Ben King
Born in North Carolina, Ben E. King moved to Harlem, New York when he was nine and made his first move towards stardom in 1958 when he joined a doo-wop group, the Five Crowns. When he and the rest of the group were invited to replace five sacked members of the more established Drifters, Benjamin King - as he was then - became the focal point, co-writing their 1959 smash There Goes My Baby and singing lead vocal on one of their biggest hits, Save The Last Dance For Me. He quit in 1960 after falling out with the group's manager and, changing his name to Ben E. King, launched his solo career. King's first solo hit Spanish Harlem came in 1961 and was rapidly followed by Stand By Me, one of rock's most iconic songs, which he co-wrote with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It has subsequently become one of the most widely covered songs in history though King's original version remains definitive and became a Number 1 in the UK on its re-release in 1987. He never replicated its success but continued to tour and record soul and R&B songs for the next four decades, retaining the respect and affection of both his peers and subsequent generations.
©Copyright Music Story 2023
Similar artists
-
-
Save the Last Dance for Me
Soul - Released by Ramzy R. M. Delambert on 12 Jan 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Don't Play That Song
Soul - Released by Irish21music on 5 Jan 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Save the Last Dance for Me
Soul - Released by Irish21music on 12 Jan 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Coffee House Music
Pop - Released by Henner Hoier Music on 16 Mar 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
-
Bo Ton Ton EP (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Deep Love Music on 28 Sep 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Home (Original Mix)
House - Released by TRONIC SESSION RECORDS on 20 Jul 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Laila Tov (Original Mix)
House - Released by TRONIC SESSION RECORDS on 2 Mar 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Coffee House Music 2
Pop - Released by Henner Hoier Music on 2 Dec 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Coffee House Music
Pop - Released by Henner Hoier Music on 14 Jul 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Me Myself & I
House - Released by TRONIC SESSION RECORDS on 20 Oct 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Y’all Will Find out Freestyle
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Ben King on 29 Mar 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Population 360
Pop - Released by White Rock Records on 22 Dec 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -