Ben E. King, the smooth, soulful baritone who led the Drifters on “There Goes My Baby,” “Save the Last Dance for Me” and other hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and as a solo artist recorded the classic singles “Spanish Harlem” and “Stand by Me,” died on Thursday in Hackensack, N.J. He was 76.

There are conflicting reports about Joni’s health. Her website says she is alert and talking while Joni’s close friend of 44 years, Leslie Morris, has just filed legal documents to obtain a conservatorship over the legendary singer who is unresponsive. I tend to believe the latter.

This song is from the album Clouds which is my favorite because of the sentiment attached. It was in Africa with me and was played and played over and over.