Ben E King..Stand By Me.. RIP
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RIP Ben E King
Spanish Harlem was always my ATF tune of his.....:thumb:
This tune was pretty good too!
Spanish Harlem was always my ATF tune of his.....:thumb:
This tune was pretty good too!
when he was the lead singer of the Drifters he did this onehttps:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul041CSNJto
thanks Shack, thank you very much.....im a great Ben E King fan, and he had a number of hidden gems, like What is Soul, and Dont Play That Song, but of those on your post are new to me except Youngboy Blues.....
Great songwriter even better singer. He had numerous fans within the music community, most notably John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen.
He and Sam Cooke were cut from the same cloth. Ben. E lived the fullness of his years, Sam was a victim of a robbery that escalated badly at the age of 32.
He and Sam Cooke were cut from the same cloth. Ben. E lived the fullness of his years, Sam was a victim of a robbery that escalated badly at the age of 32.
even though ive heard this song countless times, i just clicked on and listened again..over 50 years old but this song is timeless..
Sam Cooke was several years older than Ben E King, he wrote 400+ songs and laid the foundation for black songwriters. Without him Ben E and the Motown sound would have had a much tougher time in progressing. In 1958, the FIGC hired him to write the theme song to the 1960 Rome Olympics.
