to a cover unveiled at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding May 19. By Jim Asker ...

Karen Gibson and The Kingdom Choir sang "Stand by Me." A gospel choir, singing the classic R&B song "Stand by Me," created a moving moment during the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Stephen Wilson Jr. made his CMA Awards performance debut on Wednesday night, mesmerizing the crowd with his inventive rendering of “Stand by Me,” Ben E. King’s 1961 hymn that was later recorded by ...

There were a lot of special moments throughout Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding ceremony, but the one that's proving most popular is the gorgeous rendition of the song "Stand by Me," performed ...

When Ben E. King’s smooth voice came through the radio airwaves in 1960 with the sweet sound of “Stand by Me,” it set the stage for becoming a timeless classic. But his vocals aren’t the only ...

Stephen Wilson Jr. left the crowd speechless with his soulful rendition of Stephen King’s song Stand by Me at the 2025 CMA Awards. Wilson, who previously worked as a microbiologist and a boxer, became ...

“Stand by Me,” the hit by Ben E. King, who died last week, was the fourth-most-popular song of the twentieth century; a 1999 music-industry report revealed that it had been played on the radio and ...

Ben E. King scored lasting hits with records like “Spanish Harlem” and the Drifters’ “Under the Boardwalk,” but the New York native, who died in 2015, will always be best known for “Stand by Me,” a ...

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