Artist: Ben E. King
Author: Ben King/Elmo Glick
Label: Atco
Year: 1961

Also the title of a Rev. Charles A. Tindley gospel (1905), cut by Sister Rosetta Tharpe ('40), Stars Of Harmony ('48), Davis Sisters ('49), Five Trumpets ('50), Skylarks ('51), Ernest Tubb ('51), Sister Mary Knight ('56), Soul Stirrers ('59), Staple Singers ('61), Elvis Presley ('66), Bob Dylan ('90), The Mighty Clouds Of Joy, The Harmonizing Four, The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama and Aaron Neville ('10). And then there's a Stand By My Father by the Soul Stirrers on SAR ('59), written by Sam Cooke & J.W. Alexander; lead vocal: Johnny Taylor, Sam's successor within the Soul Stirrers. "Elmo Glick" is an alias for Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller.

More versions? The Walker Brothers, Demis Roussos, Geno Washington, Jimi Hendrix, Meatloaf & Boy George, Screaming Jay Hawkins, The Beatles, Marc Bolan, The Drifters, Julian Lennon, Yellowman, Ike & Tina Turner, Johnny Otis, Little Eva, Gene Vincent, Wilbert Harrison, Jay & The Americans, André Hazes, Jackie Wilson, Syl Johnson, Pete Fountain, Lonnie Mack, Otis Rush, Eddie Floyd, Gunther Neefs, De La Soul, James Govan, Mighty Sam McClain, Led Zeppelin, Cake, John Holt, The Darts, Percy Sledge, Smokey Robinson, U2. There's a Stand By Me club in London where they collect every version. Adres: International Stand By Me Club, Flat 5, 21 Nassau Street, London W1N 7RE, England.