Question: What year was the hit song Save the Last Dance featuring Ben E. King recorded?

Context articles: Ben E. King
Doug Lazy
The Very Best of Ben E. King
Save the Last Dance for Me (album)
Save the Last Dance 2
Lloyd Trotman
Craig Alan Owens
Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
Save the Last Dance for Me
Save the Last Dance (soundtrack)

Benjamin Earl King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson, September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015), known as Ben E. King, was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer.
 He was perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me"— a US Top 10 hit, both in 1961 and later in 1986 (when it was used as the theme to the film of the same name), a number one hit in the UK in 1987, and no. 25 on the RIAA's list of Songs of the Century—and as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters notably singing the lead vocals of one of their biggest global hit singles (and only U.S. #1 hit) "Save the Last Dance for Me".
Doug Lazy (real name Gene Douglas Finley) is an American hip hop and dance music producer and DJ from Washington, D.C. Lazy scored a number of hip house hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including three #1s: "Let It Roll", "Let the Rhythm Pump", and "H.O.U.S.E.".
 In 1990, Ben E. King and Bo Diddley featuring Lazy recorded a rap version of the Monotones' 1958 hit song "Book of Love" for the soundtrack of the movie, "Book of Love".
The Very Best Of Ben E. King is a Ben E. King compilation album covering his entire recording history dating to 1975.
 Longtime classics such as Spanish Harlem and Don't Play That Song as well as King's most influential hit Stand By Me are all on this album, among 13 additional hits.
Save the Last Dance for Me was Ben E. King's 15th album and 14th studio album.
 It was released under the EMI-Manhattan label.
 The album was released in 1987 and was King's first release in six years.
 All the tracks are new recordings of hits by King's old group The Drifters, originally recorded between 1959 and 1964.
 Note that King did not originally sing lead on all the Drifters versions of these songs, having left the Drifters in 1960.
Save the Last Dance 2 (also known as Save the Last Dance 2: Stepping Up) is a 2006 dance drama film and a sequel to the 2001 film "Save the Last Dance".
 It was released to DVD on October 10, 2006 by Paramount Home Entertainment and MTV.
 While featuring some returning characters, none of the original cast (including Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas) are retained from the original film.
 R&B singer Ne-Yo makes an appearance in the film.
Trotman became a session musician for Atlantic Records and other independent record companies and throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s he backed a wide variety of artists, including R&B artists such as Varetta Dillard, LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Al Hibbler, Big Joe Turner, Nappy Brown, Linda Hopkins, Mickey "Guitar" Baker, Chuck Willis, Ben E. King, The Drifters ("Save The Last Dance For Me"), Sam Cooke, James Brown, Pat Thomas,The Platters, Everly Brothers, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Clyde McPhatter, Ivory Joe Hunter, Jackie Wilson, Mickey And Sylvia, The Coasters, The Clovers, The Isley Brothers, Big Maybelle.
 Memphis Slim, Brother John Sellers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Otis Blackwell, Ray Peterson,and Cousin Joe, Dinah Washington, and Brook Benton.
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Craig Alan Owens is an American television composer and songwriter living in Los Angeles, California.
 He is co-writer of the theme song for "The Wendy Williams Show", a talk show hosted by Wendy Williams, for David Vanacore Music.
 He is co-writer of the song "Bonafide" featured in the motion picture "Save the Last Dance" and released on the multi-platinum Hollywood Records "Save the Last Dance" soundtrack.
 He is writer/co-writer of numerous television theme song titles along with composer David Vanacore, including "Kitchen Nightmares", "Workout", "Crowned", "E-vets Interns", "Paradise Hotel", "First Class All the Way", "West Coast Customs", and "Bounty Girls".
 His music can be heard on "The Apprentice", "Last Comic Standing", "Big Brother", "Pros vs. Joes", "Ghost Hunters", "Survivor", and many other reality television programs.
"Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" is a song written by Ahmet Ertegün and by the wife of Ben E. King, Betty Nelson.
 It was first recorded by soul singer Ben E. King.
 The title track on King's third album "Don't Play That Song!
", it reached number 2 on the U.S. R&B singles chart and number 11 on the pop chart when released as a single on Atco Records in 1962.
"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 The Drifters, with Ben E. King on lead vocals.
Save the Last Dance is the soundtrack to the romantic drama film, "Save the Last Dance".
 It was released on December 19, 2000 through Hollywood Records and consisted of hip hop and R&B music.
 The soundtrack was a huge success, and made it to several Billboard charts.
 It peaked at 3 on the "Billboard" 200, 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, 6 on the Top Soundtracks, 3 on the Top Internet Albums and 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart, and featured two charting singles "Crazy" and "You".
 "Save the Last Dance" went both gold and platinum on January 29, 2001 and was certified 2x multi-platinum on May 20, 2002.
 The Soundtrack won the American Music Award for best Soundtrack in 2002.