Description: The Very Best of Ben E. King [CD] Track Listing: 1 There Goes My Baby - The Drifters2 Dance With Me - The Drifters3 This Magic Moment - The Drifters4 She The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters5 I Count The Tears - The Drifters6 Spanish Harlem7 Stand By Me8 On The Horizon9 Amor10 Young Boy Blues11 Here Comes The Night12 Don't Play That Song (You Lied)13 How Can I Forget14 I (Who Have Nothing)15 Supernatural Thing - Part I16 Do It In The Name Of LoveThis compilation drifts from Ben's Drifters classics to his top solo hits: 16 soul-pop essentials! The Drifters' There Goes My Baby; Dance with Me and Save the Last Dance for Me join his quintessential hit Stand by Me plus Supernatural Thing; Spanish Harlem; Don't Play That Song (You Lied); Amor, and more. --- Ben E. King was still known as Ben Nelson when the group he was fronting, the Five Crowns, began touring as the Drifters in 1958 (the original Drifters had more or less collapsed and become unreliable after the departure of lead singer Clyde McPhatter), and he quickly proved his worth in the recording studio when a song he co-wrote and sang, "There Goes My Baby," became a big hit under the Drifters name in 1959. More hits followed, including "This Magic Moment" and "Save the Last Dance for Me" before Nelson left the Drifters in 1960 to record on his own as Ben E. King, scoring two huge hits the following year with the gorgeously produced "Spanish Harlem" and another song he co-wrote, the immortal "Stand by Me." This fine 16-track collection combines his Drifters hits with his solo successes, including his mid-'70s comeback track, "Supernatural Thing," to form a solid introduction to the full sweep of King's commercial career in all of its incarnations. The '60s sides are presented in the original mono single mixes, a definite plus, giving them a strong, compressed punch even when played over stereo speakers. There are other Ben E. King collections on the market, but they frequently feature re-recorded versions of his hits, making this set from Rhino the one to get. ~ Steve Leggett, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
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Artist: Ben E. King
Original Album Release Year: 1995
Record Label: Atlantic/Rhino
Release Title: The Very Best of Ben E. King
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Custom Bundle: No
Edition: Reissue, Flashback
Type: Album
Format: CD
Language: English
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun, Bert De Coteaux, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Release Year: 1998
Style: Brill Building Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Early R&B, Soul, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock
Features: Compilation, Sealed
Genre: R&B & Soul
