| LC control no. | n 91049890 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | King, Ben E. |
| Variant(s) | Nelson, Benjamin Earl |
| See also | Corporate body: Drifters (Musical group) |
| Birth date | 1938-09-28 |
| Death date | 2015-04-30 |
| Place of birth | Henderson (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Hackensack (N.J.) |
| Affiliation | Drifters (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Soul musicians Lyricists |
| Found in | I had a love, p1976: label (Ben E. King) All music guide WWW site, Apr. 2, 2002 (Ben E. King; b. Benjamin Earl Nelson, Sept. 23, 1938, Henderson, NC) Wikipedia, Feb. 27, 2013 (Ben E. King; Benjamin Earl Nelson; b. Sept. 28, 1938, Henderson, N.C.; American soul singer and member of the Drifters) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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