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.
Johnnie Harrison Taylor (1934â2000) Johnnie Harrison Taylor was a popular gospel and rhythm and blues singer, known as the âPhilosopher of Soul,â whose recording career spanned forty-six years. His single, âDisco Lady,â was the first single ever to be certified platinum. He was added to the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in 1999.