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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 US No. 1 hit).
"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
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.
The Who performed "Young Man Blues" regularly in concert between 1968 and 1970. The first appearance of the song by the group was a studio recording on the limited-edition sampler album The House That Track Built released on 1 September 1969.
It was first recorded by King and was the title track on his third album Don't Play That Song! (1962). The song reached number 2 on the U.S. R&B singles chart and number 11 on the pop chart when released as a single on Atco Records in 1962. In Europe, it ranked at number 10 in Italy on FIMI National Charts between 1962 and 1963.
Young Boy Blues (1964) Ben E. King's Greatest Hits ... Ben E. King's Greatest Hits is the fifth album and first compilation album by ... Some of the songs, most ...
"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by him, along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who together used the pseudonym Elmo Glick. According to King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a spiritual written by Sam Cooke and J. W. Alexander called "Stand by Me Father", recorded by the Soul Stirrers
Ben E. King, James Bethea " We're Gonna Groove " (or " Groovin ' " as it was originally titled) is a song written by the soul singer Ben E. King and later co-credited to James Bethea. In 1964, it was released as the B-side to King's rendition of " What Now My Love ".