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King ██▓█████▓█████░ ░████▓▓██▒██▓██ ▌Title___│ I Had A Love ██▓█████▓▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Label___│ Atlantic Records ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Genre___│ Soul ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Format__│ Album ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Year____│ 1976 ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░░████▓█████▓██ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀╝ ██▓█████▓████░░ ░░████▓█████▓██ ▌Time____│ 38:07 ██▓█████▓████░░ ░░░████▓████▓██ ▌Size____│ 92.81 MB ██▓████▓████░░░ ░░░░███▓▓███▓██ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀╝ ██▓███▓▓███░░░░ ░░░░░███▓▓▓█▓██ ▌Source__│ Web Store ██▓█▓▓▓███░░░░░ ░░░░░░████▓▓▓██ ▌Quality_│ 320 kbps ██▓▓▓████░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░██████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀╝ ██████░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░███ ███░░░░░░░░░ ░░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ T R A C K S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ 01. I Had A Love 5:27 ░░ 02. I Betcha Didn't Know That 4:46 ░░ 03. Smooth Sailing 3:20 ░░ 04. No Danger Ahead 4:11 ░░ 05. Everybody Plays The Fool 5:27 ░░ 06. Standing In The Wings Of Heartache 3:27 ░░ 07. We Got Love 3:58 ░░ 08. Tower Of Strength 3:46 ░░ 09. You're Stepping On My Heart (Tearing My World Apart) 3:45 ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ I Had a Love marks Ben E. King's tenth album, his ninth studio album, and ░░ his second record with Atlantic Records. "I Had a Love" and "I Betcha ░░ Didn't Know That" are notable singles from the album. ░░ ░░ From the groundbreaking orchestrated productions of the Drifters to his ░░ own solo hits, Ben E. King was the definition of R&B elegance. King's ░░ plaintive baritone had all the passion of gospel, but the settings in ░░ which it was displayed were tailored more for his honey smooth phrasing ░░ and crisp enunciation, proving for perhaps the first time that R&B could ░░ be sophisticated and accessible to straight pop audiences. King's ░░ approach influenced countless smooth soul singers in his wake, and his ░░ records were key forerunners of the Motown sound. ░░ ░░ King was born Benjamin Earl Nelson in Henderson, North Carolina, in 1938, ░░ and sang with his church choir before the family moved to Harlem in 1947. ░░ In junior high, he began performing with a street corner doo wop group ░░ called the Four B's, which won second place in an Apollo Theater talent ░░ contest. While still in high school, he was offered a chance to join the ░░ Moonglows, but was simply too young and inexperienced to stick. He ░░ subsequently worked at his father's restaurant as a singing waiter, which ░░ led to an invitation to become the baritone singer in a doo wop outfit ░░ called the Five Crowns in 1958. The Five Crowns performed several gigs at ░░ the Apollo Theater along with the Drifters, whose career had begun to ░░ flounder in the years since original lead singer Clyde McPhatter ░░ departed. Drifters manager George Treadwell, dissatisfied with the group ░░ members' unreliability and lack of success, fired them all in the summer ░░ of 1958 and hired the Five Crowns to assume the name of the Drifters ░░ (which he owned). ░░ ░░ The new Drifters toured for about a year, playing to often hostile ░░ audiences who knew they were a completely different group. In early 1959, ░░ they went into the studio with producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller to ░░ cut their first records. A song Nelson (still performing under his given ░░ name) co-wrote called "There Goes My Baby" became his first lead vocal, ░░ and the lush backing arrangement made highly unorthodox (in fact, ░░ virtually unheard of) use of a string section. "There Goes My Baby" ░░ became a massive hit, laying the groundwork for virtually every ░░ smooth/uptown soul production that followed. Over the next two years, ░░ Nelson sang lead on several other Drifters classics, including "Dance ░░ with Me," "This Magic Moment," "Save the Last Dance for Me," and "I Count ░░ the Tears." ░░ ░░ In 1960, Nelson approached Treadwell about a salary increase and a fairer ░░ share of the group's royalties. Treadwell rebuffed him and Nelson quit ░░ the group, at this point assuming the more memorable stage name Ben E. ░░ King in preparation for a solo career. Remaining on Atlantic, King scored ░░ his first solo hit with the stylish, Latin-tinged ballad "Spanish ░░ Harlem," a Jerry Leiber/Phil Spector composition that hit the Top Ten in ░░ early 1961. The follow-up, "Stand by Me," a heartfelt ode to friendship ░░ and devotion co-written by King, became his signature song and an ░░ enduring R&B classic; it was also his biggest hit, topping the R&B charts ░░ and reaching the pop Top Five. King scored a few more chart singles ░░ through 1963, including velvety smooth pop-soul productions like "Amor," ░░ "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)," and the Italian tune "I (Who Have ░░ Nothing)." In the post-British Invasion years, King had a rough go of it ░░ on the pop charts but continued to score R&B hits. 1967's Southern-fried ░░ "What Is Soul?" was one of his last singles for Atco; seeking to revive ░░ his commercial fortunes, King departed in 1969. ░░ ░░ A 1970 album on Maxwell, Rough Edges, failed to generate much attention, ░░ and King was forced to make a living touring the oldies circuit. In 1975, ░░ Atlantic president Ahmet Ertegun caught King's act in a Miami lounge and ░░ invited him to re-sign with the label. King scored an unlikely comeback ░░ smash with the disco track "Supernatural Thing, Pt. I," which returned ░░ him to the top of the R&B charts in 1975 and also reached the pop Top ░░ Five. While he was unable to duplicate that single's success, King ░░ recorded several more albums for Atlantic up through 1981, and also ░░ collaborated with the Average White Band in 1977 on the album Benny & Us. ░░ After leaving Atlantic a second time, King toured in a version of the ░░ Drifters beginning in 1982. ░░ ░░ In 1986, "Stand by Me" was prominently featured in the Rob Reiner film of ░░ the same name; re-released as a single, it climbed into the Top Ten all ░░ over again. In its wake, King returned to solo recording, issuing albums ░░ every few years. He also guested on recordings by Heaven 17 and Mark ░░ Knopfler, among others. King's 1999 album Shades of Blue (on Half Note ░░ Records) found him branching out into jazz territory, performing with a ░░ big band and guests like Milt Jackson and David "Fathead" Newman. The ░░ year 2006 saw the release of a smooth R&B album, I've Been Around, on ░░ True Life Records. A 2010 date titled Heart & Soul featured King with a ░░ small jazz group, stretching out on vocal standards. He continued to tour ░░ and make special performances, and was also active in the Stand by Me ░░ Foundation, his charity dedicated to children's education. Ben E. 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