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.
One of the most popular songs in all of American music is Jimmie Rodgersâ first âBlue Yodel,â known to most of us as T For Texas. The list of artists who have recorded this American classic is astounding. The following are just a sampling of the artists who have covered this Rodgers standard. Waylon Jennings.