Stand By Me: The Ultimate Collection
Overview
Ben E. King
Benjamin Earl King , better known as Ben E. King, is an American soul singer. He is perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me", a U.S...
's 16th album, yet only his second compilation album. The album was released in 1987 and includes many classic hits such as the standard Stand By Me, plus the original Spanish Harlem and Young Boy Blues.
However, the single In the Middle of the Night, which was released on the Seven Letters
Seven Letters (Ben E. King album)
Seven Letters is the sixth album and fifth studio album by Ben E. King, and the fourth studio album on the Atco label. "In The Middle of the Night" makes its debut on this album, released in 1965 by Atco Records, and is still a classic today....
album, is one of his better known songs that was overlooked for this compilation.
- "Stand by Me" [2:58]
(from the album Don't Play That Song!) A part of this song has been used in the movie Ra.One. - "Save the Last Dance for Me" [2:34]
(from the album Save the Last Dance for MeSave The Last Dance For Me (album)Save the Last Dance for Me was Ben E. King's 15th album and 14th studio album. It was released under the EMI-Manhattan label. The album was released in 1987 and was King's first release in six years. It also features a re-recording of Save The Last Dance For MeThis was King's last new release on...
) - "I Who Have Nothing" [2:23]
(from the album Young Boy BluesYoung Boy BluesYoung Boy Blues is the fourth studio album by Ben E. King, and the first of his albums released by Clarion Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records...
) - "That's When It Hurts" [3:16]
(from the album Ben E. King's Greatest HitsBen E. King's Greatest HitsBen E. King's Greatest Hits is the fifth album and first compilation album by Ben E. King. Many classic hits such as "Stand By Me", "Spanish Harlem", "I ", and others return on this compilation disc released in 1964....
) - "I Could Have Danced All Night" [2:35]
(from the album Ben E.
Quotations
I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 or 20 years from now she will come to me and say, 'Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?'.
Luncheon speech given at technology conference, "New Media Technology: True Innovations or Electric Fork?" on February 13, 1996.