Brook Benton

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Brook Benton
Un primo piano di Brook Benton
NazionalitàStati Uniti (bandiera) Stati Uniti
GenereSoul
Rhythm and blues
Pop
Rock and roll
Jazz
Periodo di attività musicale1958 – 1988
EtichettaMercury Records
Cotillion Records
RCA Records
Atlantic Records
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Brook Benton, all'anagrafe Benjamin Franklin Peay[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] (Camden, 19 settembre 1931 – Queens, 9 aprile 1988), è stato un cantautore statunitense (segnatamente: afro-americano), in attività principalmente tra la fine degli anni cinquanta e la fine degli anni sessanta[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] e che era dedito ai generi soul, pop e R&B[1][3][7].

Tra i suoi brani più famosi, figurano It's Just a Matter of Time, Thank You Pretty Baby, So Many Ways (1959), Endlessly (1959) e Rainy Night in Georgia (1970).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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Singoli

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  • 1955 – The Kentuckian Song/Ooh (Okeh Records, 7058)
  • 1956 – Bring Me Love/Some of My Best Friends (Okeh Records, 7065)
  • 1957 – I Wanna Do Everything for You/Come On Be Nice (Vik Records, 0285)
  • 1957 – A Million Miles from Nowhere/Devoted (Vik Records, 0311)
  • 1958 – Because You love Me/Crinoline Skirt (Vik Records, 0325)
  • 1958 – Crazy in Love with you/I'm Coming Back to You (Vik Records, 0336)
  • 1959 – It's Just a Matter of Time/Hurtin' Inside (Mercury Records, 71394)
  • 1959 – Endlessly/So Close (Mercury Records, 71443)
  • 1959 – Thank You Pretty Baby/With All of My Heart (Mercury Records, 71478)
  • 1959 – So Many Ways/I Want You Forever (Mercury Records, 71512)
  • 1959 – This Time of the Year/Nothing in the World (Mercury Records, 71554)
  • 1959 – This Time of the Year/How Many Times (Mercury Records, 71558)
  • 1959 – Only Your Love/If Only I Had Known (RCA Victor Records, 47-7489)
  • 1960 – The Ties That Bind/Hither, Thither and Yon (Mercury Records, 71566)
  • 1960 – Kiddio/The Same One (Mercury Records, 71652)
  • 1960 – Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)/Someday (Mercury Records, 71722)
  • 1960 – This Time of the Year/Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (Mercury Records, 71730)
  • 1961 – Think Twice/For My Baby (Mercury Records, 71774)
  • 1961 – The Boll Weevil Song/Your Eyes (Mercury Records, 71820)
  • 1961 – Frankie and Johnny/It's Just a House Without You (Mercury Records, 71859)
  • 1961 – Revenge/Really Really (Mercury Records, 71903)
  • 1961 – Shadrack/The Lost Penny (Mercury Records, 71912)
  • 1962 – Walk on the Wild Side/Somewhere in the Used to Be (Mercury Records, 71925)
  • 1962 – Hit Record/Thanks to the Fool (Mercury Records, 71962)
  • 1962 – Lie to Me/With the Touch of Your Hand (Mercury Records, 72024)
  • 1962 – Hotel Happiness/Still Waters Run Deep (Mercury Records, 72055)
  • 1963 – I Got What I Wanted/Dearer Than Life (Mercury Records, 72099)
  • 1963 – My True Confession/Tender Years (Mercury Records, 72135)
  • 1963 – Two Tickets to Paradise/Don't Hate Me (Mercury Records, 72177)
  • 1963 – You're All I Want for Christmas/This Time of the Year (Mercury Records, 72214)
  • 1963 – Going, Going, Gone/After Midnight (Mercury Records, 72230)
  • 1964 – Too Late to Turn Back Now/Another Cup of Coffee (Mercury Records, 72266)
  • 1964 – A House Is Not a Home/Come On Back (Mercury Records, 72303)
  • 1964 – Lumberjack/Don't Do What I Did (Do What I Say) (Mercury Records, 72333)
  • 1964 – Do It Right/Please, Please Make It Easy (Mercury Records, 72365)
  • 1965 – Special Years/Where There's a Will (There's a Way) (Mercury Records, 72398)
  • 1965 – Love Me Now/A-Sleepin' at the End of the Bed (Mercury Records, 72446)
  • 1965 – Mother Nature, Father Time/You're Mine (RCA Victor Records, 47-8693)
  • 1965 – Where There's Life/Only a Girl Like You (RCA Victor Records, 47-8768)
  • 1966 – Too Much Good Lovin'/A Sailor Boy's Love Song (RCA Victor Records, 47-8830)
  • 1966 – Break Her Heart/In the Evening in the Moonlight (RCA Victor Records, 47-8879)
  • 1966 – Where Does a Man Go to Cry/The Roach Song (RCA Victor Records, 47-8944)
  • 1966 – So True in Life, So True in Love/If You Only Knew (RCA Victor Records, 47-8995)
  • 1966 – Our First Christmas Together/Silent Night (RCA Victor Records, 47-9031)
  • 1967 – Wake Up/All My Love Belongs to You (RCA Victor Records, 47-9096)
  • 1967 – Keep the Faith Baby/Going to Soulsville (RCA Victor Records, 47-9105)
  • 1967 – You're the Reason I'm Living/Laura (Tell Me What He's Got That I Ain't Got) (Reprise Records, 0611)
  • 1967 – Glory of Love/Weakness in a Man (Reprise Records, 0649)
  • 1968 – Instead (Of Loving You)/Lonely Street (Reprise Records, 0676)
  • 1968 – I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself/Do Your Own Thing (Cotillion Records, 44007)
  • 1969 – She Knows What to Do with 'Em/Touch 'Em with Love (Cotillion Records, 44031)
  • 1969 – Nothing Can Take the Place of You/Woman Without Love (Cotillion Records, 44034)
  • 1969 – Rainy Night in Georgia/Where Do You Go from Here (Cotillion Records, 44057)
  • 1970 – My Way/A Little Bit of Soap (Cotillion Records, 44072)
  • 1970 – Don't It Make You Want to Go Home/I've Gotta Be Me (Cotillion Records, 44078)
  • 1970 – Shoes/Let Me Fix It (Cotillion Records, 44093)
  • 1971 – Whoever Finds This, I Love You/Heaven Help Us All (Cotillion Records, 44110)
  • 1971 – Take a Look at Your Hands/If You Think God Is Dead (Cotillion Records, 44119)
  • 1971 – Please Send Me Someone to Love/She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye (Cotillion Records, 44130)
  • 1971 – A Black Child Can't Smile/If You Think God Is Dead (Cotillion Records, 44138)
  • 1971 – Soul Santa/Let Us All Get Together with the Lord (Cotillion Records, 44141)
  • 1972 – Movin' Day/Poor Make Believer (Cotillion Records, 44152)
  • 1972 – If You've Got the Time/You Take Me Home Honey (MGM Records, 14440)
  • 1973 – Lay Lady Lay/A Touch of Class (Brut Records, 810)
  • 1973 – South Carolina/(Titolo lato B sconosciuto) (Brut Records, 816)
  • 1974 – Winds of Change/I Keep Thinking to Myself (Stax Records, 0231)
  • 1976 – Can't Take My Eyes Off You/Weekend with Feathers (All Platinum Records, 2364)
  • 1977 – Makin' Love Is Good for You/Better Times (Olde World Records, 1100)
  • 1978 – Soft/Glow Love (Olde World Records, 1107)
  • 1979 – I Cried for You/Love Me a Little (Polydor Records, 2015)

Note

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  1. ^ a b c d All Music.com: Brook Benton - Biography
  2. ^ a b c Soulwalking Brook Benton
  3. ^ a b c d Oldies.about: Brook Benton Archiviato il 21 gennaio 2012 in Internet Archive.
  4. ^ a b c Answers.com: Brook Benton
  5. ^ a b c Oldies.com: Brook Benton Biography, su oldies.com. URL consultato il 1º gennaio 2012 (archiviato dall'url originale il 31 maggio 2012).
  6. ^ a b c Rockabilly.nl: Brook Benton
  7. ^ a b c Discogs: Brook Benton

Bibliografia

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  • Colin Larkin (a cura di), 5th Concise Edition. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Omnibus Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.

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Controllo di autoritàVIAF (EN) 5116919 · ISNI (EN) 0000 0000 7357 0814 · Europeana agent/base/63927 · LCCN (EN) no91029586 · GND (DE) 134326415 · BNE (ES) XX1104049 (data) · BNF (FR) cb138913702 (data)
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