# Ben E. King

> Benjamin Earl King was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, singing the lead vocals on three of their biggest hit singles: "There Goes My Baby", "This Magic Moment", and "Save the Last Dance for Me".

*American singer (1938–2015)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ben-e-king

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1938-09-28
- **Died:** 2015-04-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 80.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/beneking (@beneking)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454481/ (@nm0454481)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3plJVWt88EqjvtuB4ZDRV3 (@3plJVWt88EqjvtuB4ZDRV3)
- **WEBSITE**: http://beneking.info/

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- [बेन ई. किंग](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%88._%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/837555ba-012e-45f1-9a9c-9628da13ee54)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356140)
- [Ben E. King](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237920)

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