Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Luckiest
- Ben Folds - Lonely Avenue
- Ben Folds - So There
- A Dream About Lightning Bugs
- Watch Me Eat This Sandwich
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1966-09-12
alternative rockindie popindie rockpiano rockpoprock
Discography
- Rockin’ the Suburbs2001
- Songs for Silverman2005
- Way to Normal2008
- Stems and Seeds2008
- Lonely Avenue2010
- So There2015
- What Matters Most2023
- So Fragile, So Blue2024
- Sleigher2024
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,178,413
- Total plays
- 36,024,702
Tags
singer-songwriterpiano rockindiealternativerock
Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for his prowess as a pianist. Ben Folds' musical career started to get off the ground in the late '80s, as bassist for band Majosha, after playing bass and piano at Pinehurst, in a group known as the "Caroliners" with cohort Millard Powers in 1985-1987; he also played drums as a session musician in Nashville. As well as appearing in Pots & Pans - now known as the
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Scott
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Winston-Salem
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Official website
- www.benfolds.com
- Image
- Ben Folds @ The Wiltern 08 16 2023 (53407634095).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ben Folds
- date of birth
- 1966-09-12
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- social media followers
- 768570
- birth name
- Benjamin Scott Folds
- name in native language
- Ben Folds
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