Soul!

"Stand By Me" stands as one of the finest rock recordings of a great era in rock. Unfortunately, this alone isn't enough to make him worthy of HOF...

stand by him

only as a song writer

if clyde mcphatter is in the rock and roll hall of fame, how come ben e. king is not

10 ben e. king songs that he did with the drifters: there goes my baby,oh my love,dance with me, i count the tears,magic moment, sometimes i wonder,save the last dance for me,lonely wind,nobody but me, and temptation(the only song that was not a single).

ben e. king recorded more great songs besides stand by me and spanish harlem like the origenal I(who have nothing),dont play that song,seven letters,young boy blues and many more.Even the ones that didnt do to good on the billboard charts. my opinion is he is better then marvin gaye,smokey robinson,otis reddings.The only singer that can sing as better is sam cooke.when he was the lead singer for the drifters.the group was better then the origenal. he already have a rock and roll hall of fame for the drifters ,but he deserves one as a solo singer aswhile because him and along with sam cooke spread soul music into a widder audience.both black and white,during the early 60s. clyde mcphatter is inducted in the hall of fame two times .as a solo artist and a lead singer for the drifters. ben e. king is ten times better then him.It would be only fear, since they both had solo ceerers and the both change the sound of rock and roll.with the song called theirs goes my baby which he had written and clyde mcphatters money honey. ben e. king is one of the greatest singers of time, may his legasy live on

He's already in as a Drifter, so that's probably enough.

I who have nothing

No way. A couple classic songs, but the Drifters are already in, and he's no Clyde McPhatter.

ben e king should be in the rock and roll hall of fame years ago

try the amazon thing on the right.that has ben e. king pink picture on it.It shows you samples of ben e. king origenal hits.it will show you how great his vioce is in the doo wopp years. to bad he is not that well known like he used to be

when ben e. king was younger, he was a very sexy man with big lips. I think his lips and his voice made him sexy.

he is the king of soul

this guy sung and wrote stand by me ,there goes my baby which he did with the drifters,he also did spanish harlem and dont play that song .aretha franklin even did remakes from his song. this guy great he should by inducted to the rock and roll hal of fame.he is better smokey robinson. he made tons of hits and soulful songs