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Født Benjamin Earl Nelson
28. september 1938, Henderson, North Carolina
Henderson, North Carolina , USA Rediger på Wikidata
Død 30. april 2015 (76 ar)
Teaneck, New Jersey , USA Rediger på Wikidata
Genre Soul , R&B , pop , doo-wop
Beskæftigelse Sanger
Sangskriver
Guitarist
Aktive ar 1958?2015
Pladeselskab Atco Records , Atlantic Records , Ichiban Records
Associeret med The Drifters , The Five Crowns
Instrumenter
vokal , guitar , klaver , keyboard
Eksterne henvisninger
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Ben E. King (født Benjamin Earl Nelson 28. september 1938 i Henderson, North Carolina , død 30. april 2015 ) var en amerikansk sanger . [1]

King var forsanger i gruppen The Drifters i arene 1959-1960 efter at grundlæggeren Clyde McPhatter havde forladt gruppen. Med Ben E. King fik gruppen flere hits, blandt andet den klassiske "Save the Last Dance for Me". I foraret 1960 forlod han gruppen for en solokarriere som soulsanger . Hans to første store hits som soloartist kom 1961, "Spanish Harlem" og derefter "Stand by Me".

I sine sidste ar drev Ben E. King organisationen  The Ben E. King Stand by Me Foundation , hvis formal blandt andet er at hjælpe børn og unge med sociale og økonomiske problemer.

Diskografi [ rediger | rediger kildetekst ]

Album [ rediger | rediger kildetekst ]

Andre album [ rediger | rediger kildetekst ]

  • Benny and Us (1977) US: #33 ( Average White Band & Ben E. King)
  • The Atlantic Family Live in Montreux (1977) (En indspilning med the Average White Band og andre artister)
  • Soul Clan (1968) (som medlem af The Soul Clan )

Singler med the Drifters [ rediger | rediger kildetekst ]

  • " There Goes My Baby " (1959) R&B: #1 US: #2
  • "Oh My Love (1959)
  • "Dance With Me" (1959) R&B: #2 US: #15 UK: #17
  • " This Magic Moment " (1960) R&B: #4 US: #16
  • "Lonely Winds" (1960) R&B: #9 US: #54
  • "Hey Senorita" (1960)
  • " Save the Last Dance for Me " (1960) R&B: #1 US: #1 UK: #2
  • "Nobody But Me" (1960)
  • "I Count the Tears" (1960) US: #17 UK: #28
  • "Sometimes I Wonder" (1962)

Solo singler [ rediger | rediger kildetekst ]

  • "Brace Yourself" (1960, Atco)
  • "Show Me the Way" (1960, Atco)
  • "A Help-Each-Other Romance" (1960, Atlantic) with LaVern Baker CB: #105
  • "How Often" (1960, Atlantic) with LaVern Baker
  • " Spanish Harlem (1961, Atco) R&B: #15 US: #10, CB: #9
  • "First Taste of Love" (1961) US: #53 UK: #27, CB: #91 ( b-side of "Spanish Harlem")
  • " Stand by Me " (1961) R&B: #1 US: #4 UK: #27, CB: #3
  • " Amor " (1961) R&B: #10 US: #18 UK: #38, CB: #19
  • "Young Boy Blues" (1961) US: #66, CB: #86
  • "Here Comes the Night" (1961) US: #81 (b-side of "Young Boy Blues") CB: #TAG
  • "Ecstasy" (1962) US: #56, CB: #50
  • " Don't Play That Song (You Lied) " (1962) R&B: #2 US: #11, CB: #11
  • "Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear (1962)
  • "Too Bad" (1962) US: #88, CB: #88
  • "I'm Standing By" (1962) US:#111, CB: #123
  • "Tell Daddy" (1962) US:#122 R&B: #29, CB: #138
  • "How Can I Forget" (1963) R&B: #23 US: #85, CB: #82
  • " I (Who Have Nothing) " (1963) R&B: #16 US: #29, CB: #25, AC: #10
  • "The Beginning of Time" (1963) CB: #tag (b-side of "I (Who Have Nothing)")
  • " I Could Have Danced All Night " (1963) US: #72, CB: #112
  • "Gypsy" (1963) CB: #tag (b-side of "I Could Have Danced All Night")
  • " What Now My Love " (1964) US:#102, CB: #132
  • "That's When It Hurts" (1964) US: #63, CB: #57, R&B: #17
  • "What Can A Man Do" (1964) R&B: #39, US:#113, CB: #106
  • "It's All Over" (1964) R&B: #40, US: #72, CB: #93
  • "Let the Water Run Down" (1964) CB: #144 (b-side of "It's All Over")
  • "Around The Corner" (1964) US:#125
  • "Seven Letters" (1965) R&B: #11 US: #45, CB: #58
  • "The Record (Baby I Love You)" (1965) Pop: #84 R&B: #24, CB: #105
  • "She's Gone Again" (1965) US: #128
  • "Cry No More" (1965)
  • "(There's) No Place To Hide" (1965) (b-side of "Cry No More")
  • "Goodnight My Love" (1965) US: #91, CB: #87
  • "So Much Love" (1966) US: #96, CB: #54
  • "Get In a Hurry" (1966)
  • "I Swear By Stars Above" (1966) R&B: #35 (b-side of "Get in a Hurry")
  • "They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes" (1966)
  • "What Is Soul?" (1966) R&B: #38, CB: #113 (b-side of "They Don't Give...")
  • "A Man Without a Dream (1967)
  • "Tears, Tears, Tears" (1967) R&B: #34 US: #93, CB: #105 (b-side of "A Man Without...")
  • "Katherine" (1967) CB: #113
  • "Teeny Weeny Little Bit" (1967) (b-side of "Katherine")
  • "Don't Take Your Sweet Love Away" (1967) R&B: #44
  • "We Got a Thing Goin' On" (1968) with Dee Dee Sharp US: #127, CB: #122
  • " Don't Take Your Love from Me " (1968) US: #117
  • "Where's the Girl" (1968)
  • "It Ain't Fair" (1968)
  • "Soul Meeting" (1968) with The Soul Clan R&B: #34
  • " Till I Can't Take It Anymore " (1968) R&B: #45, US: #134, CB: #135
  • "Hey Little One" (1969)
  • "I Can't Take It Like a Man" (1970, Maxwell) R&B: #45
  • "Take Me to the Pilot" (1972, Mandala)
  • " Into the Mystic " (1972)
  • "Spread Myself Around" (1973)
  • " Supernatural Thing, Part 1 " (1975, Atlantic) R&B: #1 US: #5, CB: #9
  • "Do It in the Name of Love" (1975) R&B: #4 US: #60, CB: #64
  • "We Got Love" (1975)
  • "I Had a Love" (1975) R&B: #23, CB: #104 (b-side of "We Got Love")
  • "I Betcha you Didn't Know" (1976)
  • "Get It Up" (1977) with Average White Band R&B: #21
  • "A Star in the Ghetto" (1977) R&B: #25 with Average White Band
  • "Fool for You Anyway" (1977) with Average White Band
  • "I See the Light" (1978)
  • "Fly Away to My Wonderland" (1978)
  • "Music Trance" (1979) R&B: #29
  • "Street Tough" (1981)
  • "You Made the Difference in My Life" (1981)
  • "Stand By Me [re-issue]" (1986) US: #9 UK: #1, CB: #10, AC: #10
  • "Spanish Harlem [re-issue]" (1987)
  • "Save the Last Dance for Me" [re-recorded] (1987, EMI-Manhattan) UK: #69
  • "What's Important to Me" (1991, Ichiban)
  • "You've Got All of Me" (1992)
  • "You Still Move Me" (1992)
  • "4th of July" (1997, Right Stuff) [2]

Noter [ rediger | rediger kildetekst ]

  1. ^ R&B legend Ben E King dies at 76
  2. ^ a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th udgave). London: Guinness World Records Limited. s. 302. ISBN   1-904994-10-5 .
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