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Early life
King was born Benjamin Earl Nelson on September 28, 1938 in Henderson, North Carolina,[2] and moved to Harlem, New York, at age 9.
Career
In 1958, King (still using his birth name) joined a doo wop group called The Five Crowns.
B&e king biography
Later in 1958, The Drifters' manager George Treadwell fired the members of the original Drifters, and replaced them with The Five Crowns. King had a string of R&B hits with the group on Atlantic Records. He co-wrote and sang lead on the first Atlantic hit by the new version of the Drifters, "There Goes My Baby" (1959).
He also sang lead on a succession of hits by the team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, including "Save the Last Dance for Me," "This Magic Moment," and "I Count the Tears."[2] King only recorded 13 songs with The Drifters, including a non-single called "Temptation" (later redone by Drifters vocalist Johnny Moore).
Due to a dispute over his contract, including a salary increase and a fair share of royalties, King was never again g