Biography:
Ben E. King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson in September 28, 1938 (died of natural causes, aged 76 on April 30, 2015.) in Henderson, North Carolina) was an American soul and pop singer. He is best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me", a top ten hit in both 1961 and 1986.
In 1958, Ben Nelson joined a doo wop group, The Five Crowns. Later that same year, The Drifters' manager fired the members of the group and replaced them with The Five Crowns, who had performed several engagements with The Drifters.
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Other songs:
- Stand By Me
- Stand By Me.
- Stand Y Me
- Amour
- Country Roads
- Dance With Me
- Dont Play That Song You Lied
- Ecstasy
- First Taste Of Love
- Here Comes The Night
- How Can I Forget
- I Could Have Danced All Night
- I Who Have Nothing
- Its All Over
- Spanish Harlem
- Thats When It Hurts
- Til I Cant Take It Anymore
- Too Bad
- What Is Soul
- What Now My Love
- Young Boy Blues
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Too Bad:Ben E. King.
#88 on CASH BOX and on BB Hot 100
on ATCO Records in 1962.
INTRO: D
#1.
D
Too bad for me, too bad..I'll be your fool again..
G A
because I love you, yes, I do.
Dm D G
You're now with someone new, while I wait in vain
A G D A
for you..it's too bad, too bad, my heart must pay.
#2.
D
You know I've thought of you, holding him tenderly..
A C A
telling him things you told to me.
D G
I know it was all wrong, my sweet, I wonder what's
come over you?
D G D C
It's too bad, too bad, but I must pay.
BRIDGE:
G Gbm
You didn't mind not seeing me, every, every, every
G A D Gbm
day..oh, waiting weeks by the telephone.
G Gbm Bm E
I'm sorry for the way I mistreated you....you were all
A D A
alone.
#3.
D G D A D G D
It's sad, my dear, it's sad..I'm sure we're both to
A D
blame.
D A D
Some day again our hearts will meet..until that day
G A
comes I'll leave you in his arms, and I'll say, too
G D
bad, but I must pay..(mmmmm.)
OUTRO:
A D
And I'll say too bad, but I must pay..baby, baby, baby!!
A D
It's bad..but I must pay.
A
And I know, I know that it's terrible, terrible, darling..
D A
but I've got to pay..baby, and it's bad, bad..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#88 on CASH BOX and on BB Hot 100
on ATCO Records in 1962.
INTRO: D
#1.
D
Too bad for me, too bad..I'll be your fool again..
G A
because I love you, yes, I do.
Dm D G
You're now with someone new, while I wait in vain
A G D A
for you..it's too bad, too bad, my heart must pay.
#2.
D
You know I've thought of you, holding him tenderly..
A C A
telling him things you told to me.
D G
I know it was all wrong, my sweet, I wonder what's
come over you?
D G D C
It's too bad, too bad, but I must pay.
BRIDGE:
G Gbm
You didn't mind not seeing me, every, every, every
G A D Gbm
day..oh, waiting weeks by the telephone.
G Gbm Bm E
I'm sorry for the way I mistreated you....you were all
A D A
alone.
#3.
D G D A D G D
It's sad, my dear, it's sad..I'm sure we're both to
A D
blame.
D A D
Some day again our hearts will meet..until that day
G A
comes I'll leave you in his arms, and I'll say, too
G D
bad, but I must pay..(mmmmm.)
OUTRO:
A D
And I'll say too bad, but I must pay..baby, baby, baby!!
A D
It's bad..but I must pay.
A
And I know, I know that it's terrible, terrible, darling..
D A
but I've got to pay..baby, and it's bad, bad..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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