Ben E. King
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| Nazionalità |  Usa |
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| Genere | Soul | |
| Periodo attività | 1961 - | |
| Album pubblicati | 24 | |
| Studio | 24 | |
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Benjamin Earl Nelson, conosciuto come Ben E. King, (Henderson, 28 settembre 1938), è un cantautore statunitense, di musica pop e soul.
È ben conosciuto per la sua canzone "Stand by Me", portata al successo internazionale nel 1961.
[modifica] Discografia
[modifica] Album
- Spanish Harlem (1961, Atco) US: #57 UK: #30
- Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (1962)
- Don't Play That Song (1962)
- Young Boy Blues (1964)
- Ben E. King's Greatest Hits (1964)
- Seven Letters (1965)
- Rough Edges (1970, Maxwell)
- The Beginning of It All (1972, Mandala)
- Supernatural (1975, Atlantic) US: #39
- I Had a Love (1976)
- Rhapsody (1976)
- Benny and Us (1977) US: #33 con Average White Band
- Let Me Live in Thy Life (1978)
- His Love for Her (1980) US: #73
- Street Tough (1981)
- Save the Last Dance for Me (1987, EMI-Manhattan)
- Stand By Me: The Ultimate Collection (1987, Atlantic) UK: #14
- What's Important to Me (1991, Ichiban)
- Shades of Blue (1993, Half Note)
- I Have Songs In My Pocket (1998, Bobby Susser)
- The Very Best of Ben E. King (1998, Atlantic) UK: #15
- Person to Person: Live at the Blue Note (2003, Half Note)
- I've Been Around (2006, True Life)
[modifica] Singoli
- "Show Me the Way" (1960, Atco)
- "How Often" (1960, Atlantic) with Lavern Baker
- "Spanish Harlem" (1961, Atco) R&B: #15 US: #10
- "First Taste of Love" (1961) US: #53 UK: #27 b-side of Spanish Harlem
- "Stand By Me" (1961) R&B: #1 US: #4 UK: #27
- "Amor" (1961) R&B: #10 US: #18 UK: #38
- "Young Boy Blues" (1961) US: #66
- "Here Comes the Night" (1961) US: #81 b-side of Young Boy Blues
- "Ecstasy" (1962) US: #56
- "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" (1962) R&B: #2 US: #11
- "Too Bad" (1962) US: #88
- "I'm Standing By" (1962) US:#111
- "Tell Daddy" (1962) US:#122 R&B: #29
- "How Can I Forget" (1963) R&B: #23 US: #85
- "I (Who Have Nothing)" (1963) R&B: #16 US: #29
- "I Could Have Danced All Night" (1963) US: #72
- "What Now My Love" US:#102(1964)
- "That's When It Hurts" (1964)
- "What Can A Man Do" (1964) US:#113
- "It's All Over" (1964) US: #72
- "Around The Corner" (1964) US:#125
- "Seven Letters" (1965) R&B: #11 US: #45
- "The Record (Baby I Love You)" (1965) Pop: #84
- "She's Gone Again" (1965) US:#128
- "Cry No More" (1965)
- "Goodnight My Love" (1965) US: #91
- "So Much Love" (1966) US: #96
- "Get In a Hurry" (1966)
- "I Swear By Stars Above" (1966) R&B: #35 b-side of Get in a Hurry
- "They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes" (1966)
- "What Is Soul?" (1966) R&B: #38 b-side of They Don't Give...
- "A Man Without a Dream (1967)
- "Tears, Tears, Tears" (1967) R&B: #34 US: #93 b-side of A Man Without...
- "Katherine" (1967)
- "Don't Take Your Sweet Love Away" (1967) R&B: #44
- "We Got a Thing Goin' On" (1968) with Dee Dee Sharp US:#127
- "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (1968) US:#117
- "Where's the Girl" (1968)
- "It Ain't Fair" (1968)
- "Til' I Can't Take It Anymore" US:#134
- "Hey Little One" (1969)
- "I Can't Take It Like a Man" (1970, Maxwell)
- "Take Me to the Pilot" (1972, Mandala)
- "Into the Mystic" (1972)
- "Spread Myself Around" (1973)
- "Supernatural Thing Pt. 1" (1975, Atlantic) R&B: #1 US: #5
- "Do It in the Name of Love" (1975) R&B: #4 US: #60
- "We Got Love" (1975)
- "I Had a Love" (1975) R&B: #23 b-side of We Got Love
- "I Betcha you Didn't Know" (1976)
- "Get It Up" (1977) with Average White Band
- "A Star in the Ghetto" (1977) R&B: #25 with Average White Band
- "Fool for You Anyway" (1977) with Average White Band
- "I See the Light" (1978)
- "Fly Away to My Wonderland" (1978)
- "Music Trance" (1979) R&B: #29
- "Street Tough" (1981)
- "You Made the Difference in My Life" (1981)
- "Stand By Me [re-issue]" (1986) US: #9 UK: #1
- "Spanish Harlem [re-issue]" (1987)
- "Save the Last Dance for Me [re-recorded]" (1987, EMI-Manhattan)
- "What's Important to Me" (1991, Ichiban)
- "You've Got All of Me" (1992)
- "You Still Move Me" (1992)
- "4th of July" (1997, Right Stuff)
- "5th July"i was ere
