The story behind Stand By Me: why Ben E King's anthem of commitment is no soppy royal wedding ballad
Ben E King Credit: Redferns
Neil McCormick, Music Critic 19 May 2018 • 12:33pm
Is there any more romantic song than Stand By Me? It is one of the imperishable anthems of pop culture, an absolutely perfect distillation of human need: direct, elegiac and deeply emotional. When The Kingdom Choir sing it for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in St George’s Chapel, with all those towering, resonant gospel harmonies teasing out every nuance of longing and carrying it up towards the heavens, I doubt there will be a dry eye in the house.
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I'd guess, Bishop Michael Curry's speech (just completed) has been one of the most deeply emotional and energetic ones ever delivered in St George's Chapel. Stand By Me is being sung now, by The Kingdom Choir.
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