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I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Accidental Career Cheating Feel Like Pursue Sometimes Still Think Whole I Feel I Feel Like

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In my vocal, I think you can hear something of my earlier times when I'd sing in subway halls for the echo and perform doo-wop on street corners. But I had a lot of influences, too - singers like Sam Cooke, Brook Benton and Roy Hamilton.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Brook Cooke Corners Earlier Echo Had Halls Hamilton Hear Influences Like Lot Perform Roy Sam Sam Cooke Sing Singers Something Street Subway Think Times Too Vocal You I Think

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We were doing things with a hundred per cent feeling. It wasn't programmed. It wasn't asked for. It wasn't structured. It was just there. It was very raw. I don't think the industry would allow that to happen again.

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Topics: Again Allow Asked Cent Doing Feeling Happen Hundred Industry Just Per Programmed Raw Structured Things Think Very Were Would

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Those things don't happen today. I feel sorry for the kids in the industry today. They have on sunglasses, eat caviar in jet planes, but they'll never know the true feeling that we did.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Caviar Did Eat Feel Feeling Happen Industry Jet Kids Know Never Planes Sorry Sunglasses Things Those Today True I Feel

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When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Became Five Fun Fun Thing Got Hit Hit Record Involved Kind Later Looking Record Still Thing Who

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It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Any Dawned Life Me Money My Life Never Paid Particular People Sing Time Tremendous

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I never even visualized for a second doing what I'm doing.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Doing Even Never Second

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He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Across Buddies Come Dad Guess Had Harlem He His Kids Living Local Lot Lover Manager Name Restaurant Right Saw Singers Street Talent Where

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Yeah. I've been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Around Been Fortunate Guess Place Pretty Travel Yeah

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One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be in a coliseum, and the next minute we can be in a small auditorium. It varies, depending on the promoter, the budget, and the travelling distance.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Auditorium Budget Club Depending Distance Minute Next One Minute Promoter Small Travelling Varies

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: September 28th, 1938

Died: April 30th, 2015

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