George Benson Benson 1998'de
Doğum 22 Mart 1943 ( 81 yaşında) Pittsburgh , Pensilvanya , ABD Tarzlar Meslekler Müzisyen, şarkıcı, şarkı yazarı Çalgılar Vokaller, gitar Etkin yıllar 1954–günümüz[1] [2] Müzik şirketi Prestige , Columbia , Verve , A&M , CTI , Warner Bros. , GRP , Concord , Mascot İlişkili hareketler Jack McDuff , Fuse One Resmî site georgebenson.com
George Benson (d. 22 Mart 1943)[3] Amerikalı bir gitarist, şarkıcı ve söz yazarıdır. Profesyonel kariyerine 19 yaşında caz gitaristi olarak başladı. Benson, Django Reinhardt gibi çingene cazı (gypsy jazz) sanatçılarına benzer bir rest-stroke toplama tekniği kullanır.
Eski bir harika çocuk olan Benson ilk olarak 1960'larda Jack McDuff ve diğerleri ile soul jazz çalmıştı. Daha sonra caz, pop , R&B şarkıları ve scat şarkıları arasında geçiş yaparak başarılı bir solo kariyer başlattı. Breezin ' albümü üç platin plak kazandı ve 1976'daki Billboard albüm listesinde 1 numaraya ulaştı.[4] Konserleri 1980'lere çok yoğun ilgi gördü; hala büyük bir takipçi kitlesi vardır. Benson, Hollywood Walk of Fame'de bir yıldızla onurlandırıldı.
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1958–1979 "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) " by Domenico Modugno (1958) "Mack the Knife " by Bobby Darin (1959) "Theme from A Summer Place " by Percy Faith (1960) "Moon River " by Henry Mancini (1961) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco " by Tony Bennett (1962) "Days of Wine and Roses " by Henry Mancini (1963) "The Girl from Ipanema " by Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1964) "A Taste of Honey " by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1965) "Strangers in the Night " by Frank Sinatra (1966) "Up, Up and Away " by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr. , Florence LaRue , Marilyn McCoo , Lamonte McLemore & Ron Townson ) (1967) "Mrs. Robinson " by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel & Paul Simon ) (1968) "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In " by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr. , Florence LaRue , Marilyn McCoo , Lamonte McLemore & Ron Townson ) (1969) "Bridge over Troubled Water " by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel & Paul Simon ) (1970) "It's Too Late " by Carole King (1971) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face " by Roberta Flack (1972) "Killing Me Softly with His Song " by Roberta Flack (1973) "I Honestly Love You " by Olivia Newton-John (1974) "Love Will Keep Us Together " by Captain & Tennille (Daryl Dragon & Toni Tennille ) (1975) "This Masquerade " by George Benson (1976) "Hotel California " by Eagles (Don Felder , Glenn Frey , Don Henley , Randy Meisner & Joe Walsh ) (1977) "Just the Way You Are " by Billy Joel (1978) "What a Fool Believes " by The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter , John Hartman , Keith Knudsen , Michael McDonald , Tiran Porter & Patrick Simmons ) (1979) 1980−1999 "Sailing " by Christopher Cross (1980) "Bette Davis Eyes " by Kim Carnes (1981) "Rosanna " by Toto (David Hungate , Bobby Kimball , Steve Lukather , David Paich , Jeff Porcaro & Steve Porcaro ) (1982) "Beat It " by Michael Jackson (1983) "What's Love Got to Do with It " by Tina Turner (1984) "We Are the World " by USA for Africa (1985) "Higher Love " by Steve Winwood (1986) "Graceland " by Paul Simon (1987) "Don't Worry, Be Happy " by Bobby McFerrin (1988) "Wind Beneath My Wings " by Bette Midler (1989) "Another Day in Paradise " by Phil Collins (1990) "Unforgettable " by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (1991) "Tears in Heaven " by Eric Clapton (1992) "I Will Always Love You " by Whitney Houston (1993) "All I Wanna Do " by Sheryl Crow (1994) "Kiss from a Rose " by Seal (1995) "Change the World " by Eric Clapton (1996) "Sunny Came Home " by Shawn Colvin (1997) "My Heart Will Go On " by Celine Dion (1998) "Smooth " by Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana & Chester Thompson ) featuring Rob Thomas (1999) 2000−2019 "Beautiful Day " by U2 (Bono , Adam Clayton , The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr. ) (2000) "Walk On " by U2 (Bono , Adam Clayton , The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr. ) (2001) "Don't Know Why " by Norah Jones (2002) "Clocks " by Coldplay (Guy Berryman , Jon Buckland , Will Champion , Phil Harvey & Chris Martin ) (2003) "Here We Go Again " by Ray Charles & Norah Jones (2004) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams " by Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong , Mike Dirnt & Frank Edwin Wright III ) (2005) "Not Ready to Make Nice " by Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire , Natalie Maines & Emily Robison ) (2006) "Rehab " by Amy Winehouse (2007) "Please Read the Letter " by Alison Krauss & Robert Plant (2008) "Use Somebody " by Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill , Jared Followill , Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill ) (2009) "Need You Now " by Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott , Charles Kelley & Dave Haywood ) (2010) "Rolling in the Deep " by Adele (2011) "Somebody That I Used to Know " by Gotye featuring Kimbra (2012) "Get Lucky " by Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo ) featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2013) "Stay with Me " (Darkchild version) by Sam Smith (2014) "Uptown Funk " by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (2015) "Hello " by Adele (2016) "24K Magic " by Bruno Mars (2017) "This Is America " by Childish Gambino (2019) "Bad Guy " by Billie Eilish (2019) 2020−günümüz