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.
Sonny Geraci. 1  Sonny Geraci is proclaimed by many as the most versatile singer and performer in the business today. 2  Sonny was a street kid, growing up in Cleveland to the music of MotownÂ®, the British invasion and all the music that came before. 3  Sonny Geraci's biggest hit song was Precious & Few.