Urban areas with at least one million inhabitants in 2006. By the end of the twentieth century, 47% of the world's population lived in cities, a figure which has risen from 3% since 1800.
Ben E. King, best known for the classic soul song Stand By Me, has died at 76. One of the most distinctive voices of 1950s and '60s R&B has died. Ben E. King, best known for the song Stand By Me, died yesterday in New Jersey of natural causes. He was 76.
In the '80s, Terri Nunn became famous for her two-tone hair and for hits like No More Words, The Metro and Take My Breath Away as the lead singer of Berlin. Guess what she looks like now! 1  SHARE ON FACEBOOK. 2  TWEET THIS.  COMMENTS.