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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What Now My Love:Ben E. King.
#132 on CASH BOX and #102 on BB Hot
100 on ATCO Records in 1964.
INTRO: Db
#1.
Gb B Gb
What now my love, now that you've left me?
Abm Db7 Gb
How can I live, through another day?
B Gb
Watching my dreams turning to ash...es,
Abm Db7 Gb Gb7
And all my hopes, into bits of clay.
#2.
B Abm Db Bbm Ebm
Once I could see, once I could feel.
Abm Db Gb Gb7
Now I am numb, I've become unreal.
D E A Gbm
I walk the night, without a goal,
Abm Db Abm Db7
Stripped of my heart, stripped of my soul.
#3.
Gb B Gb
What now my love, now that it's ov..er?
Abm Db7 Gb
I feel the world, closing in on me.
B Gb
Here come the stars, tumbling around me.
Abm Db7 Gb Gb7
There's the sky, where the sea should be.
#4.
B Abm Db Bbm Ebm
What now my love, now that you've gone?
Abm Db Gb Gb7
I'd be a fool, to go on and on.
D E A Gbm
No one would care, no one would cry,
Abm Db Abm Db7
If I should live, if I should die.
OUTRO:
Gb B Gb
What now my love..now there is nothing.
Abm Db Gb
Only my last, my last good...bye.
Gb B Gb Gb B Gb
What now, my love..what now, my love..
Gb B Gb
What now, my love..?
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#132 on CASH BOX and #102 on BB Hot
100 on ATCO Records in 1964.
INTRO: Db
#1.
Gb B Gb
What now my love, now that you've left me?
Abm Db7 Gb
How can I live, through another day?
B Gb
Watching my dreams turning to ash...es,
Abm Db7 Gb Gb7
And all my hopes, into bits of clay.
#2.
B Abm Db Bbm Ebm
Once I could see, once I could feel.
Abm Db Gb Gb7
Now I am numb, I've become unreal.
D E A Gbm
I walk the night, without a goal,
Abm Db Abm Db7
Stripped of my heart, stripped of my soul.
#3.
Gb B Gb
What now my love, now that it's ov..er?
Abm Db7 Gb
I feel the world, closing in on me.
B Gb
Here come the stars, tumbling around me.
Abm Db7 Gb Gb7
There's the sky, where the sea should be.
#4.
B Abm Db Bbm Ebm
What now my love, now that you've gone?
Abm Db Gb Gb7
I'd be a fool, to go on and on.
D E A Gbm
No one would care, no one would cry,
Abm Db Abm Db7
If I should live, if I should die.
OUTRO:
Gb B Gb
What now my love..now there is nothing.
Abm Db Gb
Only my last, my last good...bye.
Gb B Gb Gb B Gb
What now, my love..what now, my love..
Gb B Gb
What now, my love..?
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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