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…