Stand by Me
~ Recording by Ben E. King
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 2:51 | Ben E. King | Don’t Play That Song! | Ben E. King | Album |
| ATCO Records | SD33-142 |
| 8.2 | Stand by Me | 2:56 | Ben E. King | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 781293-299 |
| 1.15 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Volume 4: 1958-1962 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81296-2 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand by Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81677-2 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand By Me | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-81677-2 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand by Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Made in Germany) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-81677-2 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand by Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (made in Japan) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81677-2, 81677-2 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | The Ultimate Collection: Stand by Me | Ben E. King | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 780 213-2 |
| 1.13 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Now That’s What I Call Music 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | CD NOW 9 |
| 2.2 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Now That’s What I Call Music 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | NOW 9 |
| 2.2 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Now That’s What I Call Music 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | TC NOW 9 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Atlantic Soul Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 2292-41138-2 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Atlantic Soul Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 241138-1, WX 105 | |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Hits Revival | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (International budget record label) | CD 3613 |
| 1.12 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Kuschelrock, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 460521 2 |
| 1.3 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Media’s affenstarke Oldtimer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Media Markt (German electronics retailer) | CD 100.001 |
| 1.16 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Musikladen Eurotops | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV) | CD 1373 |
| 1.4 | Stand by Me | 2:54 | Ben E. King | Ronny's Pop Show 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 450607 2 |
| 3.14 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Secret Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sessions (US reissue label), Warner Special Products | OPCD-4505 |
| 1.14 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Secret Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-4505 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Senior Prom (3xCD set, Disc 1, Track 8 & Disc 2 Track 1 differs from 2xCD release) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-4508 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Senior Prom | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| OPCD-4508 | |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand by Me | Ben E. King | Single |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A 9361 789 361-7 |
| 1.13 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Starke Zeiten - Die wilden 60er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 258 570 |
| 1.13 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Starke Zeiten - Die wilden 60er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 179481 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:04 | Ben E. King | The Best of Ben E. King & The Drifters | Ben E. King & The Drifters | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | 2RNR-04, OPCD-2536 |
| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | The Voice of Soul | Ben E. King | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV) | CD 1383 |
| 2.11 | Stand by Me | 2:54 | Ben E. King | Yesterdays Gold: 120 Golden Oldies, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| YDG 2553 | |
| 1.2 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | 6 hits des années 60 | Various Artists | Compilation |
| EPM Musique | FDC 1035 ADE 610 |
| 1.5 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | 25 Unforgettable Memories, Part VI | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Maybellene | CD05517 |
| 3.10 | Stand by Me | 2:54 | Ben E. King | 100 Super Oldies: Too Good to Be Forgotten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Black Tulip | 2699122 |
| 1.11 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Juke Box Classics: The Wanderers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King + The Drifters | Stand by Me | Ben E. King + The Drifters | Album + Compilation |
| Take Off | CD 80103 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 2:50 | Ben E. King | The Golden Age of Black Music: 1960-1970 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 81911-1 |
| 4.9 | Stand by Me | 3:03 | Ben E. King | The Rock Box: The History of Rock ’n’ Roll | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dominion Entertainment | CD 1303 |
| 1.14 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Unforgettable | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | EMTV 44 |
| 1.8 | Stand by Me | 3:04 | Ben E. King | The Wanderers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3359-2 |
| 1.13 | Stand by Me | 2:56 | Ben E. King | An Hour of Blues and Soul Giants | Various Artists | Album |
| World Productions of Compact Music | MWCH -6018 |
| 1.8 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Golden Love Songs, Volume 19: Stand by Me | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 3890 61 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Heartbreaker | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dominion Entertainment | CD 1403 |
| 1.6 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Heartbreaker: Sweet & Tender | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC) | PACD 099, PACD 099/1-4 |
| 2.12 | Stand by Me | 2:54 | Ben E. King | Kuschelrock 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 07-465951-10, 465951 2, CBS 465951 2 |
| 1.3 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Media’s affenstarke Oldtimer (2nd amended edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Media Markt (German electronics retailer) | 100.004, CD 100.004 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | R&B Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 241603-2 |
| 1.16 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Rockfile, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Backline Records (Line Music GmbH) | BLCD 9.00731 L |
| 1.2 | Stand by Me | ?:?? | Ben E. King | Soul Decade: The Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | ZK 74816 (2) |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | The Ultimate Collection: Stand by Me | Ben E. King | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A2 80213 |
| 1.15 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | 30 Years of Number 1s, Volume 11: 1983-1986 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | TYNO CD 110 |
| 1.3 | Stand by Me | 2:56 | Ben E. King | Black Magic: The Most Beautiful Black and Soul Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| TELDEC, Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV) | 2292-41871-2, 2503 |
| 1.15 | Stand by Me | 2:51 | Ben E. King | De Pre Historie 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), PolyGram, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 260.733 |
| 1.14 | Stand by Me | 2:53 | Ben E. King | Great Love Songs 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Records AB (SE subsidiary of CBS Records, renamed Sony Music Entertainment (Sweden) AB in 1991) | 466472 2 |
| 1.12 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Hollywood Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CD 210 | |
| 1.2 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Soul Decade ; The Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | ZD 74816, ZD 74816(2) |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | The Very Best of Ben E. King & The Drifters (Telstar release) | The Drifters | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD2373MCPS |
| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Today's Most Requested Love Songs 90 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Today’s Most Requested Love Songs 90 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Quality Special Products | QRSPD 1103 |
| 4.24 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82305-2 |
| 1.2 | Stand by Me | 3:03 | Ben E. King | 20 Golden Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universe (Compilations — Attention, some releases may be bootlegs) | UN 2 016 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Legends of Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2489 | |
| 1.7 | Stand By Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Mellow Madness | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | MOOD CD20 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | More Rock’n’Roll Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DIN CD 30 |
| 1.15 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Soul Power: The Very Best of Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CGD (Italian label) | 9548 30471-2 |
| 1.4 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | The Levi’s 501 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EastWest Records America (this label only briefly used between 1990–91, please read annotations before use) | 9548-30852-2 XV |
| 1.3 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | The Original: Songs From Levi's Commercials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | 261 501 |
| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 2:56 | Ben E. King | Unchained Melodies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2480 |
| 1.16 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | All the Best Of, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UN 3 132 | |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Ballads of Rock'n Roll | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.17 | Stand By Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Fan des 60 - 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life | 515 897-2 |
| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Golden Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Citadel (Holland, budget CDs) | CD88042 |
| 1.4 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Love at the Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyTel | 515186-2 |
| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Mad About the Boy: Songs Known From the TV Commercials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Movieplay Portuguesa | MPV 5521 |
| 1.5 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Rhythm & Blues: 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | RHD-14 |
| 1.6 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Slow Motion, Volume 2: Die schönsten Liebeslieder der Filmgeschichte | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | |
| 1.6 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Slow Motion, Volume 2: Die schönsten Liebeslieder der Filmgeschichte | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 11796 1 |
| 1.5 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Solid Gold Soul 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R838-19 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | ?:?? | Ben E. King | Stand by Me | Ben E. King / The Drifters | Album + Compilation |
| King Special | KSCD-466 |
| 2.12 | Stand By Me | 2:57 | Ben E King | The Emotion Collection: Eternal Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time‐Life Books B.V. | TL 571/11 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1961 Still Rockin' | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 516/16 |
| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: 1961 (1992 remaster) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | 2RNR-04, OPCD-2536 |
| 2.2 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | The Sixties Decade 1960-1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Tring International PLC (not for release label use - for copyrights only) | TTP002 |
| 1.6 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Working in a Coalmine | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Movieplay Portuguesa | SMP 850007 |
| 1.12 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Anthology | Ben E. King | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71215 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Now That’s What I Call Music! 1987 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | CDNOW1987 |
| 2.2 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | The Brill Building Sound | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Era Records (55-90 US indie) | 5025-2 |
| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Rhythm & Blues Formidable | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère (just "CARRERE", not "CARRERE MUSIC") | 9548-32378-2 |
| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Rhythm & Blues Formidable | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère (just "CARRERE", not "CARRERE MUSIC") | 9548-32379-2 |
| 1.16 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | All the Best Of, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UN 3 144 | |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Best of Ben E King | Ben E. King | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 2:54 | Ben E. King | Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1961 (1993 re-issue with track changes) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70622 |
| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Blue Moon | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9548-32199-2 |
| 1.20 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | Blues Brother Soul Sister | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment, wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9548-31921-2, CA-851 |
| 1.20 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Blues Brother Soul Sister | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD 56 |
| 1.17 | Stand By Me | 3:05 | Ben E. King | Broken Hearted | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (International budget record label) | ECD 3049 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 2:52 | Ben E. King | Greatest Hits Of The 60’s, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | PILZ (German budget label) | CDFM 8314-2 | |
| 1.3 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Oh Happy Day! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321143792/1, 74321143792/2 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | Il grande rock: Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| De Agostini, Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | CDDEA 2224 |
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| 1.5 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | 12 Onvergetelijke Wereldhits Vol 1 | Various Artists | Compilation |
| ARC Records (Dutch reissue/compilation label) | CD 911103 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:56 | Ben E. King | Blues & Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Fat Boys Records | FAT CD 409 |
Relationships
| recorded in: | New York, New York, United States (on 1960-10-27) |
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| vocals: | Ben E. King (on 1960-10-27) |
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| conductor: | Stan Applebaum (US composer, arranger and conductor) (on 1960-10-27) |
| arranger: | Stan Applebaum (US composer, arranger and conductor) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | H.H.O. Ltd (music licensing) |
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| part of: | Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 1) (order: 1) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 4) Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 121) (order: 121) The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 131) (order: 131) |
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| recording of: | Stand by Me (on 1960-10-27) |
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Related works
Stand by Me
| publisher: | Mike Stoller |
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| writer: | Ben E. King Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller |
| later parody versions: | Mia |
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| later translated versions: | Bleib bei mir Đến bên em Op de hoek van de straat Pregherò Stand by Me Stand By Me (Spanish) 緊靠一起 |
| later versions: | Stand by Me |
| is the basis for: | Dildaara Stand by Meme |