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Ben E. King

Ben E. King is a person from the US, active from 1938.

Person US 1938–2015 soul pop funk
TOTAL PLAYS
664
SONGS PLAYED
62
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2006-06-10 07:01 · Radio 1 — "Stand By Me"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · Radio 2 — "Stand by Me"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
60 45 30 15 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 475 72%
6 Music 165 25%
Radio 1 15 2%
1Xtra 9 1%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 06:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Stand by Me 271 2026-05-10
2 Supernatural Thing 81 2025-09-06
3 Spanish Harlem 80 2026-03-21
4 Stand By Me 61 2011-11-13
5 Supernatural Thing Part 1 53 2026-01-11
6 On the Street Where You Live 9 2024-02-10
7 Do It in the Name of Love 5 2025-05-24
8 What Is Soul? 5 2023-04-27
9 Into the Mystic 5 2022-03-28
10 Love IS Gonna Get You 4 2026-01-17
11 So Much Love 4 2026-01-03
12 Street Tough 4 2024-12-16
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-10 22:56 Stand by Me Radio 2
2026-05-03 05:57 Stand by Me Radio 2
2026-04-12 15:50 Stand by Me Radio 2
2026-04-11 15:55 Stand by Me Radio 2
2026-04-10 14:21 Stand by Me Radio 2
2026-04-02 06:28 Stand by Me Radio 2
2026-03-21 01:33 Spanish Harlem Radio 2
2026-02-15 14:37 Stand by Me Radio 2
2026-02-15 06:05 Stand by Me Radio 2
2026-02-08 21:53 Stand by Me Radio 2
2026-01-31 06:22 Spanish Harlem Radio 2
2026-01-20 22:52 Stand by Me Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

62 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Amor — 2 ▶
Besame Mucho — 3 ▶
Brace Yourself — 2 ▶
Come Closer to Me — 2 ▶
Cry No More — 2 ▶
Do It in the Name of Love — 5 ▶
Don't Play That Song — 3 ▶
Dream Lover — 1 ▶
First Taste of Love — 3 ▶
Forgive This Fool — 1 ▶
Frenesi — 2 ▶
Get In A Hurry — 1 ▶
Gettin' To Me — 1 ▶
Happiness is where you find it — 1 ▶
I Who Have Nothing — 1 ▶
I'm Standing By — 2 ▶
In The Midnight Hour — 4 ▶
Into the Mystic — 5 ▶
It's All in the Game — 3 ▶
It's All Over — 1 ▶
Jamaica — 1 ▶
Love IS Gonna Get You — 4 ▶
Moon River — 1 ▶
Music Trance — 2 ▶
Music Trance (SLY Edit) — 2 ▶
On the Street Where You Live — 9 ▶
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps — 2 ▶
Quizas, Quizas, Quizas — 1 ▶
Quizas, Quizas, Quizas (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) — 2 ▶
Save the Last Dance for Me — 2 ▶
Save The Last Dance For Me - Glastonbury 1987 — 1 ▶
Show Me the Way — 1 ▶
So Much Love — 4 ▶
Spanish Harlem — 80 ▶
Spanish Harlem - Glastonbury 1987 — 1 ▶
Spoiled — 2 ▶
Stand by Me — 271 ▶
Stand By Me — 61 ▶
Stand By Me (Chaos Theory Mix) — 1 ▶
Stand By Me (Good For Nothing Remix) — 1 ▶
Stand By Me (Paul Inder Remix) — 1 ▶
Stand By Me - Glastonbury 1987 — 1 ▶
Street Tough — 4 ▶
Supernatural Thing — 81 ▶
Supernatural Thing (W/ SFX) — 1 ▶
Supernatural Thing Part 1 — 53 ▶
Supernatural thing part I — 1 ▶
Supernatural Thing, Pt. 1 — 1 ▶
Sway — 1 ▶
That's When It Hurts — 2 ▶
The Record (Baby I Love You) — 2 ▶
There Goes My Baby — 2 ▶
There Goes My Baby - Glastonbury 1987 — 1 ▶
They Don't Give Medals (to Yesterday's Heroes) — 2 ▶
Under The Broadwalk — 2 ▶
Under The Broadwalk - Glastonbury 1987 — 1 ▶
What Is Soul — 2 ▶
What Is Soul? — 5 ▶
When a Man Loves a Woman — 3 ▶
When A Man Loves A Woman - Glastonbury 1987 — 1 ▶
Work That Body — 1 ▶
Yes — 2 ▶