"Stand by Me" is a 1972 song by English

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band

Atomic Rooster Atomic Rooster are a British rock band originally formed by members of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, organist Vincent Crane and drummer Carl Palmer. Throughout their history, keyboardist Vincent Crane was the only constant member and wrote ...

. The song was written by the band's keyboard player Vincent Crane. The song was considered the best track off the 1972 '' Made in England'' album, and was a hit all over Europe, but narrowly missed the charts in the UK. The song produced a second wave of interest in the band, but was the penultimate single before Atomic Rooster disbanded.''Le rock de A à Z: dictionnaire illustré'' Jean Marie Leduc, Jean-Noël Ogouz - 1984 p. 13 "Atomic Rooster obtient un regain d'intérêt («Stand by me»), mais de courte durée puisque Farlowe abandonne ses compagnons après un LP; Atomic Rooster est finalement dissous fin 72 ."

References

{{reflist 1972 songs Atomic Rooster songs