{"id":807,"date":"2025-11-03T18:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=807"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:05:02","slug":"mm-1960-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2025\/11\/03\/mm-1960-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1960"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Save the last dance for me - The Drifters\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n-XQ26KePUQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;Save the Last Dance for Me&#8221; is a song written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doc_Pomus\">Doc Pomus<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mort_Shuman\">Mort Shuman<\/a>, first recorded in 1960 by American musical group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Drifters\">the Drifters<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_E._King\">Ben E. King<\/a>\u00a0on lead vocals. It has since been covered by several artists, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tommy_Leonetti\">Tommy Leonetti<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_DeFranco_Family\">the DeFranco Family<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dolly_Parton\">Dolly Parton<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9\">Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>In a 1990 interview, songwriter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doc_Pomus\">Doc Pomus<\/a>\u00a0tells the story of the song being recorded by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Drifters\">the Drifters<\/a>\u00a0and originally designated as the B-side of the record. He credits\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dick_Clark\">Dick Clark<\/a>\u00a0with turning the record over and realizing &#8220;Save the Last Dance&#8221; was the stronger song. The Drifters&#8217; version of the song, released a few months after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_E._King\">Ben E. King<\/a>\u00a0left the group, would go on to spend three non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\">U.S. pop chart<\/a>, in addition to logging one week atop the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hot_R%26B\/Hip-Hop_Songs\">U.S. R&amp;B chart<\/a>. \u00a0In the United Kingdom, the Drifters&#8217; recording reached No. 2 in December 1960. \u00a0This single was produced by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller\">Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller<\/a>, two noted American music producers who at the time had an apprentice relationship with a then-unknown\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phil_Spector\">Phil Spector<\/a>. Although he was working with Leiber 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 eventually produce on his own.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>In the song, the narrator tells his lover she is free to mingle and socialize throughout the evening, but to make sure to save him the dance at the end of the night.\u00a0 During an interview on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elvis_Costello\">Elvis Costello<\/a>&#8216;s show\u00a0<em>Spectacle,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lou_Reed\">Lou Reed<\/a>, who worked with Pomus, said the song was written on the day of Pomus&#8217; wedding while the wheelchair-using groom watched his bride dancing with their guests. Pomus had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polio\">polio<\/a> and at times used crutches to get around.\u00a0 His wife, Willi Burke, however, was a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broadway_theatre\">Broadway<\/a>\u00a0actress and dancer. The song gives his perspective of telling his wife to have fun dancing, but reminds her who will be taking her home and &#8220;in whose arms you&#8217;re gonna be.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . &#8220;Save the Last Dance for Me&#8221; is a song written by\u00a0Doc Pomus\u00a0and\u00a0Mort Shuman, first recorded in 1960 by American musical group\u00a0the Drifters\u00a0with\u00a0Ben E. King\u00a0on lead vocals. It has since been covered by several artists, including\u00a0Tommy Leonetti,\u00a0the DeFranco Family,\u00a0Dolly Parton, and\u00a0Michael Bubl\u00e9. 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