Ben Folds

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ben Folds
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Sep 12, 1966(1966-09-12)
Age	58
Birthplace	Winston-Salem
Country	United States
Birth City	North Carolina
Horoscope	Virgo

Ben Folds Biography

Ben Folds is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on September 12, 1966 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Music producer and singer-songwriter well-known as a solo artist and the frontman for Ben Folds Five.

He worked with him on He collaborated on William Shatner‘s album Has Been.’s album Has Been.

In the late 1980s, Folds (as a bassist) formed the band Majosha with longtime friends Evan Olson and Millard Powers. The group released several locally produced records. They played their first gig at Duke University’s Battle of the Bands in 1988, and won. They played at bars and fraternity parties, and self-produced an EP called Party Night: Five Songs About Jesus (1988), which they sold locally. The EP has four songs, none of which are about Jesus. They recorded Shut Up and Listen to Majosha in 1989. It contains, among other tracks, the four songs from Party Night (remixed and/or re-recorded) and “Emaline” and “Video”, which Folds would later record with Ben Folds Five. The song “Get That Bug” from Party Night was released as a dance mix in Japan.

After leaving Miami, he returned to North Carolina and enrolled at the University of North Carolina – Greensboro for the fall semester of 1985. It was while studying at UNCG that he met his ‘accidental mentor’, Robert Darnell. Folds would acknowledge the impact of Darnell on his appreciation of music in his 2019 memoir A Dream About Lightning Bugs.

He got married to Anna Goodman in 1987, Kate Rosen in 1996, Frally Hynes in 1998 and Fleur Folds in 2007. He and Fleur separated in the year 2011. The couple has one son called Louis with two daughters, Julia-Rose as well as Gracie.

Ben Folds Net Worth

Ben Folds is one of the richest Rock Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ben Folds 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was at the University of Miami as a music major with the basis of a scholarship. After leaving, he started performing at the age of New York.

His group Ben Folds Five temporarily broke up , so he decided to do solo work. Ben Folds Five reunited in the year 2011.

Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966) is an American singer- songwriter, musician, composer and record producer. From 1993 to 2000, Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. Since the band disbanded, Folds has recorded several albums and performed live as a solo artist, with the exception of a brief Ben Folds Five reunion in 2011 in which they recorded the album The Sound of the Life of the Mind. He has also collaborated with musicians such as William Shatner, Regina Spektor, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and yMusic and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil Gaiman. He has frequently performed arrangements of his music with uncommon instrumentation, including symphony orchestras and a capella groups. In addition to contributing music to the soundtracks of the animated films Hoodwinked!, and Over the Hedge, Folds has produced several albums, including Amanda Palmer’s first solo album.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Ben Folds Dating?

According to our records, Ben Folds married to Fleur Folds. As of December 1, 2023, Ben Folds’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1995, Ben Folds Five released their self-titled debut album. The debut was followed by Whatever and Ever Amen in 1997, and the odds-and-ends compilation Naked Baby Photos was released in early 1998. Whatever and Ever Amen included many singles such as “Song for the Dumped”, “Battle of Who Could Care Less”, and the band’s most successful song, “Brick”. In 1999, the band released what was to be their final album for over a decade, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, which included the hit “Army”.

Facts & Trivia

Ben Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ben Folds celebrates birthday on September 12 of every year.

Folds made a guest appearance on a 1996 Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode, Surprise, on Cartoon Network, where he says that he’s Zorak.

Is Ben Folds religious?

Deep down, with just a touch of sarcasm, Folds admits: “I always wanted to be Jewish. All my friends are Jewish. Maybe one day I’ll get my honorary Jew degree.” Oh, and for the record: Folds does not practice any form of organized religion.

What kind of music is Ben Folds?

Ben Folds
Genres| Alternative rock power pop
Occupation(s)| Musician composer arranger record producer singer-songwriter
Instruments| vocals piano keyboard drums bass guitar
Years active| 1988–present

Why is it called Ben Folds Five?

They were a trio in spite of their name, and the primary motivation behind the name, apart from the band’s well-known use of humor, was simple preference, according to Ben: “I think it sounds better than Ben Folds Three.” Folds once described their music as “punk rock for sissies”, a reaction to the angst prevalent in …

Who was in Ben Folds Five?

Members

Who did Ben Folds marry?

Spouse