'Stand By Me' Singer Ben E. King Dead at 76, Ben E. King, singer of a number of R&B's most classic songs, has died at the age of seventy six, hoarding has confirmed.
Over his career, King had twenty one songs crack the hoarding Hot one hundred, most notably the enduring 1961 single "Stand By Maine." The U.S. Library of Congress supplementary the classic to the National Recording written account earlier this year, saying, "It was King's incandescent vocal that created it a classic."
King charted twenty one songs on the hoarding Hot one hundred between 1961 and 1975, as well as the highest 10s "Spanish Harlem" (produced by Phil Spector), "Stand by Me" and "Supernatural factor – half one." His picture "Stand" reached No. four in 1961 so came for a second prime ten run (hitting No. 9) in 1986, converted because the theme of the box workplace hit flick of a similar name. John Lennon's 1975 cowl of "Stand By Me" reached No. twenty on the hoarding Hot one hundred.
On Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, "Stand" and "Supernatural" each hit No. 1. King rose highest on prime R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with 1975's Supernatural (No. 13), one in all his four entries on the list.
King was born Sept twenty three, 1938 in Henderson, North Carolina and enraptured along with his family to Harlem in 1947. He Lententide his baritone to the Drifters within the late '50s before going solo.
Over his career, King had twenty one songs crack the hoarding Hot one hundred, most notably the enduring 1961 single "Stand By Maine." The U.S. Library of Congress supplementary the classic to the National Recording written account earlier this year, saying, "It was King's incandescent vocal that created it a classic."King charted twenty one songs on the hoarding Hot one hundred between 1961 and 1975, as well as the highest 10s "Spanish Harlem" (produced by Phil Spector), "Stand by Me" and "Supernatural factor – half one." His picture "Stand" reached No. four in 1961 so came for a second prime ten run (hitting No. 9) in 1986, converted because the theme of the box workplace hit flick of a similar name. John Lennon's 1975 cowl of "Stand By Me" reached No. twenty on the hoarding Hot one hundred.
On Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, "Stand" and "Supernatural" each hit No. 1. King rose highest on prime R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with 1975's Supernatural (No. 13), one in all his four entries on the list.
King was born Sept twenty three, 1938 in Henderson, North Carolina and enraptured along with his family to Harlem in 1947. He Lententide his baritone to the Drifters within the late '50s before going solo.
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