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32-810: (Redirected from Benjamin King ) Ben or Benjamin King may refer to: Ben E. King (1938–2015), American singer Ben King (guitarist) (born 1984), British-American lead guitarist with the Yardbirds Benjamin Franklin King Jr. (1857–1894), American poet and parodist Benjamin King (actor) (born 1971), American actor Benjamin King Jr. (1890–1956), American politician from Mississippi Ben Tavera King (born 1952), American new age musician Ben King (cyclist) (born 1989), American road racing cyclist Ben King (designer) , American fashion designer of

64-609: A Grammy Hall of Fame Award . King's other well-known songs include " Don't Play That Song (You Lied) ", " Amor ", " Seven Letters ", "How Can I Forget", "On the Horizon", " Young Boy Blues ", "First Taste of Love", "Here Comes the Night", "Ecstasy", and " That's When It Hurts ". In the summer of 1963, King had a Top 30 hit with " I (Who Have Nothing) ", which reached the Top 10 on New York's radio station, WMCA . King's records continued to place well on

96-488: A gold single for sales of over one million. Dr. John played keyboards on Franklin's version with Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on drums and Chuck Rainey on bass. Cliff Richard released his rendition on his 1962 album 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds . He also recorded a German version, titled "Das ist die Frage aller Fragen", with lyrics by Carl Ulrich Blecher, that was a number one hit in Germany and Austria in 1964, as well as

128-620: A member of the Drifters, and has been nominated as a solo artist. Along with the Drifter's " There Goes My Baby ", King's songs "Stand by Me" and " Spanish Harlem " also appeared on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll . Additionally, he was inducted alongside the Drifters into Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2000, as well as the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012 with

160-492: A number of artists including Aretha Franklin , whose version reached number two on Billboard ' s pop chart. The song was ranked number 358 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ". Leiber credited Stoller with the arrangement in a 1968 interview; similarly, Leiber said in a 2009 radio interview with Leiber and Stoller on the Bob Edwards Weekend talk show that Stoller had written

192-529: A top five hit on the Billboard Hot 100 . Additionally, King was the original recording artist of songs such as " Spanish Harlem ", " I (Who Have Nothing) ", " So Much Love ", " Don't Play That Song (You Lied) ", " We're Gonna Groove ", and " Till I Can't Take It Anymore " all of which have been covered by multiple artists to varying degrees of success. King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, as

224-590: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ben E. King Benjamin Earl King (né Nelson ; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&;B vocal group the Drifters , notably singing the lead vocals on three of their biggest hit singles " There Goes My Baby ", " This Magic Moment ", and " Save

256-457: Is one of the greatest singers in the history of rock and roll and rhythm and blues." As a Drifter and solo artist, King achieved a few number-one hits: "There Goes My Baby", "Save the Last Dance for Me", "Stand By Me", "Supernatural Thing", and the 1986 re-issue of "Stand By Me". On the billboard pop and R&B charts combined, he achieved 12 Top 10 hits and 28 Top 40 hits. King was inducted into

288-473: The Billboard Hot 100 chart until the mid-1960s. British pop bands began to dominate the pop music scene, but King still continued to make R&B hits. Some of these hits include "What is Soul?", "Tears, Tears, Tears", and " Till I Can't Take It Anymore ". In 1975, King made a comeback on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the disco hit " Supernatural Thing ": number 5 on Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on

320-696: The Latin Grammys with Prince Royce . King toured the United Kingdom in 2013 and played concerts in the United States as late as 2014, despite reported health problems. Following a brief illness, King died at Hackensack University Medical Center on April 30, 2015, at the age of 76. He was married to his wife, Betty, for 50 years, and had three children: Terris Cannon, Benjamin King Jr., and Angela Matos, in addition to six grandchildren. King has been covered by acts from several genres. " So Much Love "

352-575: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Drifter; he was also nominated as a solo artist. A re-recording of King's " I (Who Have Nothing) " was selected for the Sopranos Peppers and Eggs Soundtrack CD (2001). King was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009. On March 27, 2012, the Songwriters Hall of Fame announced that "Stand By Me" would receive its 2012 Towering Song Award and that King would be honored with

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384-573: The Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America . King cited singers Brook Benton , Roy Hamilton , and Sam Cooke as influences for his vocals of the song. "Stand by Me", "There Goes My Baby", "Spanish Harlem", and "Save the Last Dance for Me" were all named in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll ; and each of those records has earned

416-512: The 1940s–70s Ben King (producer) , New Zealand based music producer Ben King, American aviator, see 1936 in aviation Benjamin King, Australian road racing cyclist, see Australian National Time Trial Championships Benjamin King (author) (born 1944), American author and military historian Ben King (footballer) (born 2000), Australian rules football player Ben King, a fictional doctor on New Zealand soap opera/medical drama, Shortland Street [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

448-531: The 2012 Towering Performance Award for his recording of the song. King was active in his charitable foundation, the Stand By Me Foundation, which helps to provide education to deserving youths. King was a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey , from the late 1960s onwards. King performed "Stand By Me" during a televised tribute to late comedian George Carlin , as he was one of Carlin's favorite artists. On November 11, 2010, King performed "Stand By Me" at

480-581: The Billboard R&;B chart. It was also nominated for a Grammy at the 18th Annual Grammy Awards in 1975 for "best R&B vocal performance, male". In 1977, King collaborated with Average White Band in releasing the album Benny & Us . The album spawned two top 40 R&B hits, "A Star in the Ghetto" and "Get It Up". King returned to the Drifters in late 1982 in the United Kingdom and sang with them until

512-466: The Five Crowns. Later that year, the Drifters' manager George Treadwell fired the members of the original Drifters, and replaced them with the members of 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). King sang lead on a succession of hits by

544-492: The Last Dance for Me " (their only U.S. No. 1 hit). As a soloist, King is best known as the singer and co-composer of " Stand by Me ", which became a US Top 10 hit , both in 1961 and later in 1986 (when it was used as the theme to the film of the same name ), and a number one hit in the United Kingdom in 1987. The single was also placed on the RIAA 's list of Songs of the Century . His 1975 single " Supernatural Thing " became

576-563: The Machine , and Tracy Chapman . The song forms the basis for the Indian hit "Dildaara" by songwriters Vishal–Shekhar . King also inspired a number of rock bands: Siouxsie and the Banshees recorded "Supernatural Thing" in 1981 and Led Zeppelin did a cover version of "Groovin'", which is better known under the title of " We're Gonna Groove ". Spanish Harlem (song) The song has been covered by

608-691: The Monotones ' 1958 hit song " Book of Love " for the soundtrack of the movie Book of Love . He also recorded a children's album, I Have Songs In My Pocket , written and produced by children's music artist Bobby Susser in 1998, which won the Early Childhood News Directors' Choice Award and Dr. Toy's/the Institute for Childhood Resources Award. King performed "Stand by Me" on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2007. Ahmet Ertegun said, "King

640-658: The Towering song award. Benjamin Earl Nelson was born on September 28, 1938, in Henderson, North Carolina , but moved to Harlem , New York , at the age of nine in 1947. He began singing in church choirs, and in high school formed the Four B's, a doo-wop group that occasionally performed at the Apollo Theater . In 1958, King (still using his birth name) joined a doo-wop group called

672-598: The United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland for three weeks in February 1987. The reissue also made King the first act to reach the Hot 100's top 10 in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, either as a member of an act that reached that high (in this case, the Drifters) or as a solo act that did. In 1990, King and Bo Diddley , along with Doug Lazy , recorded a revamped hip hop version of

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704-450: The group's break-up and reorganization in 1986. From 1983 until the band's break-up, the other members of this incarnation of the Drifters were Johnny Moore, Joe Blunt, and Clyde Brown. A 1986 re-issue of "Stand by Me" followed the song's use as the theme song to the movie Stand By Me and re-entered the Billboard top ten after a 25-year absence. This reissue also topped the charts in

736-431: The key instrumental introduction to the record, although he was not credited. Stoller remarks in the team's autobiography Hound Dog that he had created this "fill" while doing a piano accompaniment when the song was presented to Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records , with Spector playing guitar and Leiber doing the vocal. "Since then, I've never heard the song played without that musical figure." The song

768-705: The original on the charts and in which Franklin changed the lyrics slightly: from "A red rose up in Spanish Harlem" to "There's a rose in Black 'n' Spanish Harlem. A rose in Black and Spanish Harlem.” Her version went to number one on the US Soul charts for three weeks and number two on the Pop charts for two weeks, barred from the top spot by " Go Away Little Girl " by Donny Osmond . This version also hit number six on Billboard ' s Easy Listening chart. Aretha Franklin's version earned

800-402: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben_King&oldid=1020924897 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

832-417: The songs that King had recorded with the Drifters. In May 1960, King left the Drifters, assuming the stage name Ben E. King in preparation for a solo career. Remaining with Atlantic Records on its Atco imprint, His first release, "Show Me The Way"/"Brace Yourself" failed to hit the charts. His second effort with Lavern Baker wasn’t a hit either, "A Help-Each-Other"/"How Often". King’s first charted single

864-561: The team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman , including " Save the Last Dance for Me ", " This Magic Moment ", and " I Count the Tears ". He recorded only 13 songs with the Drifters— two backing other lead singers and 11 lead vocal performances— including an unreleased song called "Temptation" (later redone by Drifters vocalist Johnny Moore ). The last of the King-led Drifters singles to be released

896-398: Was "Sometimes I Wonder", which was recorded on May 19, 1960, but not issued until June 1962. After a year of touring with the Drifters, contract disputes arose with Treadwell, in which King and his manager Lover Patterson demanded greater compensation. Treadwell refused, and King was only hired for studio recordings. On television, fellow Drifters member Charlie Thomas usually lip-synched

928-557: Was 'First taste of love'. It charted on the U.S Billboard at #53, but in the UK it became a bigger hit charting at #27. His first Top 10 solo release was " Spanish Harlem " (1961). In the U.S pop charts it peaked at number 10, and at billboard’s rhythm and blues charts it peaked at number 15 . It was written by Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. King's next single, " Stand by Me ", written with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller , ultimately would be voted as one of

960-465: Was King's first hit away from The Drifters , a group that he had led for several years. It climbed the Billboard charts, and peaked at number 15 for rhythm and blues and number 10 in pop music. King's version was not a hit in the United Kingdom. The song was re-released in 1987, after " Stand By Me " made number 1. In July 1971, Aretha Franklin released a cover version of the song that outperformed

992-495: Was arranged by Stan Applebaum , featuring Spanish guitar, marimba, drum-beats, soprano saxophone, strings, and a male chorus. The riff to the song was originally conceived by Spector and his then-girlfriend Beverly Ross . She was apparently shocked to discover the same riff a few months later in the version sung by King. Ben E. King's "Spanish Harlem" was originally released as the B-side to "First Taste of Love". "Spanish Harlem"

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1024-518: Was recorded by Dusty Springfield and many others. "I (Who Have Nothing)" was performed by Shirley Bassey in 1963 and also by Tom Jones in 1970, as well as a 1979 recording by Sylvester . " Till I Can't Take It Anymore " was revisited by peer Ray Charles in 1970 and "Spanish Harlem" was sung by Aretha Franklin in 1971. "Stand by Me" was covered by the Righteous Brothers , Otis Redding , John Lennon , Mickey Gilley , Seal , Florence and

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