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3/5/15 – Ben E King – 28th September 1938 – 30th April 2015 / Stand By Me – 1961/ John Lennon – Stand By Me – 1975

One of the classic R&B singers of the fifties and sixties Ben E King has died at the age of 76. He was born Benjamin Earl Nelson in North Carolina in 1938 and originally found fame as a member of The Drifters singing lead vocal on Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman’s iconic, Save The Last Dance […]