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.
1 12/6/2008 12:00 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF. 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.  TWEET THIS.