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AfterElton.com
"American Idol" Top 2: Had Your Phil?
AfterElton.com
Strange choices all around for The Man Who Prefers Eddie Bauer, because two of his songs lacked essentials: On "Stand By Me," the Ben E. King standard that Simon Fuller sacked him with, Phil tried abandoning the melody for a jazzier, more melancholic ...


 
Snark Food
American Idol 2012: Phillip Phillips 'Stand By Me' by Ben E. King (VIDEO)
Snark Food
American Idol 2012 top 2 finalist Jessica Sanchez reaches out to the audience with her first song of the evening, hoping she can convince the voters to choose her as the American Idol 2012 winner. The first song of the night was chosen for the American ...
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Popdust
Instant “Idol” Review: Phillip Phillips, “Stand By Me”
Popdust
Ben E. King's soul classic is probably one of the most covered songs of all-time, both in and out of reality TV competitions, to the point where both doing it faithfully and putting your own spin on it is something of a cliche.

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Ben E. King to perform in Pickens
Pickens Sentinel
Popular singer Ben E. King will be the stand up fill in for Bobby Rydell, previously scheduled as main entertainment at Friday's Blue Ridge Fest. "Regretfully, Bobby Rydell has cancelled his appearance at Blue Ridge Fest. He's facing surgery on his ...

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American Idol Recap: It's the Finals, Idol Fans!!
BlogHer (blog)
Stand By Me by Ben E. King. Really lovely arrangement, but more because of the guitar part and somewhat unusual chord progression, than the vocal. Like Casey a couple years back, Phillip is more interesting as a guitarist and musician than as a singer.


 
Press Herald
People & Entertainment On 'Idol,' it's up to viewers now
Press Herald
The panel declared that she won the first matchup featuring song selections by "Idol" overlord Simon Fuller, soaring with Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing," while Phillips delivered a consistent rendition of Ben E. King's "Stand by Me.

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Doo-wop group drifts through the decades
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
He then hired members of The Five Crowns including Thomas and Ben E. King for The Drifters' new lineup, to launch what is largely considered the glory years of the group. “[King] wrote the song 'There Goes my Baby' and we were on our way,” Thomas says.