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John Winston Ono Lennon Born John Winston Lennon 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980 Was An English Singer Songwriter And Musician Who Gained Worldwide Fame As The Founder Co-Songwriter Co-Lead Vocalist And Rhythm Guitarist Of The Beatles. His Work Included Music Writing Drawings And Film. His Songwriting Partnership With Paul McCartney Remains The Most Successful In History. Born In Liverpool Lennon Became Involved In The Skiffle Craze As A Teenager. In 1956 He Formed The Quarrymen Which Evolved Into The Beatles In 1960. Sometimes Called "the Smart Beatle" Lennon Initially Was The Group's De Facto Leader A Role He Gradually Ceded To McCartney. Through His Songwriting In The Beatles He Embraced Myriad Musical Influences Initially Writing And Co-Writing Rock And Pop-Oriented Hit Songs In The Band's Early Years Then Later Incorporating Experimental Elements Into His Compositions In The Latter Half Of The Beatles' Career As His Songs Became Known For Their Increasing Innovation. Lennon Soon Expanded His Work Into Other Media By Participating In Numerous Films Including How I Won The War And Authoring In His Own Write And A Spaniard In The Works Both Collections Of Nonsense Writings And Line Drawings. Starting With "All You Need Is Love" His Songs Were Adopted As Anthems By The Anti-War Movement And The Larger Counterculture Of The 1960s. In 1969 He Started The Plastic Ono Band With His Second Wife Multimedia Artist Yoko Ono Held The Two-Week-Long Anti-War Demonstration Bed-Ins For Peace And Left The Beatles To Embark On A Solo Career. Between 1968 And 1972 Lennon And Ono Collaborated On Many Works Including A Trilogy Of Avant-Garde Albums Several More Films His Solo Debut John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band And The International Top-10 Singles "Give Peace A Chance" "Instant Karma!" "Imagine" And "Happy Xmas War Is Over ". Moving To New York City In 1971 His Criticism Of The Vietnam War Resulted In A Three-Year Deportation Attempt By The Nixon Administration. Lennon And Ono Separated From 1973 To 1975 During Which Time He Produced Harry Nilsson's Album Pussy Cats. He Also Had Chart-Topping Collaborations With Elton John "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" And David Bowie "Fame" . Following A Five-Year Hiatus Lennon Returned To Music In 1980 With The Ono Collaboration Double Fantasy. He Was Murdered By A Beatles Fan Mark David Chapman Three Weeks After The Album's Release. As A Performer Writer Or Co-Writer Lennon Had 25 Number-One Singles In The Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Double Fantasy His Best-Selling Album Won The 1981 Grammy Award For Album Of The Year. That Year He Won The Brit Award For Outstanding Contribution To Music. In 2002 Lennon Was Voted Eighth In A BBC History Poll Of The 100 Greatest Britons. Rolling Stone Ranked Him The Fifth-Greatest Singer And 38th Greatest Artist Of All Time. He Was Inducted Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame In 1997 And The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Twice As A Member Of The Beatles In 1988 And As A Solo Artist In 1994 . Studio Albums
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 1970 Imagine 1971 Some Time In New York City With Yoko Ono 1972 Mind Games 1973 Walls And Bridges 1974 Rock 'n' Roll 1975 Double Fantasy With Yoko Ono 1980 Milk And Honey Posthumous With Yoko Ono 1984 Experimental Studio Albums With Yoko Ono
Unfinished Music No. 1 Two Virgins 1968 Unfinished Music No. 2 Life With The Lions 1969 Wedding Album 1969
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"Stand By Me" Is A Song By John Lennon Written By Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Ben E. King. It's From His Album Rock 'N' Roll 1975 . According To The Documentary History Of Rock 'n' Roll Ben E. King Had No Intention Of Recording The Song Himself When He Wrote It. 1 King Had Written The Song For The Drifters Who Passed On The Chance To Record It. It Was Not Until After The "Spanish Harlem" Recording Session That He Had Some Studio Time Left Over. The Session's Producers Jerry Leiber And Mike Stoller Asked If He Had Any More Songs And King Played "Stand By Me" On The Piano For Them. They Liked It And Called All The Studio Musicians Back In To Record It. The Song Was Not Released On An Album Until It Had Been Out As A Single For Two Years. After Those Two Years The Song Appeared As Track Seven On King's Don't Play That Song. King's Version Went To Number One On The R&B Charts 2 And Was A Top Ten Hit On The U.S. Charts Twice—in Its Original Release In 1961 When It Peaked At #4 And A 1986 Rerelease Coinciding With Its Use As The Theme Song For The Movie Of The Same Name Following Its Appearance In The Film When It Peaked At #9 And Also In An Advertisement For Levi Jeans. It Also Reached #1 On The UK Singles Chart In 1987 After Its Re-Release Mostly Due To The Jeans Spot Originally Reaching #27 On Its First Release. "Stand By Me" Was Ranked Number 121 On Rolling Stone's List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. In 1999 BMI Named It As The Fourth Most-Performed Song Of The 20th Century With About 7 Million Performances. 3 Edit Structure The Song Uses A Version Of The Common Chord Progression Now Called The 50s Progression Also Known As A "turn-Around" Which Have Been Called The "'Stand By Me' Changes" 4 After The Song. Edit Notable Covers Remixes And Samples * Ben E. King Recorded A Song That Paraphrased It Musically "Don't Play That Song You Lied ". Citation Needed * The Searchers Included The Song On Their 1963 Debut Album Meet The Searchers. * Otis Redding Recorded A Version For His Album Pain In My Heart. * John Lennon Recorded His Version Of The Song For His 1975 Album Rock 'n' Roll. Lennon's Cover Of "Stand By Me" Was His Last Hit Prior To His Five-Year Retirement From The Music Industry. This Version Of The Song Had A More Rock Sound Than R&B. The Acoustic Introduction Of This Version Is Reminiscent Of Ringo Starr's "Only You And You Alone " From 1974. Lennon Suggested Starr Cover That Song And Lennon Plays Guitar On Both Songs. The B-Side Of The Single Was "Move Over Ms. L" A Rare And Raucous Track Also Covered By The Who Drummer Keith Moon. * Jerry Leiber And Mike Stoller Have A Version Which Was Featured In The Hit Musical Smokey Joe's Cafe. * Playing For Change Made A Music Video Rendition Of "Stand By Me" Which Is A Collaboration Of Over 35 Street Performers And Musicians From All Over The World. * Maurice White Of Earth Wind & Fire Recorded His Version Of The Song On His 1985 Album Maurice White. White's Remake Of "Stand By Me" Peaked At Number 6 11 And 50 On The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Adult Contemporary And Billboard Hot 100 Charts Respectively. 5 * Mickey Gilley Performed A Version Which Was Featured In The Hit 1980 Film Urban Cowboy. It Was A #1 Country Hit For Him In August Of That Year Also Reaching #22 On The Pop Charts And #3 At Adult Contemporary. * Pennywise Recorded A Punk Cover Which Was Originally Released On The EP Wildcard In 1989. * Ronnie Milsap Recorded A Gospel-Altered Version On His Recent Album Then Sings My Soul. * Gigi D'Agostino Released A Dance Version Of This Song. * Seal Covered The Song On His Album Soul. * Lemmy Kilmister Performed The Song With Dave Lombardo And DJ Baron For The Soundtrack Of The 2009 Flip Skateboards Video "Extremely Sorry." * Overboard Performed An A Cappella Version Of The Song For Their 2008 Album Castaways. * Boxer Cassius Clay Later Known As Muhammad Ali Released A Version Of The Song In 1963. * J.R. Rotem Interpolated Stand By Me When He Produced Beautiful Girls By Sean Kingston * U2 Has Covered It Many Times While On Tour And Once With Bruce Springsteen During The The Joshua Tree Tour. It Was Also Sung During The U2 360 Tour At The Rose Bowl At The End Of Their Song I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. * Andy Madadian Jon Bon Jovi And Richie Sambora Recorded A Version Of This Song Available Only On Web In 2009 As A Musical Message Of "worldwide Solidarity With The People Of Iran". * Timon & Pumbaa Also Did A Version Of This Song Though During The Song Sequence When Timon's Singing Pumbaa Ends Up Getting Into Dangerous Situations Of Sorts. * Stephen King And Warren Zevon Recorded A Version For The Charity Compilation Album Stranger Than Fiction.
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John Winston Ono Lennon Born John Winston Lennon 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980 Was An English Singer Songwriter And Musician Who Gained Worldwide Fame As The Founder Co-Songwriter Co-Lead Vocalist And Rhythm Guitarist Of The Beatles. His Work Included Music Writing Drawings And Film. His Songwriting Partnership With Paul McCartney Remains The Most Successful In History. Born In Liverpool Lennon Became Involved In The Skiffle Craze As A Teenager. In 1956 He Formed The Quarrymen Which Evolved Into The Beatles In 1960. Sometimes Called "the Smart Beatle" Lennon Initially Was The Group's De Facto Leader A Role He Gradually Ceded To McCartney. Through His Songwriting In The Beatles He Embraced Myriad Musical Influences Initially Writing And Co-Writing Rock And Pop-Oriented Hit Songs In The Band's Early Years Then Later Incorporating Experimental Elements Into His Compositions In The Latter Half Of The Beatles' Career As His Songs Became Known For Their Increasing Innovation. Lennon Soon Expanded His Work Into Other Media By Participating In Numerous Films Including How I Won The War And Authoring In His Own Write And A Spaniard In The Works Both Collections Of Nonsense Writings And Line Drawings. Starting With "All You Need Is Love" His Songs Were Adopted As Anthems By The Anti-War Movement And The Larger Counterculture Of The 1960s. In 1969 He Started The Plastic Ono Band With His Second Wife Multimedia Artist Yoko Ono Held The Two-Week-Long Anti-War Demonstration Bed-Ins For Peace And Left The Beatles To Embark On A Solo Career. Between 1968 And 1972 Lennon And Ono Collaborated On Many Works Including A Trilogy Of Avant-Garde Albums Several More Films His Solo Debut John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band And The International Top-10 Singles "Give Peace A Chance" "Instant Karma!" "Imagine" And "Happy Xmas War Is Over ". Moving To New York City In 1971 His Criticism Of The Vietnam War Resulted In A Three-Year Deportation Attempt By The Nixon Administration. Lennon And Ono Separated From 1973 To 1975 During Which Time He Produced Harry Nilsson's Album Pussy Cats. He Also Had Chart-Topping Collaborations With Elton John "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" And David Bowie "Fame" . Following A Five-Year Hiatus Lennon Returned To Music In 1980 With The Ono Collaboration Double Fantasy. He Was Murdered By A Beatles Fan Mark David Chapman Three Weeks After The Album's Release. As A Performer Writer Or Co-Writer Lennon Had 25 Number-One Singles In The Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Double Fantasy His Best-Selling Album Won The 1981 Grammy Award For Album Of The Year. That Year He Won The Brit Award For Outstanding Contribution To Music. In 2002 Lennon Was Voted Eighth In A BBC History Poll Of The 100 Greatest Britons. Rolling Stone Ranked Him The Fifth-Greatest Singer And 38th Greatest Artist Of All Time. He Was Inducted Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame In 1997 And The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Twice As A Member Of The Beatles In 1988 And As A Solo Artist In 1994 . Studio Albums
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 1970 Imagine 1971 Some Time In New York City With Yoko Ono 1972 Mind Games 1973 Walls And Bridges 1974 Rock 'n' Roll 1975 Double Fantasy With Yoko Ono 1980 Milk And Honey Posthumous With Yoko Ono 1984 Experimental Studio Albums With Yoko Ono
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"Stand By Me" is a song by John Lennon, written by Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Ben E. King.
It's from his album Rock 'N' Roll (1975).
According to the documentary History of Rock 'n' Roll, Ben E. King had no intention of recording the song himself when he wrote it.[1] King had written the song for The Drifters, who passed on the chance to record it. It was not until after the "Spanish Harlem" recording session that he had some studio time left over. The session's producers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, asked if he had any more songs and King played "Stand by Me" on the piano for them. They liked it and called all the studio musicians back in to record it. The song was not released on an album until it had been out as a single for two years. After those two years the song appeared as track seven on King's Don't Play That Song.
King's version went to number one on the R&B charts[2] and was a Top Ten hit on the U.S. charts twice—in its original release in 1961, when it peaked at #4, and a 1986 rerelease coinciding with its use as the theme song for the movie of the same name following its appearance in the film, when it peaked at #9, and also in an advertisement for Levi Jeans. It also reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1987 after its re-release, mostly due to the jeans spot, originally reaching #27 on its first release.
"Stand by Me" was ranked number 121 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1999, BMI named it as the fourth most-performed song of the 20th century, with about 7 million performances.[3]
[edit] Structure
The song uses a version of the common chord progression now called the 50s progression, also known as a "turn-around", which have been called the "'Stand by Me' changes"[4] after the song.
[edit] Notable covers, remixes and samples
* Ben E. King recorded a song that paraphrased it musically, "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)".[citation needed]
* The Searchers included the song on their 1963 debut album Meet the Searchers.
* Otis Redding recorded a version for his album Pain in My Heart.
* John Lennon recorded his version of the song for his 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll. Lennon's cover of "Stand by Me" was his last hit prior to his five-year retirement from the music industry. This version of the song had a more rock sound than R&B. The acoustic introduction of this version is reminiscent of Ringo Starr's "Only You (And You Alone)" from 1974. Lennon suggested Starr cover that song, and Lennon plays guitar on both songs. The B-side of the single was "Move Over Ms. L", a rare and raucous track also covered by The Who drummer Keith Moon.
* Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller have a version which was featured in the hit musical Smokey Joe's Cafe.
* Playing for Change made a music video rendition of "Stand By Me" which is a collaboration of over 35 street performers and musicians from all over the world.
* Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire recorded his version of the song on his 1985 album Maurice White. White's remake of "Stand by Me" peaked at number 6, 11 and 50 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, Adult Contemporary and Billboard Hot 100 charts respectively.[5]
* Mickey Gilley performed a version which was featured in the hit 1980 film Urban Cowboy. It was a #1 country hit for him in August of that year, also reaching #22 on the Pop charts and #3 at Adult Contemporary.
* Pennywise recorded a punk cover which was originally released on the EP Wildcard in 1989.
* Ronnie Milsap recorded a gospel-altered version on his recent album, Then Sings My Soul.
* Gigi D'Agostino released a dance version of this song.
* Seal covered the song on his album Soul.
* Lemmy Kilmister performed the song with Dave Lombardo and DJ Baron for the soundtrack of the 2009 Flip Skateboards video "Extremely Sorry."
* Overboard performed an a cappella version of the song for their 2008 album, Castaways.
* Boxer Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, released a version of the song in 1963.
* J.R. Rotem interpolated Stand By Me when he produced Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston
* U2 has covered it many times while on tour, and once with Bruce Springsteen during the The Joshua Tree Tour. It was also sung during the U2 360° Tour at the Rose Bowl at the end of their song I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.
* Andy Madadian, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora recorded a version of this song (available only on web) in 2009 as a musical message of "worldwide solidarity with the people of Iran".
* Timon & Pumbaa also did a version of this song, though during the song sequence when Timon's singing, Pumbaa ends up getting into dangerous situations of sorts.
* Stephen King and Warren Zevon recorded a version for the charity compilation album Stranger than Fiction. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.