
Artist
Ben E. King
Ben E. King is a soul artist from Henderson, North Carolina, USA formed in 1938. 18 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Henderson, North Carolina, USA · Best soul albums
- 18
- Releases
- 1961–2024
- Active years
- 1938
- Formed

Artist
Ben E. King is a soul artist from Henderson, North Carolina, USA formed in 1938. 18 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Henderson, North Carolina, USA · Best soul albums

Most popular
Don't Play That Song!
1962 · 12 tracks

Spanish Harlem
1961

Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers
1966

What Is Soul
1967

Seven Letters
1965

Let Me Live in Your Life
1978

Young Boy Blues
1964

Don't Play That Song (Mono)
2024

The Complete Atco/Atlantic Singles, Vol. 1: 1960-1966
2016

Street Tough
2005

The Ultimate Collection
2005

I Had a Love
2005

Supernatural Thing
2005

Music Trance
2005

The Very Best of Ben E. King
1998
Benny and Us
1977
Supernatural
1975
Stand by Me
1961
Benjamin Earl King (born September 28, 1938), better known as Ben E. King, is an American soul singer. He is perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me," a U.S. Top 10 hit in both 1961 and 1986 and a #1 hit in the UK in 1987, and as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group The Drifters. King was born Benjamin Earl Nelson on September 28, 1938 in Henderson, North Carolina, and moved to Harlem, New York, at age 9. In 1958, King (still using his birth name) joined a doo wop group called The Five Crowns. Later in 1958, The Drifters' manager George Treadwell fired the members of the original Drifters, and replaced them with The Five Crowns. King had a string of R&B hits with the group on Atlantic Records. He co-wrote and sang lead on the first Atlantic hit by the new version of the Drifters, "There Goes My Baby" (1959). He also sang lead on a succession of hits by the team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, including "Save the Last Dance for Me," "This Magic Moment," and "I Count the Tears." King only recorded thirteen songs with The Drifters-ten lead vocal performances and three backing other lead singers-including a non-single called "Temptation" (late…