Biography

As lead singer with the Drifters in the late 1950s and 1960s, Ben E. King was the voice behind many of that group's biggest hits. Going solo in 1960, he scored several more times (most notably with the classic "Stand By Me") by matching his slightly raspy, stone-cold soulful voice with lush, string-laden production.

Top Tracks

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• Amor

• Don't Play That Song (you Lied)

• Don't Play That Song (you Lied) [lp Version]

• Down Home

• Fly Away

• He Will Break Your Heart

• Here Is My Heart's Desire

• I (who Have Nothing)

• I'm Gonna Be Somebody

• It's All Right

• I've Been Around

• Major Malfunction

• On Broadway

• Please Stay

• Rainy Night In Georgia

• Save The Last Dance For Me

• Seven Letters

• Spanish Harlem

• Stand By Me

• Stand By Me [lp Version]

• Supernatural Thing, Pt. 1

• There Goes My Baby

• This Magic Moment

• Under The Boardwalk

• Up On The Roof

• What Now, My Love?

• When A Man Loves A Woman

• Young Boy Blues

• Young Boy Blues [lp Version]

• You've Got All Of Me

Discography

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• I've Been Around

  True Life Jazz / True Life Entertainment

  2006

• Shades of Blue

  Half Note Records

  1999

• Stand By Me & Other Hits

  Flashback Records / Rhino Flashback

  1997

• What's Important to Me

  Ichiban

  1992

• Save the Last Dance for Me

  EMI Music Distribution

  1988

• Street Tough

  Atlantic

  1981

• Music Trance

  EastWest

  1980

• Let Me Live in Your Life

  Atlantic

  1978

• Benny & Us

  Atlantic

  1977

• Benny and Us

  1977

• I Had a Love

  Atlantic

  1976

• Supernatural

  Atlantic

  1975

• The Beginning of It All

  Mandala

  1971

• Rough Edges

  Maxwell Records

  1970

• What Is Soul?

  Atco

  1967

• Seven Letters

  Atlantic / Rhino Atlantic

  1965

• Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers

  Sequel

  1962

• Don't Play That Song

  Atlantic / Rhino Atlantic

  1962

• Don't Play That Song [Vista]

  Vista

  1962

• Spanish Harlem

  Atlantic

  1961