# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-e-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:09:21.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-e-king"
name: "Ben E. King"
slug: "ben-e-king"
description: "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\"."
tagline: "American singer (1938–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_E._King_1990s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-09-28"
deathDate: "2015-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.78894
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "beneking"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454481/"
    handle:    "nm0454481"
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    url:       "http://beneking.info/"
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    title: "Ben E. King"
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    title: "Բեն Քինգ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump