Maurice White - Stand By Me - Live on Solid Gold (1985).
Well,........ I do not think this was sung live by the great Maurice White, but that doesn't really matter. It is very nice to see him in this video! Maurice White forever!
Maurice White on Solid Gold, performing a cover of Ben E. King's classic "Stand by me" from his self-titled solo LP, 1985.
'Stand By Me' written by: Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber, Ben E. King.
Maurice on his solo project;
…I became excited about doing a solo record. I felt no strain or urgency, nothing that would encourage my high-strung nature. I felt free, as if I were at the beginning of a new romance. With Martin Page and Brian Fairweather, I felt I was on to something different energetically and creatively. I knew for sure that I didn’t want to use the Complex to record my solo record. I had to break out of the inertia of the EW&F world. I did a lot of recording at Soundcastle Studios in the Silver Lake area of LA, all the way in the northeast part of town…
I recruited some great musicians for the record. When we were recording “Children of Afrika,” I had Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, David Williams on guitar, and Abraham Laboriel on bass. Martin had done the preprogramming, and I was letting him guide the session…
“Stand by Me,” a remake of the Ben E. King hit of 1961, was the leadoff single for my debut solo album Maurice White. The single was getting good reception across the board, but I had to do way more publicity than I was used to… “Stand by Me,” got into the top ten on the black chart and to No. 11 on the adult contemporary chart, and then it stalled. As I’ve said before, in the ’80s, if your first single didn’t do well, it was difficult to get the promotion department fully behind the second single. The ballad “I Need You,” the next release, did far better on the adult contemporary stations, but it stopped there. I didn’t criticize Columbia at the time, but I did feel they could have done a more across-the-board campaign - a less segregated approach to the promotion of my album.
Of course I was disappointed with that album’s lack of success, but I am proud of it. Still, I was more hurt than I ever let on. I wish I had done a few more solo records.
~~ Maurice White. My Life With Earth, Wind & Fire, by Maurice White with Herb Powell, 2016.
Maurice White (December 19, 1941 - February 4, 2016) was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the founder, leader, main songwriter, and producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and served as the band's co-lead singer with Philip Bailey. Described as a "visionary" by Vibe and a "mastermind" by Variety, White was nominated for a total of 22 Grammys, of which he won seven. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as a member of Earth, Wind & Fire, and was also inducted individually into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He additionally worked with artists such as Deniece Williams, Cher, the Emotions, Barbra Streisand, Ramsey Lewis, and Neil Diamond.
(Wikipedia).
In memory of Maurice White 1941 - 2016 R.I.P.
13 ноя 2020
