Ben E. King's Supernatural Comeback

0:00It's March 12th, here's your entertainment news in two minutes. Back in March 1975, Benny King scored a major comeback with his upbeat track Supernatural thing. The song hit number one on the Billboard Hot Soul singles chart and climbed to number five on the Hot 100, marking his biggest pop success since the early 1960s. The single blended King's smooth soul vocals with funky disco rhythms, including bright horns and a higher pitch delivery than his usual deep. Baratone, released on Atlantic Records, it tapped into the mid-70s dance craze and reintroduced his voice to a fresh audience. King had already built a legendary career, starting as lead singer for the Drifters in the late 1950s, with hits like, There Goes My Baby. His solo breakthroughs included Spanish Harlem and The Timeless Stand By Me from 1961, though shifting trends like the British invasion had slowed his momentum. The track's groove made it a dance floor favorite and earned King a Grammy nomination for

1:02Best R&B Vocal Performance in 1976. It also sparked another top five soul hit, Do It In The Name Of Love, From The Same Supernatural Album. King's influence endures in soul and R&B, with five number one songs and dozens of chart entries over decades. Even after his passing in 2015, tunes like Supernatural Thing remind us how he bridged music eras. Support for this DNA episode comes from our sponsor, Press Play. Put your head down, the sound is already there, S-O-L-I-S-O-L-Pillow.com.