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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I Who Have Nothing:Ben E. King
#29 in 1963. Tom Jones
made it to # 14 with it in 1970.
[Intro] x3
Dm C
[Verse]
Dm C Dm C
I, I who have nothing. I, I who have no one,
F A
adore you and want you so..
Dm C Bb
I'm just a no one with nothing to give you but, oh!
Dm C
I love you!
[Verse]
Dm C Dm C
He, he buys you diamonds..bright, sparkling diamonds.
F A
But, believe me, dear, when I say..
Dm C
that he can give you the world, but he'll never love you
Bb Dm C Dm C
the way...I love you.
[Chorus]
Dm C
He can take you any place he wants..
A#
to fancy clubs and restaurants.
C
But I can only watch you with
Bb A Bb A
my nose pressed up against the window pa...ne.
[Verse]
Dm C Dm C
I, I who have nothing. I, I who have no one..
F A Dm
must watch you go dancing by, wrapped in the arms
C Bb
of somebody else when, darling, it's I..
Dm
who loves you.
[Outro] x4
Dm C
#29 in 1963. Tom Jones
made it to # 14 with it in 1970.
[Intro] x3
Dm C
[Verse]
Dm C Dm C
I, I who have nothing. I, I who have no one,
F A
adore you and want you so..
Dm C Bb
I'm just a no one with nothing to give you but, oh!
Dm C
I love you!
[Verse]
Dm C Dm C
He, he buys you diamonds..bright, sparkling diamonds.
F A
But, believe me, dear, when I say..
Dm C
that he can give you the world, but he'll never love you
Bb Dm C Dm C
the way...I love you.
[Chorus]
Dm C
He can take you any place he wants..
A#
to fancy clubs and restaurants.
C
But I can only watch you with
Bb A Bb A
my nose pressed up against the window pa...ne.
[Verse]
Dm C Dm C
I, I who have nothing. I, I who have no one..
F A Dm
must watch you go dancing by, wrapped in the arms
C Bb
of somebody else when, darling, it's I..
Dm
who loves you.
[Outro] x4
Dm C
Ben Harper And T (...)
Ben Howard
Ben Jelen
Ben Kweller
Ben L'oncle (...)
Benedict Cumberb (...)
Benee
Benito Di Paula
Benito Lertxundi
Benj Pasek