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
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 with Ben E. King
producer Jerry Leiber
Mike Stoller
recordingType studio recording
recordLabel Atlantic Records NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1959
songwriter Ben E. King
George Treadwell
Jerry Leiber
Lover Patterson
Mike Stoller
vocalist Ben E. King

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ben E. King
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Drifters
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