With him singing “Stand by Me,” the song became a top 10 hit in the United States—twice. First in 1961 and then later in 1986 when the song was used in the film of the same name.

Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Ben E. King's song “Stand by Me” will be the focus of a new documentary featured from J. Kevin Swain coming in 2025 ...

Theirs was a classic songwriting “love affair” from the start in 1967. Just like the many songwriting maestro pairings of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who penned Elvis Presley hit songs ...

Ben E. King: In the May 2 California section, the obituary of “Stand by Me” singer Ben E. King was accompanied by a Getty Images archive photo that was misidentified as King. The photo was of ...

Alex and Steven Lubet write that “Stand By Me,” written as a cross-cultural collaboration, was the perfect song for a wedding that crossed racial and national lines.