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Benjamin Earl King (September 28, 1938 - April 30, 2015), known as Ben E. King, was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer. He was perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me"- a US Top 10 hit, both in 1961 and later in 1986 (when it was used as the theme to the film of the same name), a number one hit in the UK in 1987, and no. 25 on the RIAA's list of Songs of the Century - and as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters.

Below is a list of Ben E King songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Atco 6194
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #4, UK #27
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
album: Don't Play That Song! / Atlantic Soul Classics
Ben E. King Stand by Me
1961 Atco
2 record label: Atlantic 89361
chart position: UK #1, US #9, US AC #10
written by: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Stand By Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [re release]
Ben E. King Stand by Me
1986 Atlantic
3 record label: Atlantic 3241
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: Haras Fyre (as Patrick Grant) & Gwen Guthrie
album: Supernatural
Ben E. King Supernatural Thing Pt. 1
1975 Atlantic
4 record label: Atco 6222
chart position: RandB #2, US #11
written by: Ahmet Ertegun
album: Don't Play That Song!
Ben E. King Don't Play That Song
1962 Atco
5 record label: Atco 6185
chart position: RandB #15, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector
album: Spanish Harlem
comments: [released 1960, charted 1961]
Ben E. King Spanish Harlem
1961 Atco
6 record label: Atco 6203
chart position: RandB #10, US #18, UK #38
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Sunny Skylar, Gabriel Ruiz, and Mendez
album: Spanish Harlem
Ben E. King Amor
1961 Atco
7 record label: Atco 6267
chart position: RandB #16, US #29, US AC #10
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Mogol, Donida & Leiber
album: Young Boy Blues
comments: [ballad]
Ben E. King I (Who Have Nothing)
1963 Atco
8 record label: Atlantic 3274
chart position: RandB #4, US #60
written by: Haras Fyre (as Patrick Grant) and Gwen Guthrie
album: Supernatural
Ben E. King Do It in the Name of Love
1975 Atlantic
9 record label: Atco 6328
chart position: RandB #11, US #45
written by: Ben E. King
album: Seven Letters
Ben E. King Seven Letters
1964 Atco
10 record label: Atco 6288
chart position: RandB #17, US #63
written by: Jerry Wexler and Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
album: Ben E. King's Greatest Hits
Ben E. King That's When It Hurts
1964 Atco
11 record label: Atlantic 3635
chart position: RandB #29, US Dance #8
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Ben E. King, Melvin Shaw
album: Music Trance
Ben E. King Music Trance
1979 Atlantic
12 record label: Atco 6343
chart position: RandB #24, US #84
written by: Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick (as Artie Resnick)
album: What Is Soul
Ben E. King The Record (Baby I Love You)
1965 Atco
13 record label: Atco 6256
chart position: RandB #23, US #85
written by: Ed Townsend, Baird and White
album: Ben E. King's Greatest Hits
Ben E. King How Can I Forget
1963 Atco
14 record label: Atco 456431
chart position: RandB #35
written by: J. R. Bailey and Johnny Northern
album: What Is Soul
Ben E. King I Swear by Stars Above
1966 Atco
15 record label: Atlantic 3308
chart position: RandB #23
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
Ben E. King I Had a Love
1975 Atlantic
16 record label: Atco 456185
chart position: US #53, UK #27
written by: Doc Pomus and Phil Spector
Ben E. King First Taste of Love
1960 Atco
17 record label: Atco 6246
chart position: RandB #29, US #122
written by: Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Ben E. King Tell Daddy
1963 Atco
18 record label: Atco 6472
chart position: RandB #34, US #93
written by: Fred Parris
album: What Is Soul
Ben E. King Tears, Tears, Tears
1967 Atco
19 record label: Atco 6215
chart position: Cashbox R&B #29, US #56
written by: Doc Pomus and Phil Spector
album: Don't Play That Song
Ben E. King Ecstasy
1962 Atco
20 record label: Atco 6637
chart position: RandB #37, US #134
written by: Clyde Otis and Ulysses Burton
Ben E. King Til I Can't Take It Anymore
1968 Atco
21 record label: Atco 6303
chart position: RandB #39, US #113
written by: Clark
Ben E. King What Can A Man Do?
1964 Atco
22 record label: Atlantic 6454
chart position: RandB #38
written by: Bob Gallo and Ben E. King
album: What Is Soul
Ben E. King What Is Soul?
1966 Atlantic
23 record label: Atco 6390
chart position: Cashbox R&B #24, US #91
written by: Motola, Marascalco
Ben E. King Goodnight My Love
1965 Atco
24 record label: Atco 6315
chart position: RandB #40, US #72
written by: Bert Russell and Mike Leander
album: Seven Letters Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2
comments: [deep soul]
Ben E. King It's All Over
1964 Atco
25 record label: Atco 6571
chart position: RandB #44, US #117
written by: Gene Current, Kent Barker and Rex Garvin
Ben E. King Don't Take Your Love from Me
1968 Atco
26 record label: Maxwell 800
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Bob Crewe, Weiss and Williams
comments: [beat ballad]
Ben E. King I Can't Take It Like a Man
1970 Maxwell
27 record label: Atco 6413
chart position: Cashbox R&B #32, US #93
written by: Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Ben E. King So Much Love
1966 Atco
28 record label: Atco 6231
chart position: Cashbox R&B #34, US #111
written by: Betty Woods
Ben E. King Too Bad
1962 Atco
29 record label: Atco 6207
chart position: US #66
written by: Phil Spector and Mort Shuman
Ben E. King Young Boy Blues
1961 Atco
30 record label: Atco 6275
chart position: US #72
written by: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
album: Ben E. King's Greatest Hits
Ben E. King I Could Have Danced All Night
1963 Atco
31 record label: Atco 6237
chart position: Cashbox R&B #40, US #111
written by: Taylor, Wexler and Woods
album: Young Boy Blues
Ben E. King I'm Standing By
1962 Atco
32 record label: Atco 6207
chart position: US # 81
written by: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
Ben E. King Here Comes the Night
1961 Atco
33 record label: Atco 6284
chart position: US #102
written by: Carl Sigman and Gilbert Bécaud
album: Ben E. King's Greatest Hits
Ben E. King What Now My Love
1964 Atco
34 record label: Atco 6288
chart position: US #125
written by: Ezio Leoni and Carl Sigman
album: Ben E. King's Greatest Hits
Ben E. King Around The Corner
1964 Atco
35 record label: Atco 6357
chart position: US #128
written by: Ben E. King
comments: [ballad]
Ben E. King She's Gone Again
1965 Atco
-- record label: Atlantic 19300
written by: Willie Hutch
album: Street Tough
comments: [album cut]
Ben E. King Street Tough
1981 Atlantic
-- record label: Atlantic 3839
written by: Janet Alhanti, Barrie Palmer
album: Street Tough
Ben E. King Souvenirs Of Love
1981 Atlantic
-- record label: Atco 6371
written by: Berns, Ravagoy
Ben E. King Cry No More
1965 Atco
-- record label: Atlantic 240
written by: Ben E. King Jr.
album: Music Trance
Ben E. King Touched By Your Love
1980 Atlantic
-- record label: Atco 6637
written by: Ronnie Miller
Ben E. King It Ain't Fair
1968 Atco
-- record label: Atco 6596
written by: D. Davis, G. Current, K. Barker
Ben E. King It's Amazing
1968 Atco
-- record label: Atlantic 10708 (UK)
written by: Felder, Grey, Conway
album: I Had A Love
comments: [philly sound]
Ben E. King We Got Love
1975 Atlantic
-- record label: Atlantic 3535
written by: Ben E. King, J.R. Bailey, H.M. Brandon
album: Let Me Live In Your Life
Ben E. King Spoiled
1976 Atlantic
-- record label: Atco 6666
written by: Dorsey Burnette, Barry DeVorzon
Ben E. King Hey Little One
1970 Atco




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