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April 1, 2015
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Alberta Street Mixer
Mayor Charlie Hales (left) and Portland Observer Publisher Mark Washington, attend a social mixer last week to support Alberta Main Street, a non-profit that helps
make Alberta Street a vibrant, creative, equitable and sustainable commercial district serving residents and visitors. The gathering was held at Every Day Wine, 1520
N.E. Alberta St.
Avalon Flowers
Ben E. King’s song
‘Stand by Me,’ has
been named as one
of the most culturally
and historically
significant
recordings of
all time.
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King’s ‘Stand by Me’ Honored
(AP) - One of the most broad-
cast songs of the 20th century, Ben
E. King’s “Stand by Me,” has been
selected for preservation at the
Library of Congress, along with
recordings from Joan Baez, The
Righteous Brothers, Steve Martin
and the darker sounds of the band
Radiohead.
Twenty-five sound recordings
spanning from 1890 to 1999 were
added last week to the library’s
National Recording Registry.
Each year the library chooses re-
cordings that are “culturally, his-
torically or aesthetically signifi-
cant.”
Some of the unforgettable
tunes being archived include
“Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Posi-
tive” from Johnny Mercer in
1944, Baez’s first solo album,
The Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve
Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” and
Steve Martin’s “A Wild and Cra-
zy Guy” comedy album, which
broke new ground in the 1970s
as Martin broke out of formulaic
jokes and punchlines for less pre-
dictable humor.
In the 1960s, King originally
intended his song “Stand by Me”
for his former group, the Drifters,
but he ended up recording it him-
self. The song is anchored by one
of the best-known bass lines in
history, curators said. A few years
later, The Righteous Brothers
were recording “Lovin’ Feelin.’”
They thought the song was wrong
for them at first but ended up with
a hit.