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The Drifters

Save The Last Dance For Me

Dance
  • Dance
  • Pop
  • Soul
  • Rock
  • Space
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1960
  • 1960
  • 1959
  • 1953
  • 1965
  • 1993

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“Save the Last Dance for Me” is the title of a popular song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, first recorded in 1960 by Ben E. King with The Drifters. The Drifters’ version of the song spent three non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the U.S. pop chart, in addition to logging one week atop the U.S. R&B chart. In the UK, the Drifters’ recording reached #2 in December 1960. This single was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, two noted American music producers who at the time had an apprentice relationship with a then-unknown Phil Spector. Although he was working with Lieber and Stoller at the time, it is unknown whether Spector assisted with the production of this record; however, many Spector fans have noticed similarities between this record and other music he would... Read on...

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This song is listed #182 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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Popular in Dance (See Charts): Morphine, Jam, Blood On The Dance Floor, Ghosts, Is It Scary, This Time Around, Be My Lover, Cinderella Stay Awhile, Scream Louder, and Blame It On The Boogie.

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