Ben E. King (1938 - 2015) tells us about the start of his career with The Drifters and the inspiration for 'Stand by me'. A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo from 2006 (Dutch Public Television).
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@rickshearer4 жыл бұрын
He seems to be a down to earth, honest and humble guy, Ben E. King. It took such a man to write and perform a classic which will never be forgotten. 🎸🎤
@nora220004 жыл бұрын
John Lennon only does pop. Shame on him if he tried to do this one.
@rickshearer4 жыл бұрын
@@nora22000 ?
@brownin3294 жыл бұрын
He was. He passed away in 2015.
@j.c7719 Жыл бұрын
@@nora22000 He made rock music and yes he did and did a great job too.
@DaveHalpernShortSale2 жыл бұрын
"The more you lose the more you become better" That is gold.
@EricBlackmonGuitar7 ай бұрын
I grew up playing in bands in the 60's, and it was exactly that way. We used to call it Battle Of The Bands. All of us grew so much musically in those days.
@anhumblemessengerofthelawo38586 ай бұрын
I think Jesus may have taught this....
@thechumpsbeendumped.77974 жыл бұрын
With a voice like that, how could you not imagine being a lead singer?
@maggiethecat15384 жыл бұрын
Heartfelt emotion in those vocals..
@gabe_s_videos4 жыл бұрын
This really is one of the greatest songs ever, and one of my personal favorites.
@eire32944 жыл бұрын
Your exactly right, this song can relate to so many things...one of the best ever...
@gabe_s_videos4 жыл бұрын
@@eire3294 Isn't it amazing how the most universal songs are the simplest?
@jawadad8023 жыл бұрын
that man was a treasure : "Imagine having written a top hit about your greatest love for it only to be rejected by the friends you cherrish the most and then being able to admit it never had sounded as good as when they sang it " ... a humble man. So sorry to hear this song held regrets for him....
@trevorwarner60813 жыл бұрын
It is because of this song that cause Ben e King to leave the drifters.
@MezMezMez12 жыл бұрын
His personality and humility really comes across in the way he sings and smiles. What a lovely man. RIP
@d3xmeister4 жыл бұрын
This has to be in everybody’s at least top 3 songs of all times.
@lucasoheyze45973 жыл бұрын
Don't be stupid
@JD-gx3ms9 ай бұрын
Nope
@starastronomer4 жыл бұрын
A thousand years from now Stand By Me will still be playing.
@joep75844 жыл бұрын
Dude this song made you famous! I dont know any of the names of anyone in the Drifters but I know who Ben E King is!!!
@JESUSDIAZ-fo9be Жыл бұрын
Good statment
@hotspot131638837 Жыл бұрын
@@JESUSDIAZ-fo9be L statement
@buddyrodriguez51116 ай бұрын
Before the great voice of Ben E. King, there was first the late great Clyde McPhatter! Both of these gentlemen and the other later lead singers were all great!
@edwardhayes61116 ай бұрын
And Rudy Lewis, Johnny Moore, and Charley Thomas
@atothetop37796 ай бұрын
Charlie mf Thomas
@misstigermilk4 жыл бұрын
What a good person he is, so loyal and good-hearted.
@gabrielbeach54264 жыл бұрын
I couldn't even imagine another version of this, to be better... the emotions expressed at the recording was real! Not having the Drifters and being newly wedded, brought out the right feelings to accomplish what is "to me" a perfect song.
@je235084 жыл бұрын
The late Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) did an upbeat version of the song in the 80s...I thought it was not half bad.
@jackieelliott78654 жыл бұрын
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@trevorwarner60813 жыл бұрын
@@je23508 Mohammed Ali has a version of this song.
@thedappercook2 жыл бұрын
John Lennon has a good version too
@kowalskivideos64768 ай бұрын
I do like Florence and the machines version too but this one is the superior version in every way
@danielsarn38233 жыл бұрын
I always think of River Phoenix when I hear this song. So sad and so horrible, he was my idol as a kid. Such a beautiful, bittersweet song. Mr King is such a sweet and humble man.
@robdaggersfan3 жыл бұрын
When I was 16 years of age I bought a vinyl LP called 'The Drifters Greatest Hits'. I bought the record because of the magnificent lead voice of Ben E. King on 'There Goes My Baby', 'Save the Last Dance For Me', 'This Magic Moment', 'Dance With Me' and 'I Count The Tears'. This man still gives me goosebumps. How the manager of the Drifters could let Ben E. King go amazes me. Then I heard 'Stand By Me' by Ben as a solo artist. More goosebumps and a determination to find a girl who would Stand By Me (and she has for 51 years). Stand By Me is my favourite Soul Ballad of all time. I am so grateful that I heard all these great songs by Ben E King and the Drifters in the early 60's.
@stevencochrane1156 ай бұрын
This song is a classic and will remain so, forever. The World owes Mr. King a big thank you.
@briannorman9524 жыл бұрын
Absolutely a beautiful song. Classic.
@TrueGritProductions4 жыл бұрын
So many jewels thrown in the trash by "the experts" rediscovered and made it big
@maryk61924 жыл бұрын
👍
@peachesb-georgia11254 жыл бұрын
Did you know... this song would become a world wide classic...
@lanceconklin60004 жыл бұрын
What a humble man. O e of the greatest songs ever.
@oddballsok4 жыл бұрын
3:17 sublime example of a moment in life that your world crumbles,you feel backstabbed, could lose and did loose faith in the world and people in general...but now, decades later, you laugh about it.
@jaycoleman65524 жыл бұрын
*lose* ,not loose.
@alevine19514 жыл бұрын
"Good lord, does this man realize he is an absolute LEGEND?!" < What I was about to write until I read the description and realized he passed in 2015....DAMMMIT!! Once upon a time, I saw him perform with the Drifters in a Murray the K show at the Brooklyn Fox. Afterwards, across the street w my friends at an Orange Julius or Nedicks or similar, we were talking around a table when I glanced up at the counter and there stood a man taking his turn placing an order wearing a suit with a satin stripe down the side. "Look!" I whispered excitedly to my friends. "That's Ben E. King!"
@bluevalley822 жыл бұрын
I went to goodwill and heard this song. Then I opened KZfaq right away. Love it
@c.calliecoleman15314 жыл бұрын
It's good to know this song was written, by Ben E. King with his wife in mind, and not just written by someone else, just for him to sing and act the part. The love was genuine and could be felt. It's like when I found out La, La, La, was written for one of Delfonics daughter, made me love that song even more. I hope Ben E. King know how his song Stand by me, renewed love back, to many couples. I once had a mighty handsome boyfriend who looked like Ben E.King, that I loved a great deal. And this song always remind me of him, though I feel a little sadness, too, because he's in heaven, now, where he should be feeling the real Love. ✌❤🎵🙏🌹
@lexaunculpt4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this amazing song. One of the greatest.
@AlexanderGarcia-og9cr4 жыл бұрын
Such a great and heartwarming tale by a legend. Every song is special and there is always a good story behind writing and recording it. I love this series. I wrote more than 400 songs but sadly im in a 3rd world country (Philippines) where art and artists are not valued that much. I hope someday that i could get my stories soon..
@timokas674 жыл бұрын
why dont you put something up here on YT, so people can hear
@tatayaya2 жыл бұрын
What a voice!
@cornpit773 жыл бұрын
Great to hear the artist talk about his song and what a nice and humble guy he appeared. First time I heard this song was in the movie Stand By Me, which I found an amazing movie and this song also had an impact on me. It meant a step outside of the music genres I used to listen to.
@jcee68863 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest songs of all time
@Jabberstax Жыл бұрын
I've loved this song since I was 6 years old.
@KrnSniper013 жыл бұрын
One of the songs that instantly make me happy when I listen to
@Paul_C4 жыл бұрын
@TOP2000 I hope you will continue with this series, at least now there is a place where you can see the history of of a song. Congratulations.
@Top2000agogo4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, we will keep it up!
@carlminorsr26344 жыл бұрын
Still got that big smile.😁
@christianblack94262 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a great interview. Such a regular, normal, humble guy, who wrote one of the most famous, greatest songs of all time!
@filmer254 жыл бұрын
4:52 Another blessing in disguise.
@leelaturanga54614 жыл бұрын
Ben E is a musical God. And I’m chuckling at the chap in the white jacket pulling focus with his fly dance moves 😂
@lawrencecarr49734 жыл бұрын
Lol
@TheFlyDutchman1 Жыл бұрын
Was looking for someone to comment this
@VVGRestoration2 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever written, and one of the best singers.
@Dirtydeff2 жыл бұрын
In my opinion one of the best songs of all time. So many great versions but the original is still the standard
@jens80144 жыл бұрын
This record should be in every jukebox
@maryyoung16022 жыл бұрын
It is in every complete jukebox.
@DerekDominoes4 жыл бұрын
RIP Ben E. King.
@StevenTorrey2 жыл бұрын
The Dancers in the background are from Dick Clark's American Bandstand (1961) where Ben E. King performed this. I wonder how many know they have been immortalized by the performance of a classic. And I wonder how many are alive. Would be interesting to track them down and hear of their stories.
@reuireuiop03 жыл бұрын
Mmmm, cool man, Mr King. When I age, I wonna age like Ben E King Rest Quiet, good man
@violandimille49592 жыл бұрын
Genius song... never get tired of it
@thepowerstation27023 жыл бұрын
Ben E. King May Your Soul Rest in Peace Always 🙏 ✌️ ♥ Levent 🦁
@EricBlackmonGuitar7 ай бұрын
The Drifters lost out when they let this man walk. They never did a song anywhere near as great as this one after his departure.
@davel38953 жыл бұрын
What a story. What class Ben had. RIP.
@MOSHAEMUSIC4 жыл бұрын
Love this song. Just learned it on the guitar recently and did a KZfaq video and dedicated it to my wife. Very fitting that he wrote it for his. Thank you Ben. Much love
@wangobeast6344 жыл бұрын
Dude everytime i play this song memkries from my good child hood come in my mind making me cry knowing that wont be able to live those good old days and i just cry because i feel like i got not way to show or tell my childhood
@aaronjaben79134 жыл бұрын
I feel it too
@JCrow-kz4nw4 жыл бұрын
WANGO BEAST Well put. From the heart. I agree.
@hennyverheij59694 жыл бұрын
Another wonderfull and timeliess song...
@TdT22114 жыл бұрын
This song is a classic!
@anhumblemessengerofthelawo38586 ай бұрын
What a beautiful presence
@pondpro2 жыл бұрын
My 8,12,13 and 14 year old kids can sing this with me. That's how you know it's Legendary...
@doreenbierens4 жыл бұрын
One of the best movie soundtracks ever
@smalltownusa31244 жыл бұрын
How many couples made this 'their song'? Don't you just love that smooth voice?
@DJAUDIO14 жыл бұрын
Smart man. Every human knows this song.
@Tom.Livanos4 жыл бұрын
Light and love to wherever you are.
@lemarrthomas33144 жыл бұрын
I love the creative process. It's magic.
@adambarkley4918 Жыл бұрын
one of the greatest and most classic songs - definitive of it’s time and place. RIP Ben E King.
@bubbaluvv Жыл бұрын
all time favorite song
@Primo9785 ай бұрын
Thank you for this great poetry Rest in paradise king!
@fruitofthespiritgalatians58564 жыл бұрын
I love that song today!!!! Now, I love it even more!!
@renatacantore-gross88424 жыл бұрын
That was so touching !
@JCrow-kz4nw4 жыл бұрын
Great interview!
@adrianekelly29664 жыл бұрын
Please check out the British Airways video of this song done so beautifully by the Kingdom Choir. I've watched and shared it often, and I imagine Ben smiling warmly as they honor him and all those who take this to heart and live it.
@Laluan4 жыл бұрын
Wat een fijne man zeg...
@mariatimmins88462 жыл бұрын
This is my all time favourite song, i love the movie stand by me too, both just take me back to my childhood. .x
@johnnytoobad29794 жыл бұрын
Never knew he was a west Indian caribean. His accent is strong like maybe Virgin islands or Bahamas.
@jaycoleman65524 жыл бұрын
It's spelled *Caribbean* .
@johnnytoobad29794 жыл бұрын
@@jaycoleman6552 omg !!! I left out a b...I'm the most ignorant man in America.lol just messing...nice catch
@brownin3294 жыл бұрын
He was born in Henderson, North Carolina. His people were probably Gullah, if anything.
@johnnytoobad29794 жыл бұрын
@@brownin329 Thank you for the correction.. 100% correct. Absolutely sound like Low country GEECHIE GULLAH. Hence Bahamas
@Surannhealz4 жыл бұрын
Simple music works. Complex music is good from time to time. But timeless music is simple.
@davidram95114 жыл бұрын
National treasure
@harlowblackadder3564 жыл бұрын
The kids dancing in the background...they would never know it's a slow dance song now....
@camilalook41684 жыл бұрын
And they are all white!!!
@harlowblackadder3564 жыл бұрын
@@camilalook4168 LMAOOOOOOOO
@camilalook41684 жыл бұрын
@@harlowblackadder356 forgot the year setting.. I'm Dutch-Caribbean and never experienced segregation or discrimination on this level.... until I moved to Holland early seventies..now, that was a shock ...with my Caribbean looks..background, being rejected in some white clubs and discos..
@nubianncahill35704 жыл бұрын
Harlow Blackadder now?
@plainolded50302 жыл бұрын
Thank God it "didn't gel the way he thought it would"! What a man, what a song.
@sallisboa4569 Жыл бұрын
🌹🙏.. gave me an Autograph Picture in a Elevator..a True Superstar and an Gentleman..
@dnataliesmith220910 ай бұрын
THOSE BACKGROUND DANCERS GOT ME HERE DYING!!!!!
@esiesesi3570 Жыл бұрын
What a humble, kind and lovely man he was....
@markoscar9634 Жыл бұрын
This is great 👌
@MixtapeKilla20044 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@thomasarmour19384 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite song
@didyasaysomethin2me4 жыл бұрын
5:20 So at some point they not only performed this song, but performed it better than anybody since that time. Does anybody know if there exists anywhere any tape of that performance? That would truly be music to my ears.
@onewaycrook58804 жыл бұрын
Epic!
@imcavdb54654 жыл бұрын
It woul've been nice if I had somebody who'd stand by me.
@sivedan4 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how many of the most timeless pieces of music are composed very quickly ( same happened with Live to Tell by Madonna ), and always come from deep pain and emotions, that just shows you, you don't need super fancy technology and a massive budget to create gold, the real gold comes from the human mind.....
@lucasoheyze45973 жыл бұрын
Comparing this masterpiece to some Madonna piece of shit pop fluff 🤦
@ellalena18732 жыл бұрын
What a genuinely believable guy.
@hashtag4154 жыл бұрын
Please play this song at my funeral.
@lolahernandez68712 жыл бұрын
Our wedding song. 🥰🥰🥰
@SteelyBlue20134 жыл бұрын
April 2020- Oh yeah...hope and love*~
@lialaie22144 жыл бұрын
Great song! Pity the dancers surrounding him couldn't get with it lol
@chipuluchilumba33194 жыл бұрын
must have beeen dancing to a different song..
@ProjectDystopia3 жыл бұрын
Such a humble man, he wanted to The Drifters to sing it.
@comealongcomealong4480 Жыл бұрын
@ProjectDystopia Because of the sound of the four male voices singing together. The band! Ben E. King told how he got into singing professionally - starting from the bands performing on the street corners in Harlem. /It hurts hard now to learn how very badly they, and other black artists, were paid at that time. The Drifters were signed to Atlantic Records (Ahmet Ertegun?). You can tell from his voice that Ben loved those Drifters boys, loved recording and performing with them. Painful to make that stand about the group's payments - and be told he could leave if he didn't like it. The message was very clear: 'We don't think you're worth paying any more. We don't need you - you're replaceable - you need us. We're not going to tolerate any protests from our artists' etc etc
@iamLexxKelsey3 жыл бұрын
Wow that's amazing an sad 😔
@tlharris404 жыл бұрын
Great story.....only thing I would add is the song that inspired it was indeed Stand By Me Father but the lead singer was Johnnie Taylor not Sam Cooke
@brownin3294 жыл бұрын
The version he heard was Sam Cooke. Watch the video. Also the song was written by Sam Cooke.
@laiiamrasa49903 жыл бұрын
Still "supernatural" is his best.👌🔥❤
@kirbymarchbarcena4 жыл бұрын
The bass line is really catchy
@Amahla3 жыл бұрын
Aw Ben I love you
@TempeSoldier1233 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr. King....
@jd70894 жыл бұрын
Them white dancers in the background..🤣🤣
@zee_lolaj73824 жыл бұрын
OMGGGG!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
@lizasilomar85454 жыл бұрын
Gettin’ down, baby!
@rukktech4 жыл бұрын
my first tought as well
@neilbrie89723 жыл бұрын
What a great and decent guy, I amaze that he still regret not having perform this song with " his band/ friend", even if this song was an international success.
@moow9503 жыл бұрын
Flashback to the movie Stand By Me too
@benbenassi23484 жыл бұрын
Are the people n the back dancing to another song?
@bethelmenil87863 жыл бұрын
I didn't finish watching this video, but I do hope he mentioned the origins of the tune. The tune though was originally from a Baptist church. It's a gospel song and he changed some lyrics.
@user-wo6ge5lz3m2 жыл бұрын
I know Ben E King and this song but I don’t know the drifters. Man what a kind man is this that he went back to the group while they stabbed him and he even offered them a new song. Mr King didn’t need anyone, he’s a legend!
@davidritchie5683 Жыл бұрын
He did not comment that he showed the song to Leiber and Stoller . King and one of them went to lunch and when they came back that signature beat had been added.
@supermel94 жыл бұрын
beneking versie 2? Ben E. King, stand by me.
@Top2000agogo4 жыл бұрын
Yeah sorry, we forgot it got online already. We fixed it!