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Ben E. King - Stand By Me (Audio)

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Ben E. King performing Stand By Me, from the album Don't Play That Song!

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Is the songtext right? "We look a porn" ???? really? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZNL7QVJjE&t=64s 🤣🤣🤣

— @knorkecheck2527

"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 with Johnnie Taylor singing lead.

In 1960, Ben E. King was inspired to update the early 20th-century gospel hymn "Stand by Me" by Charles Albert Tindley, which was based on Psalm 46, "will not we fear, though the Earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea." According to the documentary History of Rock 'n' Roll, King had no intention of recording the song himself.

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Kai Clinton

— @lucacrevatin6363

King had written it for the Drifters, who passed on recording it. After the "Spanish Harlem" recording session in 1960, King had some studio time left over. The session's producers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, asked if he had any more songs. King played it on the piano for them. They liked it and called the studio musicians back in to record it.

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It can move my body but i
Have more fav songs christian in the morning upon waking up thanking heaven for the bless ings of anothe r DAY

@galipalisoc3903

Me this is one of my favorite songs 77 yr old

@galipalisoc3903

você nao sabe é nem sonha que essa musica te dediquei.
toda vez que escuto vem você na mente, aí como eu te amo é queria muito que agente tivesse ficado juntos, eu te amei muito enquanto vc não, bom eu penso que não né? mas qnd agente ainda se falava eu sentia que vc me amava, amanhã faz 1 mês que coloquei um ponto final em nós.
por imaturidade da sua parte, é juro que eu daria tudo agora pra voltar naquele dia 23/05 é me despedir de você, é dizer o qnt eu te amo é sim eu esperava o tempo q fosse pra ficarmos juntos, todos os momentos que tivermos juntos sempre vou carregar comigo, vc foi uma pessoa incrível é muito especial GABRIEL, independente de qualquer coisa eu te perdoo é quero que vc seja feliz, tô aqui tentando seguir minha vida mas você está em tudo é carrego você em meu coração, poxa eu sinto que ainda algum dia vamos voltar a se falar, e eu quero te contar tudo o quanto ainda te amo, beijos meu amor.

@souzaisah

(The song is on the radio)

Mutadon attacks

@Parówko_Zaur

JoJo?

@UWonderland-x4x

@DVD-k3t

This was playing when we took my dad on his final journey

Miss you da forever xxxx

@joannewest8853

A question anyway man will ask of his woman.

@paulboon1100

Stand Banh Mi🥖

@phanlequocanh8960

@DVD-k3t

who is here in June 2026😊

@BillKabisa

È una bellissima canzone...senza tempo....❤❤️❤️👍👍👍👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

@marinaspinardi4931

Kai' s angel aaaaa CHI HA LETTO LIMITLESSS

@Ilaria-q4x

I listen to this song every day !❤

@morimorimori00

whiskey brought me here 😂

@akutheflamingeyebrow9030

I can't believe Ben E King got disappeared!

@jakegreen2916

Ce tempo et cette voix me donnent toujours autant de frissons en 2026 ❤RESPECT.

@dominique578

Voce stupenda bravissimo ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏

@Jojo8111-y8o

Its 2026 and here we still are..yet to find a better song!

@yogeshmishra7603

This is how you will be welcomed in heaven by your and our soulmates,they will stand by you,my loner,protect and love.i know we don’t belong there in heaven

@CatherineDumont-m3h

: "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"

@Filmedbykabir

20.06.2026 like

@Edamisimm371

My father song this song to me and my sister we loved it will never get old in our memory. Thank you, dad. Love you always❤❤🎉❤🎉

@bridgettwaters5180

🔥🔥🔥 still listening in 2026 gotta enjoy the oldies

@ZaneliiCEO

This reminds me of fezco😭😭

@RelebohileRamafikeng-o7i

OUTFIT7 JUST COPIED IT

@CORRESTUDIO5678

Legend ❤❤❤

@mouradbarkat-b5z

Oh how its perfect to the ears

@rolly-g2y

to my grand kids, please know this was my fav song.

@philaniprincemtsh

wow this is the most wonderfull song i have ever heard in my world

@Ahmun-m6o

เส้นบ่าาาหมี่

@tkboom7777

Wow beautiful song thanks euphoria

@Rolexshorts001

❤ 2:35

@vickieHenderson-ty8mb

Nothing against the ben king version this version is awesome but the country remake by mickey galley was better but not by much y,all r.i.p. to both ben and mickey

@ThomasHallman-l9c

Always a pretty song ive always liked it

@barbarahedrick6652

I’m always humming along with the song every time

@WilliamMcCorkle-m3y

This song makes me think of my Ma 😢 MAY 29 2025 RIP MAMA

@George-q6s4u

Euphoria>>>

@ngltbhidk

By Who?

@TreuBlu

AT THAT TIME MICHAEL SHALL STAND UP.

-DANIEL 12:1

@TreuBlu

How everyone else knew this song: deep and meaningful reasons
How I knew this song: it's Air Europa waiting song during calls

@Laia92

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@EtienkaMarkova

Grandeee

@salvatorefaella