बेन ई. किंग

thumb|2007 में चित्रित बेन ई. किंग
**बेंजामिन अर्ल नेल्सन** (अंग्रेज़ी: Benjamin Earl Nelson, हेंडरसन, उत्तरी केरोलिना, 28 सितंबर 1938 – हेकेन्सेक, न्यू जर्ज़ी, 30 अप्रैल 2015) आम तौर पर **बेन ई. किंग** (अंग्रेज़ी: Ben E. King) के नाम से जाने जाते हैं एक मशहूर अमेरिकी सॉउल-पॉप गायक और लेखक थे।
वे ख़ास तौर पर अपने 1961 गाने *[[स्टैंड बाइ मी]]* के लिये जाने पहचाने शख़्स हैं। अपने एकल पेशा शुरू करने से पहले, बेन ई. किंग ड्रिफ़्टेर्ज़ बैंड में गायक थे।
## गायन सफ़र
### एल्बम
* *Spanish Harlem* (1961, Atco)
* *Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers* (1962)
* *Don't Play That Song* (1962)
* *Young Boy Blues* (1964)
* *Ben E. King's Greatest Hits* (1964)
* *Seven Letters* (1965)
* *Rough Edges* (1970, Maxwell)
* *The Beginning of It All* (1972, Mandala)
* *Supernatural* (1975, Atlantic) 
* *I Had a Love* (1976)
* *Rhapsody* (1976)
* *Benny and Us* (1977) *met de [[Average White Band]]*
* *Let Me Live in Thy Life* (1978)
* *Music Trance* (1979)
* *His Love for Her* (1980) 
* *Street Tough* (1981)
* *[[Save the last dance for me (lied)|Save the Last Dance for Me]]* (1987, EMI-Manhattan)
* *Stand by Me: The Ultimate Collection* (1987, Atlantic) 
* *What's Important to Me* (1991, Ichiban)
* *Shades of Blue* (1993, Half Note)
* *I Have Songs In My Pocket* (1998, met *Bobby Susser*)
* *The Very Best of Ben E. King* (1998, Atlantic) 
* *Person to Person: Live at the Blue Note* (2003, Half Note)
* *I've Been Around* (2006, True Life)

### एकल
* "Show Me the Way" (1960, Atco)
* "How Often" (1960, Atlantic) *Lavern Baker के सथ*
* "Spanish Harlem" (1961, Atco) 
* "First Taste of Love" (1961) 
* "Stand by Me" (1961) 
* "Amor" (1961) 
* "Young Boy Blues" (1961) 
* "Here Comes the Night" (1961)
* "Ecstasy" (1962) 
* "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" (1962) 
* "Too Bad" (1962)
* "I'm Standing By" (1962) 
* "Tell Daddy" (1962) 
* "How Can I Forget" (1963) 
* "I (Who Have Nothing)" (1963) 
* "I Could Have Danced All Night" (1963) 
* "What Now My Love" (1964)
* "That's When It Hurts" (1964)
* "What Can A Man Do" (1964) 
* "It's All Over" (1964) 
* "Around The Corner" (1964) 
* "Seven Letters" (1965) 
* "The Record (Baby I Love You)" (1965) 
* "She's Gone Again" (1965)
* "Cry No More" (1965)
* "Goodnight My Love" (1965)
* "So Much Love" (1966) 
* "Get In a Hurry" (1966)
* "I Swear By Stars Above" (1966)
* "They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes" (1966)
* "What Is Soul?" (1966) 
* "A Man Without a Dream (1967)
* "Tears, Tears, Tears" (1967)
* "Katherine" (1967)
* "Don't Take Your Sweet Love Away" (1967) 
* "We Got a Thing Goin' On" (1968) *Dee Dee Sharp के सथ*
* "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (1968) 
* "Where's the Girl" (1968)
* "It Ain't Fair" (1968)
* "Til' I Can't Take It Anymore" 
* "Hey Little One" (1969)
* "I Can't Take It Like a Man" (1970, Maxwell)
* "Take Me to the Pilot" (1972, Mandala)
* "Into the Mystic" (1972)
* "Spread Myself Around" (1973)
* "Supernatural Thing Pt. 1" (1975, Atlantic) 
* "Do It in the Name of Love" (1975) 
* "We Got Love" (1975)
* "I Had a Love" (1975) 
* "I Betcha you Didn't Know" (1976)
* "Get It Up" (1977) *met de Average White Band*
* "A Star in the Ghetto" (1977) *Average White Band के सथ*
* "Fool for You Anyway" (1977) *Average White Band के सथ*
* "I See the Light" (1978)
* "Fly Away to My Wonderland" (1978)
* "Music Trance" (1979) 
* "Street Tough" (1981)
* "You Made the Difference in My Life" (1981)
* "Stand By Me [re-issue]" (1986) 
* "Spanish Harlem [re-issue]" (1987)
* "Save the Last Dance for Me [re-recorded]" (1987, EMI-Manhattan)
* "What's Important to Me" (1991, Ichiban)
* "You've Got All of Me" (1992)
* "You Still Move Me" (1992)
* "4th of July" (1997, Right Stuff)

श्रेणी:अमेरिकी गायक
श्रेणी:1938 में जन्मे लोग