Ben E. King

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human recording artist singer songwriter

Ben E. King was an American soul and R&B singer best known for his classic hit "Stand by Me" and his work with The Drifters.

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Label Occurrences
Ben E. King canonical 42
Ben E. King (through cover of Stand by Me) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2015 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Ahmet Ertegun ⓘ
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller ⓘ
The Drifters ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
birthName Benjamin Earl Nelson ⓘ
burialPlace Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath coronary heart disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-09-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-04-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
genre R&B ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul ⓘ
grewUpIn Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
influencedGenre R&B music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf The Drifters ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableSong Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) ⓘ
I (Who Have Nothing) ⓘ
Spanish Harlem ⓘ
Stand by Me ⓘ
Supernatural Thing ⓘ
notableWork I (Who Have Nothing) ⓘ
Save the Last Dance for Me ⓘ
Spanish Harlem ⓘ
Stand by Me ⓘ
There Goes My Baby ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Henderson, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hackensack, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Atco Records ⓘ
Atlantic Records ⓘ
Maxwell Records ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
stageName Ben E. King self-link ⓘ
voiceType baritone ⓘ
workFeaturedIn film Stand by Me (1986) soundtrack ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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King → hasNotableBearer → Ben E. King ⓘ
Ben E. King → stageName → Ben E. King self-link ⓘ
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller → wroteSongFor → Ben E. King ⓘ
The Drifters → associatedAct → Ben E. King ⓘ
The Drifters → hasMember → Ben E. King ⓘ
There Goes My Baby → vocalist → Ben E. King ⓘ
There Goes My Baby → songwriter → Ben E. King ⓘ
There Goes My Baby → hasLeadVocal → Ben E. King ⓘ
Save the Last Dance for Me → leadVocalist → Ben E. King ⓘ
Spanish Harlem → performer → Ben E. King ⓘ
Spanish Harlem → vocalist → Ben E. King ⓘ
Spanish Harlem → originalArtist → Ben E. King ⓘ
Henderson, North Carolina, United States → hasNotablePerson → Ben E. King ⓘ
subject surface form: Henderson, North Carolina
Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) → performer → Ben E. King ⓘ
Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) → originalArtist → Ben E. King ⓘ
Supernatural Thing → artist → Ben E. King ⓘ
Supernatural Thing → performer → Ben E. King ⓘ
Supernatural Thing → associatedAct → Ben E. King ⓘ
Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States → containsGraveOf → Ben E. King ⓘ
subject surface form: Hackensack Cemetery
Stand by Me → artist → Ben E. King ⓘ
Stand by Me → performer → Ben E. King ⓘ
Stand by Me → vocalist → Ben E. King ⓘ
Stand by Me → writer → Ben E. King ⓘ
I (Who Have Nothing) → notablePerformer → Ben E. King ⓘ
I (Who Have Nothing) → popularizedBy → Ben E. King ⓘ
Maxwell Records → notableArtist → Ben E. King ⓘ
Maxwell Records → releasedWorkBy → Ben E. King ⓘ
Maxwell Records → associatedAct → Ben E. King ⓘ
Stand by Me → titleSongPerformer → Ben E. King ⓘ
This Magic Moment → leadVocalist → Ben E. King ⓘ
Benjamin Earl Nelson → stageName → Ben E. King ⓘ
King is a surname → hasNotableBearer → Ben E. King ⓘ
subject surface form: King (surname)
So Much Love → performer → Ben E. King ⓘ
subject surface form: So Much Love (Ben E. King version)
Mike Stoller → collaboratedWith → Ben E. King ⓘ
Dance with Me → hasPerformer → Ben E. King ⓘ
The Five Crowns → hasMember → Ben E. King ⓘ
The Five Crowns → hasNotableMember → Ben E. King ⓘ
4 the Cause → associatedAct → Ben E. King ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ben E. King (through cover of Stand by Me)
Spyder Turner → performedImitationsOf → Ben E. King ⓘ
releasing work by Ben E. King → associatedAct → Ben E. King ⓘ
subject surface form: Maxwell Records
releasing work by Ben E. King → primaryArtist → Ben E. King ⓘ
subject surface form: Maxwell Records
releasing work by Ben E. King → hasArtist → Ben E. King ⓘ
subject surface form: Maxwell Records
Weezer (Teal Album) → featuresSongOriginallyBy → Ben E. King ⓘ