Forwarded from Rock History Timeline
... and there's another "King", who raised to prominence in the 1950s as member of the #DooWop group #TheDrifters and in 1960s as a Solo artist.
He was a #Soul singer and he wrote and first perfomed in 1961 one of the most famous and covered songs in history!
Ben E. King from North Carolina (September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015).
#BenEKing #StandByMe
https://youtu.be/hwZNL7QVJjE
He was a #Soul singer and he wrote and first perfomed in 1961 one of the most famous and covered songs in history!
Ben E. King from North Carolina (September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015).
#BenEKing #StandByMe
https://youtu.be/hwZNL7QVJjE
YouTube
Ben E. King - Stand By Me (Audio)
Ben E. King performing Stand By Me, from the album Don't Play That Song!
"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by him, along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who together used the pseudonym…
"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by him, along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who together used the pseudonym…
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Forwarded from Albums Released Today
📀 Album of the Week
@Venice_Rocks
📌3 August 1973
Stevie Wonder
📀 Innervisions
#Funk #Rock #Jazz #Soul #ProgressiveSoul
50 years ago Stevie Wonder from Michigan, #USA, released his 16th studio album.
Innervisions is regarded as one of the best and most influential albums of all time!
Besides immortal songs like "Higher Ground" or "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing", it contains the absolute masterpiece "Living For The City", which tells a story during 👉 The Great Migration, something that all "gangsta" (t)rappers of today should hear before delivering ridiculous speeches (musically of course they will never get there).
In this album:
#StevieWonder – vocals, piano, harmonica, drums, tambourine, Moog bass, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, clavinet
#MalcolmCecil – upright bass
#DeanParks, #RalphHammer, #DavidTWalker – guitar
#ClarenceBell – Hammond organ
#LarryLatimer – congas
#ScottEdwards, #WillieWeeks – bass
#YusufRoahman,
#SheilaWilkerson – shaker, bongos, Latin gourd
#3August
🎧Listen to Innervisions
👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌3 August 1973
Stevie Wonder
📀 Innervisions
#Funk #Rock #Jazz #Soul #ProgressiveSoul
50 years ago Stevie Wonder from Michigan, #USA, released his 16th studio album.
Innervisions is regarded as one of the best and most influential albums of all time!
Besides immortal songs like "Higher Ground" or "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing", it contains the absolute masterpiece "Living For The City", which tells a story during 👉 The Great Migration, something that all "gangsta" (t)rappers of today should hear before delivering ridiculous speeches (musically of course they will never get there).
In this album:
#StevieWonder – vocals, piano, harmonica, drums, tambourine, Moog bass, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, clavinet
#MalcolmCecil – upright bass
#DeanParks, #RalphHammer, #DavidTWalker – guitar
#ClarenceBell – Hammond organ
#LarryLatimer – congas
#ScottEdwards, #WillieWeeks – bass
#YusufRoahman,
#SheilaWilkerson – shaker, bongos, Latin gourd
#3August
🎧Listen to Innervisions
👉 here
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