King, Ben E.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
קינג, בן אי
Name (Latin)
King, Ben E.
Other forms of name
Nelson, Benjamin Earl
Date of birth
1938-09-28
Date of death
2015-04-30
Occupation
Lyricists
Singers
Soul musicians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 103623284
Wikidata: Q356140
Library of congress: n 91049890
Sources of Information
  • All music guide WWW site, Apr. 2, 2002(Ben E. King; b. Benjamin Earl Nelson, Sept. 23, 1938, Henderson, NC)
  • I had a love, p1976:label (Ben E. King)
  • New York Times, viewed May 4, 2015(Ben E. King, the smooth, soulful baritone who led the Drifters on “There Goes My Baby,” “Save the Last Dance for Me” and other hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and as a solo artist recorded the classic singles “Spanish Harlem” and “Stand by Me,” died on Thursday in Hackensack, N.J. He was 76.)
  • Ben E. King; Benjamin Earl Nelson; b. Sept. 28, 1938, Henderson, N.C.; American soul singer and member of the Drifters ( (Wikipedia, Feb. 27, 2013) )