Save the Last Dance for Me : Rolling Stone

Written by: Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
Produced by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Released: Sept. '60 on Atlantic
Charts: 18 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

Billy Joel said it best: Before the Drifters, the last dance was the one nobody stuck around for. But this elegant R&B ballad made the end of the party sound like the essence of true romance. Lead vocalist Ben E. King later sang the solo hit "Stand By Me."

Appears on: The Drifters' Golden Hits (Atlantic)

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