He died musician Ben E. King, author of Stand by Me – publico

                 

                         
                     

                 

 
                         

Legend of R & B and soul and a member of the Drifters, Ben E King singer died Thursday at age 76. Known by the general public for the success Stand by Me , is also the author of classics such as Spanish Harlem , sung by himself and for musicians like Aretha Franklin, John Lennon or the Mamas & amp; the Papas.

                     

                          The American started his career in the 1950s playing with the Drifters, whose successes There Goes My Baby or Save The Last Dance For Me had his voice. But it was in the next decade, more precisely Stand by Me in 1961, which reached the fame and the tops of the charts. The song would come again – a total of nine distinct entries – the tops over the decades as was being played by other musicians like Lennon or Spyder Turner. Rob Reiner film with the same name and based on a story writer Stephen King returned to the seller in the 1980s following the success of the feature film, 1986.

Stand by Me , whose prevalence in popular culture very pleased King – “I’m so proud to have withstood the test of time,” he said in an interview in 2013, quoted by the British newspaper Telegraph -. was the fourth most played song of the twentieth century in radio and US television, according to the accounts of BMI, an association dedicated to copyright in music, cited by BBC

The ballad was this year integrated into the National Recording of the US Library of Congress Register, a listing that preserves records “culture, historical or aesthetically important and / or inform or reflect life in the United States.” Stand by Me , according to that body, “was the incandescent voice of King that made it a classic.” In 1993, King sang at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton, who played the saxophone Your Momma Do not Dance and Your Daddy Don ‘t Rock’ n ‘Roll “

The reactions to his death begin to emerge on social networks, with musician Gary US Bonds to thank on Facebook” wonderful legacy “left by King.

Ben E King’s story did not just Stand by Me , but other hits such as Love , Do not Play That Song (You Lied) or Supernatural Thing – Part I . His first group was the Five Crowns in the register of doo-wop, which would become the Drifters with new members. With the second incarnation of the Drifters, a group that often changed the musicians in the hands of producer George Treadwell, first came to the tops to single that was co-author There Goes My Baby (1959). Leaving behind the turmoil and low salaries of Drifters (and the name of baptism Benjamin Earl Nelson), King launches solo and writes Spanish Harlem . In the same year 1961, launches Stand By Me . Three songs that are part of the 500 songs that helped shape rock ‘n’ roll to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“In the old days, I never dreamed that it would have such an amazing career. Always felt that never chose music, it is that chose me. From when I worked in the restaurant from my father in New York [lived in Harlem] here was all luck. I am so lucky – it’s what always wanted to do, “he said in an interview in 2013 the newspaper Liverpool Echo at its last tour in the UK.