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.
Stand by Me is a song originally performed by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King, written by King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. According to King, the song title is derived and was inspired by a spiritual composition by Sam Cooke called Stand by Me Father (although Mike Stoller has stated differently).