Stereogum — The BBC reports that Ben E. King, the R&B singer who founded the Drifters and who sang and co-wrote the ageless ballad “Stand By Me” has died. A publicist cites only “natural causes.” King was 76. King was born Benjamin Earl Nelson in North C... more info

Time — He started his career with The Drifters more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ben E King, the singer best known for the hit Stand By Me, has died aged 76, according to his agent. King started his career in the late 1950s with The Drifters, singing on hits including There Goes My Baby... more info

Stereogum — For Record Store Day this year, Field Music will put out their fifth full-length album, an entirely instrumental recording that’s meant to act as the score to the 1929 silent documentary Drifters. It’s a discursion for the British band, who have ... more info

Time — Writing songs with his then-wife Carole King, he wrote the words for perennial ballads made into hits by The Drifters, The Crystals and Aretha Franklin more info

Stereogum — Last year Alex Zhang Hungtai, better known by his moniker Dirty Beaches, released the double album Drifters/Love Is The Devil which split its discs in the style of Bowie’s Low (and both were recorded in Berlin!) to incredible results. Beginning wit... more info

Popdose — What does one of Ben E. King's greatest songs with the Drifters have to do with the '60s Counterculture movement? Let's find out and live for today more info

Guardian Music — Versatile guitarist who had a million-selling hit with Love Is StrangeMickey Baker, who has died aged 87, was one of the most versatile and prolific guitarists of his era. During the 1950s, any producer making R&B or rock'n'roll records in New York w... more info

ContactMusic — Move over Will, Simon, Neil and Jay! The girls are coming! The team behind the hit Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners are reportedly about to launch a... more info

Popdose — The Drifters were legendary for their music, and their story more info