Ben Cauley, American trumpet player and songwriter (died 2015)

Ben Cauley

American musician (1947–2015)

Ben S. Cauley Jr. was an American trumpet player, vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the Stax recording group the Bar-Kays. He was the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that claimed the lives of soul singer Otis Redding and four members of the Bar-Kays.