1. a restaurant providing food, drink, and often a floor show or other entertainment; nightclub or cafÃ©. 2. the entertainment at a cabaret.
1 The novella's title is The Body. It was changed to Stand By Me for the film when the song was selected for the end-credits.  The novella takes place in Castle Rock, Maine in 1960; the film takes place in Castle Rock, Oregon in 1959.
Related Tags. Stand By Me is a song by John Lennon, written by Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Ben E. King. It's from his album Rock 'N' Roll (1975). According to the documentary History of Rock 'n' Roll, Ben E. King had no intention of recording the song himself when he wrote it. King had written the song for The Drifters, who passed on the chance to record it.