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Benjamin Earl King [1] (né Nelson; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. 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 the Last Dance for Me" (their only U.S. No. 1 hit).
Young Boy Blues is the fourth studio album by Ben E. King, and the first of his albums released by Clarion Records, a subsidiary budget label of Atlantic Records. It was released in 1964. It was released in 1964.
"Young Man Blues" is a song by jazz artist Mose Allison. [1] Allison first recorded it in March 1957 for his debut album, Back Country Suite , in which it appears under the title "Back Country Suite: Blues".
"Stand by Me" (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:57 "Yes" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:03 "Young Boy Blues" (Doc Pomus, Phil Spector) – 2:17 "The Hermit of Misty Mountain" (Ruth Batchelor, Bob Roberts) – 2:20 "I Promise Love" (Ben E. King, Lover Patterson) – 2:05 "Brace Yourself" (Otis Blackwell) – 2:08
"I'm Working on a Building" is a song in both the African American spiritual and southern gospel traditions. The song has become a standard of the genres. It has been recorded many times, by artists such as The Carter Family, [1] Bill Monroe, [2] Elvis Presley, [3] the Oak Ridge Boys, [3] B. B. King, [4] John Fogerty, [5] The Seldom Scene, [6] and Theo Lawrence.
The song is sometimes referred to as "Stand by Me Father", leading to confusion with an unrelated song with that name by Sam Cooke and J. W. Alexander. [4] "Stand by Me" has been recorded by various artists including Bob Dylan [5] and Elvis Presley. It served as an inspiration for the popular song of the same name by Ben E. King.
Jesus (/ ˈ dʒ iː z ə s /) is a masculine given name derived from Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς; Iesus in Classical Latin) the Ancient Greek form of the Hebrew name Yeshua (ישוע). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As its roots lie in the name Isho in Aramaic and Yeshua in Hebrew, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua .
Rough Edges is the seventh album and sixth studio album by Ben E. King. After not making any new albums for a few years, King released this album with Maxwell, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records . This would be the only full-length LP released on Maxwell, with King transferring to Mandala in 1972.