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.
On March 27, 2012, the Songwriters Hall of Fame announced that Stand by Me would receive its 2012 Towering Song Award and that King would be honored with the 2012 Towering Performance Award for his recording of it.