This page is designed to provide song lyrics of Stand by Me which is collected in album of The Complete Atco/Atlantic Singles, Vol 1 created by singer Ben E KingBen E King recorded this shortly after leaving The Drifters in 1960 It gave him a solid reputation as a solo artist "Stand By Me" was the name of a gospel hymn written by the Philadelphia minister Charles Albert Tindley in 1905 His hymn became popular in churches throughout the American South and was recorded by various gospel acts in theThe song, accompanied only by a triangle and a brush scraped lightly across the base of a snare drum And when Ben E King's passionate, gospelflavored tenor joined that simple introduction, the world sat up and took notice Of course, this is none other than the timeless "Stand By Me," a song that has touched millions Ben E King And Mike Stoller How We Made Stand By Me Pop And Rock The Guardian Stand by me ben e king song lyrics