There Goes My Baby

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"There Goes My Baby" is a pioneering 1959 R&B and early soul single by Ben E. King with The Drifters, noted for its innovative use of strings and orchestration in pop music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
chartPerformance US Billboard Hot 100 top ten hit
US R&B chart hit
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease 1950s
genre R&B
early soul
rhythm and blues
soul music
hasLeadVocal Ben E. King
hasOrchestrationFeature orchestral arrangement
strings
language English
notableFor innovative use of strings in R&B
pioneering early soul sound
originallyRecordedBy The Drifters
performer The Drifters
performingGroup The Drifters
surface form: The Drifters with Ben E. King
producer Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
surface form: Jerry Leiber

Mike Stoller
recordingType studio recording
recordLabel Atlantic Records
releaseDate 1959
songwriter Ben E. King
George Treadwell
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
surface form: Jerry Leiber

Lover Patterson
Mike Stoller
vocalist Ben E. King

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Ben E. King notableWork There Goes My Baby
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller notableWork There Goes My Baby
The Drifters notableWork There Goes My Baby
Benjamin Earl Nelson notableWork There Goes My Baby
Mike Stoller notableWork There Goes My Baby
Smokey Joe's Cafe featuresWork There Goes My Baby
album "Sex and Love" hasPart There Goes My Baby
subject surface form: Sex and Love
Lover Patterson notableWork There Goes My Baby