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Ben E. King grave (2015)
View on map:40.903735°N 74.036797°W
Description
King in the 1990s
Benjamin Earl King
[1]
(
né
Nelson
, September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American
soul
and
R&B
singer
and record producer. He is best known as the singer and
co-composer
of "
Stand by Me
"—a
U.S.
Top 10
hit
, both in 1961 and later in 1986 (when it was used as the theme to the
film of the same name
), a
number one hit
in the
United Kingdom
in 1987, and no. 25 on the
RIAA
's list of
Songs of the Century
—and as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group
The Drifters
, notably singing the lead vocals of one of their biggest global hit singles (and only U.S. #1 hit) "
Save the Last Dance for Me
".
[2]
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben E. King
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