The story behind this song is really sweet and sad. It wasn't written by Ben E. King or The Drifters, but by singer-songwriter Doc Pomus. Doc had polio, and wrote this song after seeing his wife dance with everyone but him at their wedding, as he was in a wheelchair for most of the night. Sadly, I don't think there's a recording of Doc Pomus singing this song. I would have loved to hear it. Doc Pomus died in 1991. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Blues Hall of Fame.
There's more to this story. Pomus loved the blues and would go to an all-black club in Harlem and sing the blues on the stage on his crutches because he couldn't walk, let alone dance. He married a Broadway show dancer named Willie Burke and at his wedding reception held in NY City he watched as everyone danced with his new wife. Broadway show people looked down on songwriters as vastly inferior to them and gave them no respect. Oddly, Pomus wrote close to 1500 tunes -- some were made famous by Elvis Presley and others. Pomus became lifelong friends with Big Joe Turner who frequented the Harlem club where he sang. Pomus had his office in the famous Brill building in Manhattan where he penned his tunes. He was in good company there with Carol King and a host of other famous songwriters. Pomus and Burke ultimately divorced some years later and he died in 1991.
One more thing: This tune was the last one sung by Ben E. King with the Drifters. It was recorded on the Atlantic label in 1960. In 1961, King left and went on his own and "Stand By Me" was his first solo hit.
Nice info. It's also worth mentioning, Doc Pomus was one of the only people who was inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on the basis of songwriting alone.
Waking up to your beautiful face Makes me happy that I'm not in another place. Dreaming of you and me together living happily ever after. Hand in hand, palm to palm just hold me in your arms. Look me deep in the eyes say "I love you" without a lie. Watching you smile makes life no longer a trial. Your happiness is everything to me without you, completely empty I would be. Every night before I sleep I pray to the lord, our love to keep Like a fire burning free our love is eternity.
I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, But I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person, love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of, love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you.
when i was a little gril my father always sing, this song now my father die so i really want to sing this song is just for my father,when i listen this song i cry for my father i rmember him today i'm a singer and i really want to sing this song
Sarah , you are absolutely amazing. You can sing anything. Lovely voice . I could listen to you all day . First heard the your amazing voice on Michael McIntyre show. Fantastic girl.😀
You can dance Every dance with the guy (GIRL) Who gave you the eye Let him HER hold you tight.... && You can smile Every smile for the (WO)man Who held your hand 'Neath the pale moonlight Laugh and sing But while we're apart Don't give your heart To anyone Baby, don't forget who's taking you home And in whose arms you're gonna be So DARLIN, SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
This song is on Only Rock N' Roll 1960-1964. When I found out that this is how the song sounded, I thought to myself "Really? This is rock n' roll?", because I thought it was strange to hear a song like this on a CD that consists of early 60s rock!
On this day in 1961 {July 3rd} Damita Jo's "I'll Be There" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #12 and spent 9 weeks in the Top 100 chart... It was an 'answer record' to Ben E. King's "Stand By Me"... A year earlier in 1960 she charted with another 'answer record'; "I'll Save The Last Dance For You", it reached #22 and stayed for 12 weeks in the Top 100 chart... Damita Jo passed away on Christmas Day 1998 at the age of 68... May she R.I.P.
How do you know when your love is true and that you are not just fooling yourself? How do you know that you are not merely infatuated with each other? How do you know that this is a relationship that has lasting power? The truth is that these are only questions that can be answered with experience.
Yeppers definitely 💯 percent 👍😊 saving last dance for you when it's time for me to join you it bend longest I bend without him dearly 😭😭 Nov 14,2013 in that month 10mon before I Lost my aunt then June 13,2012my mom 1year to the date we Lost our son I don't want to Go though that again xxxxxxxxooooooo ditto to you're All missing you All but I staying strong 😊
Just watched few nights ago, the documentary of the fellow who wrote this song and lots of goodies.(Suspicion, She's Not You to name a few), he's just incredible 🎶🎼❗️
Pomus loved the blues and would frequent a joint in Harlem and sing on the stage holding his crutches(polio) and belt out the blues in front of an all-black audience. The patrons were bewildered and asked: "Who is that white boy up there on stage singing the blues?" But he was good and they warmed up to him. He made a lifelong friend with Big Joe Turner. His new bride, Willie Burke, was a broadway dancer and show people looked down at songwriters as the "lowest of the low." No respect whatsoever. However, her work faded into history while Pomus rose to incredible glory. His tunes, over 1500 of them, were sung by Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, and a host of other greats. Not bad for a short fat disabled Jewish kid from Brooklyn named Jerome Lieber...(LOL) Rest in peace Doc Pomus.
In your arms, I’m in my safe haven. With you holding me tight, I have no other craving. All I need, is that one look, that says you’re always there, just like in a fairy-tale book. I tell you everything and never with a lie. All my worldly secrets, and everything that once made me cry. Everything in my past, with you I can forget it all. I know I can trust you, to catch me if I fall. If only I could explain, how much love I have for you. Then maybe, just maybe you'd feel it too.
Per: www.oldiesmusic.com/news.htm Former Drifter and solo star Ben E. King died Thursday (April 30th, 2015) of apparently natural causes at the age of 76. Ben was born in Henderson, North Carolina, but moved to Harlem at the age of 9. While still in high school he sang briefly with the Moonglows before joining the Five Crowns in 1957. When the manager of the already-successful Drifters decided to fire the entire group the next year in a contract dispute, he replaced them with the Five Crowns, including Ben. Ben co-wrote and sang lead on the Crown/Drifters first hit, "There Goes My Baby" (#2-1959). Ben also sang lead on "Save The Last Dance For Me" (#1-1960), "I Count The Tears" (#17-1961) and "This Magic Moment" (#16-1960), but only cut 13 songs with the group before leaving in a his own dispute for a solo career in 1960. His first session for Atco Records yielded "Spanish Harlem" (#10-1961) and "Stand By Me" (#4-1961 and again #9 when it was re-released thanks to the movie with the same name in 1986). Other hits included "Amor" (#18-1961), "Don't Play That Song" (#11-1962) and "I (Who Have Nothing" (#29-1963). While his career ebbed in the late '60s, it was revived with "Supernatural Thing" (#5) in 1975. Ben was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009... May he R.I.P.
It may take a few bad relationships before you know how to be in a good one. Another tip is to try to use your head before you get your heart involved. If it makes sense on paper, chances are it is a good decision. It is only when you ignore the warnings that your brain is giving you that you may get into trouble.
I will always be there for you, I am your little friend.. I will always be in love with you, all the way till the end.. I will always care for you, I will never leave... you are one person, I can never deceive I will love you more and more, with each rising day, I will always be there for you even if we are far away
i love this song now thanks to brain and Justin or gale Harold and randy Harrison in queer as folk iv heard this song before I live with my grandparents all I hear is "oldies but goodies" lol when I hear it I think of them in that magical moment I hope I get to do that someday
This one of my favorite songs and groups. That said, I always wondered what the hell the guy was thinking - was he just the Uber driver? Takes his girl to a night club, sit's around watching other guys hitting on her, into the morning hours, holding her tight slow dancing, making her laugh and smile - she had to be high on the attention. Then he takes her home for a little action. I was around when they sang this, but I always hoped they never married:)
The guy who wrote the words came up with the idea at his wedding- he suffered from polio, and wasn't able to dance with his wife - who was a professional dancer. So she could dance with lots of others at their wedding, but she would be going home with her (new) husband.
Ken, a powerful awakening for me - thank you for your reply and helping me learn by simply providing the facts. I was around when the song was released, but I'm sure I ever wondered why a song was written - I alway thought you just sang it,:) But to better understand I looked it up online and read the story - I enjoyed the song before, but now it has new meaning - I researched it and found: the gentleman you spoke about was songwriter Jerome Solon Felder (June 27, 1925 - March 14, 1991), known as Doc Pomus. Semper Fi!
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The story behind this song is really sweet and sad. It wasn't written by Ben E. King or The Drifters, but by singer-songwriter Doc Pomus. Doc had polio, and wrote this song after seeing his wife dance with everyone but him at their wedding, as he was in a wheelchair for most of the night. Sadly, I don't think there's a recording of Doc Pomus singing this song. I would have loved to hear it.
Doc Pomus died in 1991. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Blues Hall of Fame.
I didn't know this story. Thank you for telling us :)
That is really heartbreaking, I didn't know this, thankyou.
There's more to this story. Pomus loved the blues and would go to an all-black club in Harlem and sing the blues on the stage on his crutches because he couldn't walk, let alone dance. He married a Broadway show dancer named Willie Burke and at his wedding reception held in NY City he watched as everyone danced with his new wife.
Broadway show people looked down on songwriters as vastly inferior to them and gave them no respect. Oddly, Pomus wrote close to 1500 tunes -- some were made famous by Elvis Presley and others. Pomus became lifelong friends with Big Joe Turner who frequented the Harlem club where he sang. Pomus had his office in the famous Brill building in Manhattan where he penned his tunes. He was in good company there with Carol King and a host of other famous songwriters. Pomus and Burke ultimately divorced some years later and he died in 1991.
One more thing: This tune was the last one sung by Ben E. King with the Drifters. It was recorded on the Atlantic label in 1960. In 1961, King left and went on his own and "Stand By Me" was his first solo hit.
Nice info. It's also worth mentioning, Doc Pomus was one of the only people who was inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on the basis of songwriting alone.
Brian and Justin :) The most beautiful dance scene ever :3
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OMG YES!
Yessss ❤
YAAAAS
Yess ❤❤ Beautiful 😍
Nothing describes better the relationship between Justin and Brian, I love it
milena I agree they brought me here
@@marcelbarlaw8068 same bestie😍
Timeless, Brilliant, nobody can make music like this anymore, what a pity
yep, every time I hear this song, I immediately think of Brian & Justin. Such a visually stunning and engraving moment and then afterward... gulp
Me too!
Waking up to your beautiful face
Makes me happy that I'm not in another place.
Dreaming of you and me together
living happily ever after.
Hand in hand, palm to palm
just hold me in your arms.
Look me deep in the eyes
say "I love you" without a lie.
Watching you smile
makes life no longer a trial.
Your happiness is everything to me
without you, completely empty I would be.
Every night before I sleep
I pray to the lord, our love to keep
Like a fire burning free
our love is eternity.
this song just gives me peace. love it !
I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone,
But I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing
all about someone, and still wanting to be with
them more than any other person, love is trusting
them enough to tell them everything about
yourself, including the things you might be
ashamed of, love is feeling comfortable and safe
with someone, but still getting weak knees when
they walk into a room and smile at you.
Agree with you 100% I have the same sentiment about what love is. ❤❤❤❤
Brain&Justin❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
when i was a little gril my father always sing, this song now my father die so i really want
to sing this song is just for my father,when i listen this song i cry for my father
i rmember him today i'm a singer and i really want to sing this song
Great song with great lyrics. Go, have fun but don't ever cross the line. Love it.
JW, right on. Except when you keep walking the line eventually you will cross it - or a least trip over it ...
Well, we just have to keep safe distance from the line, don't we? :)
Brian And Justin
Brian and Justin
Top 100 All Time, IMO thanks for posting
Beautiful. Good memories.
magic memories.............thanks
Absolutely brilliant. R.I.P. Diane S. Jasons69 X
Sarah , you are absolutely amazing. You can sing anything. Lovely voice . I could listen to you all day . First heard the your amazing voice on Michael McIntyre show. Fantastic girl.😀
Love this song!!
You can dance
Every dance with the guy (GIRL)
Who gave you the eye
Let him HER hold you tight....
&& You can smile
Every smile for the (WO)man
Who held your hand
'Neath the pale moonlight
Laugh and sing
But while we're apart
Don't give your heart
To anyone
Baby, don't forget who's taking you home
And in whose arms you're gonna be
So DARLIN, SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
thank you for posting, brings back warm fuzzy feelings!
This song is on Only Rock N' Roll 1960-1964. When I found out that this is how the song sounded, I thought to myself "Really? This is rock n' roll?", because I thought it was strange to hear a song like this on a CD that consists of early 60s rock!
think about it ... I love all the songs in QAF omg... it's all moments of Brain & Justin
love this ... still!
Thx for sharing it with us
Lyrics on point xxxxxxx . Love this song. Thumbs up for you xxx ;)
Ben E King is singing this with the Drifters great voice
Amazing beautiful song love soo much this song 🎶🎶🎤🎤👌👌👌❤️💏
On this day in 1961 {July 3rd} Damita Jo's "I'll Be There" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #12 and spent 9 weeks in the Top 100 chart...
It was an 'answer record' to Ben E. King's "Stand By Me"...
A year earlier in 1960 she charted with another 'answer record'; "I'll Save The Last Dance For You", it reached #22 and stayed for 12 weeks in the Top 100 chart...
Damita Jo passed away on Christmas Day 1998 at the age of 68...
May she R.I.P.
Wunderschön.
No last dance ever without a Brian Kinney!
If this dont melt her heart, she aint human 💗
soooooooo beautiful!!!!
DARLIN, SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
Veramente bella !!!!!!!!
Love this song
they left in tears Brian and Justin ❤️ I wanna dance but with tears ..
Brian and justin. 💕💕💕
How do you know when your love is true and that you are not just fooling yourself?
How do you know that you are not merely infatuated with each other?
How do you know that this is a relationship that has lasting power?
The truth is that these are only questions that can be answered with experience.
Yeppers definitely 💯 percent 👍😊 saving last dance for you when it's time for me to join you it bend longest I bend without him dearly 😭😭 Nov 14,2013 in that month 10mon before I Lost my aunt then June 13,2012my mom 1year to the date we Lost our son I don't want to Go though that again xxxxxxxxooooooo ditto to you're All missing you All but I staying strong 😊
this was ridiculously romantic between brian and justin QAF
My first love , he always told me this xx still hurts an I am 60 ,, wow
thx fot the upload.
A very powerful gift for the world .....will be destiny...
Superb then and now
Just watched few nights ago, the documentary of the fellow who wrote this song and lots of goodies.(Suspicion, She's Not You to name a few), he's just incredible 🎶🎼❗️
blijft mooi ook na zoveel jaren
Thank you 💓 for this simple, straightforward upload with lyrics, instead of being accompanied by ludicrous, out of sync dancing. Sumjarnah?
magic what a song
Thanks.
Pomus loved the blues and would frequent a joint in Harlem and sing on the stage holding his crutches(polio) and belt out the blues in front of an all-black audience. The patrons were bewildered and asked: "Who is that white boy up there on stage singing the blues?" But he was good and they warmed up to him. He made a lifelong friend with Big Joe Turner. His new bride, Willie Burke, was a broadway dancer and show people looked down at songwriters as the "lowest of the low." No respect whatsoever. However, her work faded into history while Pomus rose to incredible glory. His tunes, over 1500 of them, were sung by Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, and a host of other greats. Not bad for a short fat disabled Jewish kid from Brooklyn named Jerome Lieber...(LOL) Rest in peace Doc Pomus.
In your arms,
I’m in my safe haven.
With you holding me tight,
I have no other craving.
All I need,
is that one look,
that says you’re always there,
just like in a fairy-tale book.
I tell you everything
and never with a lie.
All my worldly secrets,
and everything that once made me cry.
Everything in my past,
with you I can forget it all.
I know I can trust you,
to catch me if I fall.
If only I could explain,
how much love I have for you.
Then maybe, just maybe
you'd feel it too.
Thank you Efreeti for the comment I did not know.Beautiful song.
Love them ❤️ because I was nine when I heard them songs I'm 71 right now
Que buena canción.
I Like This Song
Per: www.oldiesmusic.com/news.htm
Former Drifter and solo star Ben E. King died Thursday (April 30th, 2015) of apparently natural causes at the age of 76. Ben was born in Henderson, North Carolina, but moved to Harlem at the age of 9. While still in high school he sang briefly with the Moonglows before joining the Five Crowns in 1957. When the manager of the already-successful Drifters decided to fire the entire group the next year in a contract dispute, he replaced them with the Five Crowns, including Ben. Ben co-wrote and sang lead on the Crown/Drifters first hit, "There Goes My Baby" (#2-1959). Ben also sang lead on "Save The Last Dance For Me" (#1-1960), "I Count The Tears" (#17-1961) and "This Magic Moment" (#16-1960), but only cut 13 songs with the group before leaving in a his own dispute for a solo career in 1960. His first session for Atco Records yielded "Spanish Harlem" (#10-1961) and "Stand By Me" (#4-1961 and again #9 when it was re-released thanks to the movie with the same name in 1986). Other hits included "Amor" (#18-1961), "Don't Play That Song" (#11-1962) and "I (Who Have Nothing" (#29-1963). While his career ebbed in the late '60s, it was revived with "Supernatural Thing" (#5) in 1975. Ben was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009...
May he R.I.P.
love it my all time fave my frist dances at my weding going to be this
ben e king was the best drifters singer easy,,,and this is the best version of this song,,,fact
used to sing this in the transport club in Coventry
i did this song, but the Michael Buble version, for Tap when I was 11, and that was 7 years ago, and I still listen to this :D
so beautiful ,so darling save the last dance for me :)
I will
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nice song
tAs THRTN 📲 comes to mind 😘👍
Something in the rain bought me here 😊
Nice voice
den er bare skøn,var nyforelsket,og ventede på en bestemt ville danse med mig og det gjorde han.
Brian Fucking Kinney and Justin Fucking Taylor ^^
So many feelings !
This gives me Britin feelings
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Happy Birthday sweetie ❤❤❤❤.
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FC5 Fun fact: this is the first song you'll hear in Lorna's Truck Stop if you decide to attack Faith Seed's region last.
salve a ultima dança pra mim. legal.
It may take a few bad relationships before you know how to be in a good one.
Another tip is to try to use your head before you get your heart involved.
If it makes sense on paper, chances are it is a good decision.
It is only when you ignore the warnings that your brain is giving you that you may get into trouble.
Rock and Chips / Only Fools and Horses brought me here
ok you got it...
Thank you all :D
QaF
I havent heard This in a while
I will always be there for you,
I am your little friend..
I will always be in love with you,
all the way till the end..
I will always care for you,
I will never leave...
you are one person,
I can never deceive
I will love you more and more,
with each rising day,
I will always be there for you
even if we are far away
i love this song now thanks to brain and Justin or gale Harold and randy Harrison in queer as folk iv heard this song before I live with my grandparents all I hear is "oldies but goodies" lol when I hear it I think of them in that magical moment I hope I get to do that someday
I love you, Michael
I love the boys too
nice :)
that´s right
QAF
this is a song for my babe wedding I hope it worked xxxxxxx
This one of my favorite songs and groups. That said, I always wondered what the hell the guy was thinking - was he just the Uber driver? Takes his girl to a night club, sit's around watching other guys hitting on her, into the morning hours, holding her tight slow dancing, making her laugh and smile - she had to be high on the attention. Then he takes her home for a little action. I was around when they sang this, but I always hoped they never married:)
The guy who wrote the words came up with the idea at his wedding- he suffered from polio, and wasn't able to dance with his wife - who was a professional dancer. So she could dance with lots of others at their wedding, but she would be going home with her (new) husband.
Ken, a powerful awakening for me - thank you for your reply and helping me learn by simply providing the facts. I was around when the song was released, but I'm sure I ever wondered why a song was written - I alway thought you just sang it,:) But to better understand I looked it up online and read the story - I enjoyed the song before, but now it has new meaning - I researched it and found: the gentleman you spoke about was songwriter Jerome Solon Felder (June 27, 1925 - March 14, 1991), known as Doc Pomus. Semper Fi!
She was having fun dancing out on the floor
He was in a wheelchair writing the song.
Memories of the 60, my girlfrend
Save the last dance for me
anyone knows what instruments used throughout the song? especially the opening. PLEASE...I NEED HELP WITH THIS
Who's listening in 2020?
yes, as pretty much anyone else, I came here cause of QaF :)
Hey Ludmila, I love you too !
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This was my mum and dad's song....