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…returned to the charts 25 years later when it was prominently featured in “Stand By Me,” Rob Reiner’s 1986 coming-of-age movie about four adolescent boys.

The song has been covered hundreds of times and has long been a staple at weddings. The Recording Industry Association of America voted it one of the 25 top songs of the 20th century, and music-rights organization BMI named it the fourth-most played song of the century on radio and TV.

In March 2015 the Library of Congress inducted King’s original version into the National Recording Registry, saying “it was King’s incandescent vocal that made it a classic.”

He will be greatly missed.  Our prayers go out to his family and friends as we pray that he will be standing by the gates of heaven.

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‘Stand By Me’ Soul Singer, Ben E. King, Dies At 76  was originally published on blackdoctor.org

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