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(Q356140)

English

Ben E. King

American soul and R&B singer and record producer (1938-2015)

  • Benjamin Earl King
  • Benjamin Earl Nelson
  • Benjamin Nelson
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Statements

birth name
Benjamin Earl Nelson (English)
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given name
Benjamin
series ordinal
1
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Earl
series ordinal
2
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spouse
Betty Nelson
start time
1958
end time
30 April 2015
end cause
death of subject
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stated in
Los Angeles Times
title
Ben E. King dies at 76; singer-songwriter behind classic ‘Stand By Me’ (English)
publication date
1 May 2015
quotation
King wrote “Stand By Me” as a tribute to his wife, Betty. They were married in 1958. (English)
reference URL
https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ben-e-king-20150502-story.html
archive URL
http://web.archive.org/web/20211029061447/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ben-e-king-20150502-story.html
retrieved
1 November 2021
voice type
baritone
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member of
The Drifters
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Commons category
Ben E. King
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Identifiers

FAST ID
286135
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Europeana entity
agent/base/63745
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retrieved
12 December 2019
GTAA ID
118886
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Internet Broadway Database person ID
74086
subject named as
Ben E. King
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74087
subject named as
Benjamin Earl Nelson
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IPI name number
00022175909
subject named as
NELSON BENJAMIN
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stated in
ISWC Network
retrieved
14 November 2021
KANTO ID
000203373
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Kinobox person ID
875107
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Listal ID
ben-e.-king
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NE.se ID
ben-e-king
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Prabook ID
381852
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Songkick artist ID
95388
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TMDB person ID
1237920
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VGMdb artist ID
20170
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WikiTree person ID
Nelson-8123
subject named as
Benjamin Ben E. Earl King (Nelson) (28 Sep 1938 - certain 30 Apr 2015)
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