Dr Ben E. King (* 28. Septämber1938 as Benjamin Earl Nelson z Henderson, North Carolina; † 30. April2015 z Teaneck, New Jersey)[1][2] isch e amerikanischeR&B- und Soulsänger gsi. Er isch als Tenor in dr Bänd The Drifters im Joor 1959 bekannt worde. 1959 het er e Solokarriere aagfange. Si Song, wo kommerziell am erfolgriichste gsi isch, isch Stand by Me us em Joor 1961.
Album
1961: Spanish Harlem
1962: Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers
1962: Don’t Play That Song!
1964: Young Boy Blues
1964: Seven Letters
1967: What Is Soul?
1970: Rough Edges
1971: The Beginning of It All
1972: Audio Biography
1975: Supernatural
1976: I Had a Love
1977: Benny and Us
1978: Let Me Live in Your Life
1980: Music Trance
1981: Street Tough
1989: Stand by Me
EPs
1961: I Count the Tears / Spanish Harlem / First Taste of Love (mit The Drifters)
1961: Spanish Harlem / First Taste of Love / I Count the Tears / Suddenly There’s a Valley (mit The Drifters)
961: Amor
1964: Gloria Gloria
1964: Don’t Play That Song
1964: Love Me Love Me
1964: Acompañado de Orquesta
1964: The Hermit of the Misty Mountain
1980: When a Man Loves a Woman / Warm and Tender Love (mit Percy Sledge)
Singles
1960: Save the Last Dance for Me (mit The Drifters)
1960: How Often (mit LaVern Baker)
1960: Brace Yourself
1960: Groovin’
1961: First Taste of Love
1961: Spanish Harlem
1961: Stand by Me
1961: Amor
1961: Here Comes the Night
1961: Young Boy Blues
1962: I’m Standing By
1962: Auf Weidersehn, My Dear
1962: Ecstasy
1962: Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
1962: Too Bad
1963: Around the Corner
1963: How Can I Forget
1963: I (Who Have Nothing)
1963: I Could Have Danced All Night
1964: What Can a Man Do
1964: Not Now (I’ll Tell You When)
1964: That’s When it Hurts
1964: It’s All Over
1964: Seven Letters
1965: I Can’t Break the News to Myself
1965: Cry No More
1965: The Way You Shake It
1966: I Swear by the Stars Above
1965: The Record (Baby I Love You)
1966: Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)
1966: What Is Soul?
1966: So Much Love
1967: Teeny Weeny Little Bit
1967: She Knows What to Do for Me
1967: Tears, Tears, Tears
1968: What’cha Gonna Do About It (mit Dee Dee Sharp)
1968: Don’t Take Your Love from Me
1968: It Ain’t Fair
1968: Where’s the Girl
1970: Goodbye My Old Girl
1971: White Moon
1971: Seven Letters
1971: It’s Amazing
1972: Take Me to the Pilot
1972: Into the Mystic
1973: Do It Now
1973: Spread Myself Around
1975: Happiness Is Where You Find It
1975: I Had a Love
1975: Yes
1975: Jamaica
1975: Supernatural Thing
1975: Do It in the Name of Love
1976: Betcha Didn’t Know That
1977: The Message (mit AWB)
1977: Get It Up (mit AWB)
1977: A Star in the Ghetto (mit AWB)
1977: Imagine (mit AWB)
1977: Fool for You Anyway
1978: Tippin’
1978: Spoiled
1979: Music Trance
1980: You’ve Only Got One Chance to Be Young
1980: Touched by Your Love
1981: Street Tough
1981: Souvenirs of Love
1982: You Better Move On (The Drifters feat. Ben E. King)
1986: Stand by Me
1987: Spread Myself Around
1987: Lover’s Question
1987: Save the Last Dance for Me
1990: Book of Love (Ben E. King und Bo Diddley feat. Doug Lazy)