Posts Tagged Ben E. King

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December 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 9

Ben E. King, Spanish Harlem [Single] (1962) Obviously these are both great songs – and I used to play the B-Side quite a lot as part of DJ sets. I’m not a massive Ben E. King fan by any stretch, which is to say I don’t know any deep cuts, I only know the hits. […]

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June 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 545

Average White Band & Ben E. King, Benny And Us (1978) Despite owning records by both Average White Band (AWB) and Ben E. King (BEK?) I didn’t know about this record until I saw it on the shelf the other week in the store. I was sold. Well, not quite. Wasn’t quite an impulse buy. […]

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May 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Ben E. King

Ben E. King has died. He was 76. As with the recent passing of Percy Sledge it’s easy to think, straight away, of one song. One monumental song. With Sledge it was When A Man Loves A Woman. With King it was Stand By Me. The song transcends the notion of having been written, of […]