A Son of the Rock

I was away from home last weekend and didn’t note at the time the passing of another 60s icon in Ben E King.

After a successful career with the Drifters he left and recorded not just his biggest hit Stand By Me but also a succession of songs which would become standards including Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) (whose introduction could easily be mistaken for that of Stand By Me.)

Ben E King: Stand By Me

Ben E King: Spanish Harlem

Ben E King: Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)

Ben E King: I Who Have Nothing

Benjamin Earl Nelson (Ben E King): 28/9/1938 – 30/4/2015. So it goes.