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KING Ben E.
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:	23.09.1938	(Henderson, North Carolina, USA, as Benjamin Earl Nelson)
Died:	30.04.2015	(natural causes)

Appearances:

1957	The Four B's
1958	The Moonglows
1958-59	Crowns
1959-5/60	The Drifters

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Spanish Harlem	7/1961	Atco		30	57
2.	Don't Play That Song	10/1962	Atco
3.	Songs For Soulful Lovers	1963	Atco
4.	Greatest Hits	1964	Atco
5.	Seven Letters	1/1965	Atco
6.	What Is Soul? produced by: Bob Gallo	2/1967	Atco
7.	Rough Edges	1970	Maxwell
8.	The Beginning Of It All	2/1972	Mandela
9.	Rhapsody	1975
10.	Supernatural Thing produced by: Bert de Coteaux	21.03.1975	Atlantic			39
11.	The Ben E. King Story	11.04.1975	Atlantic
12.	I Had A Love	16.04.1976	Atlantic
13.	Ben E & Us & Average White Band	08.07.1977	Atlantic			33
14.	Let Me Live In Your Life	12/1978	Atlantic
15.	Star Collection	1979
16.	Music Trance	5/1980	Atlantic
17.	Street Tough	5/1981	Atlantic
18.	Young Boy Blues	1982
19.	Here Comes The Night	1984
20.	Save The Last Dance For Me	1987
21.	Stand By Me (The Ultimate Collection)	3/1987	Atlantic		14
22.	The Best Of Ben E. King & The Drifters & The Drifters	10/1990	Telstar		15
23.	What's Important To Me	1992
24.	The Collection	1/1995	Collection
25.	Pearls Of The Past	2/1995	B.A.M.
26.	The Legendary Ben E. King	12/1995	Javelin
27.	The Very Best of Ben E. King	03.02.1998
28.	The Very Best Of Ben E. King & The Drifters & The Drifters	10/1998			41
29.	Eleven Best	09.01.2001	Golden Lane
30.	Stand By Me	29.01.2002	Delta
31.	Person to Person	04.11.2003	Half Note
32.	Soul Remix	13.09.2005	Ichiban
33.	Stand by Me: The Platinum Collection	18.10.2005	WEA
34.	I've Been Around	25.04.2006	True Life
35.	Very Best of Ben E. King	21.08.2007	Rhino
36.	Ben E King: Original Album Series (5CD)	07.08.2010	Rhino
37.	Heart & Soul	08.09.2010
38.	The Essential Recordings (2CD)	22.07.2014	Primo
39.	The Very Best of Percy Sledge & Ben E. King & Percy Sledge (2CD)	27.07.2015	Rhino
40.	The Complete ATCO/Atlantic Singles, Vol. 1: 1960-1966 (2CD)	07.08.2015	Real Gone
41.	Stand by Me...and More of His Classics	05.08.2016	Jambalaya
42.	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection & The Drifters	23.09.2016	Big 3
43.	An Introduction to Ben E King	14.04.2017	Rhino

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Show Me The Way / Brace Yourself	10/1960	Atco
2.	First Taste Of Love / Spanish Harlem	12/1960	Atco	27	10
3.	Stand By Me / On The Horizon	4/1961	Atco	27	4
4.	Amor, Amor / Souvenir Of Mexico	7/1961	Atco	38	18
5.	Here Comes The Night / Young Boy Blues	9/1961	Atco		66
6.	Ecstasy / Yes	1/1962	Atco		56
7.	Don't Play That Song (You Lied) / The Hermit Of Misty Mountain	4/1962	Atco		11
8.	Too Bad / My Heart Cries For You	7/1962	Atco		88
9.	I'm Standing By / Walking In The Footsteps Of A Fool	10/1962	Atco		111
10.	Tell Daddy / Auf Wiedersehen	1/1963	Atco		122
11.	How Can I Forget EP	1963	London
12.	How Can I Forget / Gloria, Gloria	3/1963	Atco		85
13.	I (Who Have Nothing) / The Beginning Of Time	6/1963	Atco		29
14.	I Could Have Danced All Night / Gypsy	10/1963	Atco		72
15.	What Now My Love / Groovin'	1/1964	Atco		102
16.	I'm Standing By EP	1964	London
17.	What Now My Love EP	1964	London
18.	Around The Corner / Groovin' (v GB)	2/1964	London
19.	That's When It Hurts / Around The Corner	3/1964	Atco		63
20.	What Can A Man Do / Si Senor	6/1964	Atco		113
21.	It's All Over / Let The Water Run Down	9/1964	Atco		72
22.	Seven Letters / River Of Tears	12/1964	Atco		45
23.	The Record (Baby I Love You) / The Way You Shake It	3/1965	Atco		84
24.	Not Now (I'll Tell You When) / She's Gone Again	5/1965	Atco		128
25.	Cry No More / No Place To Hide	24.09.1965	Atco
26.	Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams / I Can't Break The News To Myself	11/1965	Atco		91
27.	Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams / Tell Daddy (v GB)	21.01.1966	Atlantic
28.	So Much Love / Don't Drive Me Away (v GB 27.5.66, Atlantic)	4/1966	Atco		96
29.	I Swear By Stars Above / Get In A Hurry	14.10.1966	Atlantic
30.	What Is Soul? / They Don't Give Medals To Yesterday's Heroes	1/1967	Atco
31.	Save The Last Dance For Me / Stand By Me & The Drifters	3/1967	Atco
32.	Tears, Tears, Tears / Man Without A Dream	4/1967	Atco		93
33.	Teeny Weenie Little Bit / Katherine	7/1967	Atco
34.	She Knows What To Do For Me / Don't Take Your Sweet Love Away	10/1967	Atco
35.	We Got A Thing Going On / Whatcha Gonna Do & Dee Dee Sharp	1/1968	Atco		127
36.	Seven Letters / Goodnight My Love	2/1968	Atco
37.	Don't Take Your Love From Me / Forgive This Fool (A 117)	4/1968	Atco
38.	It's Amazing / Where's The Girl	8/1968	Atco
39.	'Till I Can't Take Anymore / It Ain't Fair	12/1968	Atco		134
40.	When You Love Somebody / Hey Little One	5/1969	Atco
41.	Goodbye My Old Girl / I Can't Take It Like A Man	1970	Maxwell
42.	It's Amazing / Tears, Tears, Tears	7/1971	Atco
43.	White Moon	16.07.1971	CBS
44.	Save The Last Dance For Me / Under The Boardwalk / Spanish Harlem / Stand By Me & The Drifters	9/1971	Atco
45.	Take Me To The Pilot / I Guess It's Goodbye	2/1972	Mandela
46.	Into The Mystic / White Moon	5/1972	Mandela
47.	Spread Myself Around	8/1972	Mandela
48.	Don't Play That Song	9/1974	Atlantic
49.	First Taste Of Love / Spanish Harlem	10/1974	Atlantic
50.	Supernatural Thing / Supernatural Thing (part 2)	1/1975	Atlantic		5
51.	Do It In The Name Of Love / Imagination	5/1975	Atlantic		60
52.	Happiness Is Where You Find It / Drop My Heart Off (On Your Way To The Door)	11/1975	Atlantic
53.	I Had A Love / We Got Love	16.01.1976	Atlantic
54.	I Betcha Didn't Know That / Smooth Sailing	5/1976	Atlantic
55.	Somebody's Knocking / One More Time	12/1976	Atlantic
56.	Supernatural Thing / Supernatural Thing (part 2) (reissue)	1/1977	Atlantic
57.	Got It Up For Love / Keepin' It To Myself	4/1977	Atlantic
58.	Keeping It To Myself / Get It Up & Average White Band	6/1977	Atlantic
59.	A Star In The Ghetto / Keepin' It To Myself & Average White Band	01.07.1977	Atlantic
60.	A Star In The Ghetto / What Is Soul & Average White Band	8/1977	Atlantic
61.	Imagine & Average White Band	10/1977	Atlantic
62.	Fool For You Anyway / The Message & Average White Band	12/1977	Atlantic
63.	Tippin' / I See The Light	2/1979	Atlantic
64.	Spoiled / Fly Away To My Wonderland	4/1979	Atlantic
65.	Music Trance / And This Is Love	11/1979	Atlantic
66.	What Is Soul? / Stand By Me	4/1980	Atlantic
67.	You've Only Got One Chance To Be Young / Music Trance	6/1980	Atlantic
68.	Street Tough / What Is The Question	5/1981	Atlantic
69.	Spanish Harlem / First Taste Of Love 12" + Medley: Spanish Harlem - Stand By Me	7/1981	Old Gold
70.	Souvenirs Of Love / You Made The Difference To My Life	10/1981	Atlantic
71.	Stand By Me 12" + Music Trance	9/1986	Atlantic	1	9
72.	Spanish Harlem	4/1987		92
73.	Spread Myself Around / Do It Now	5/1987	Bold Reprieve
74.	Dancing In The Night	6/1987	Syncopate
75.	Save Your Last Dance For Me / Wheel Of Love	6/1987	Manhattan	69
76.	Lover's Question / Because Of Last Night	11/1987	Manhattan
77.	Stand By Your Acid	1990
78.	I Can't Break The News To Myself / Something New To Do & Bobby Sheen	04.08.2003
79.	Spoiled / Street Tough (reissue)	09.08.2004	Warner Bros
80.	Remix By Me (Beautiful Woman / Stand By Me Riddim) & Vybz Kartel	21.01.2008	Taxi To Heaven
81.	Stand By Me	5/2012	WEA	84
82.	Street Tough / Music Trance (12 version) / Supernatural Thing (parts 1 & 2) / Spoiled	18.07.2013	Atlantic
83.	Stand By Me	4/2015	Atlantic
84.	Gettin' to Me & The Marvellos	02.09.2016	Kent

Awards:

1998 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Stand By Me")
2002 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Spanish Harlem")

Various:

Compilation Appearances:

"I Who Have Nothing" on OST "The Sopranos - Music From The HBO Original Series - Peppers & Eggs" (8.5.01, Columbia)
"Stand By Me" on compilation "The Cavern - The Most Famous Club In The World" (20.8.07)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1974	37	14.09.1974	52		interview
1975	19	03.05.1975	50	Albums	album review
1976	24	12.06.1976	24	New Albums	album review
1977	31	30.07.1977	43	Singles	single review
1977	34	20.08.1977	15	Albums	album review
1979	47	15.12.1979	36	Caught In The Act	gig review
1981	27	04.07.1981	18	Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1965	0	24.09.1965	4	Singles - Shop Window	single review
1966	0	04.02.1966	4	Singles	single review
1975	0	19.04.1975	47	Soul
1975	0	21.06.1975	28	Platters	album review
1976	0	10.07.1976	37	Platters	album review