Brook Benton
I dagens verden er Brook Benton blevet et emne af stor betydning og interesse for et bredt spektrum af mennesker. Fra eksperter på området til dem, der blot leder efter generel information, Brook Benton er et emne, der har fanget manges opmærksomhed. Med den voksende indvirkning, som Brook Benton har haft på forskellige områder af samfundet, er det afgørende yderligere at forstå dets relevans, og hvordan det direkte påvirker vores liv. I denne artikel vil vi udforske forskellige aspekter relateret til Brook Benton med det formål at give en bredere og mere komplet vision af dette emne, der har skabt så meget debat og interesse i dag.
| Brook Benton | |
|---|---|
 Brook Benton i 1959 | |
| Information | |
| Født | Benjamin Franklin Peay 9. april 1988 (56 år) Lexington, South Carolina, USA, Lugoff, South Carolina, USA  |
| Oprindelse | Queens, New York City, USA |
| Død | 9. april 1988 (56 år) Queens, New York, USA |
| Genre | |
| Beskæftigelse | Sanger, sangskriver, skuespiller |
| Aktive år | 1948–1988 |
| Pladeselskab | Okeh, Mercury, Cotillion, RCA |
Brook Benton (egentlig Benjamin Franklin Peay, 19. september 1931 i Camden, South Carolina – 9. april 1988 i Queens, New York City) var en amerikansk singer-songwriter, der havde sine rødder i soultraditionen og var populær i slutningen af 1950'erne og begyndelsen af 1960'erne.
Benton begyndte i gruppen The Camden Jubilee Singers i hjembyen, men flyttede i 1948 til New York. Hans gennembrudshit It's Just A Matter Of Time ramte tredjepladsen på Billboard-listen i september 1959. Derefter fulgte over 50 hitlisteplaceringer, bl.a. Baby (You've Got What It Takes) med Dinah Washington i 1960, The Boll Weevil Song fra 1961, Hotel Happiness fra 1962 og Rainy Night In Georgia fra 1970. Mange af hans hits var han selv medforfatter til.
Diskografi
Album
| År | Album | Højeste hitlisteplacering | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 200 [1] |
US R&B [1] | ||||
| 1959 | It's Just a Matter of Time | — | — | ||
| Endlessly | — | — | |||
| 1960 | I Love You in So Many Ways | — | — | ||
| The Two of Us (with Dinah Washington) | — | — | |||
| Songs I Love to Sing (Verve) | — | — | |||
| 1961 | Golden Hits | 82 | — | ||
| The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits | 70 | — | |||
| 1962 | If You Believe | 77 | — | ||
| Singing the Blues – Lie to Me | 40 | — | |||
| 1963 | Golden Hits, Volume 2 | 82 | — | ||
| Best Ballads of Broadway | — | — | |||
| 1964 | Born to Sing the Blues | — | — | ||
| Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got) | 156 | — | |||
| 1969 | Do Your Own Thing | 189 | — | ||
| 1970 | Brook Benton Today | 27 | 4 | ||
| Homestyle | 199 | — | |||
| 1971 | The Gospel Truth | — | — | ||
| 1972 | Story Teller | — | — | ||
| 1973 | Something for Everyone | — | — | ||
| 1976 | This is Brook Benton (released in the UK as "Mister Bartender") |
— | — | ||
| 1977 | Makin' Love Is Good for You | — | — | ||
| The Incomparable Brook Benton – 20 Greatest Hits (Warwick) | — | — | |||
| 1979 | Ain't No Good | — | — | ||
| So Close | — | — | |||
| 1981 | Brook Benton Sings the Standards | — | — | ||
| 1983 | 20 Golden Pieces of Brook Benton | — | — | ||
| Beautiful memories of Christmas | — | — | |||
| 1984 | Soft | — | — | ||
| 1989 | Forty Greatest Hits (compilation) | — | — | ||
| 2002 | Rainy Night in Georgia (compilation, remastered) | — | — | ||
| 2021 | Just A Matter of Time (compilation) | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
Singler
| År | Titel | Højeste hitlisteplacering | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [1] |
CB Pop |
US R&B [1] |
US AC [1] |
UK [2] | |||||
| 1955 | "The Kentuckian Song" b/w "Ooh" (Non-album track) |
– | – | – | – | – | Brook Benton at His Best!!! | ||
| "Some of My Best Friends" b/w "Bring Me Love" |
– | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1956 | "Love Made Me Your Fool" b/w "Give Me a Sign" |
– | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1957 | "The Wall" b/w "All My Love Belongs to You" (from The Soul of Brook Benton) |
– | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Come On, Be Nice" b/w "I Wanna Do Everything for You" (from Brook Benton) |
– | – | – | – | – | Non-album track | |||
| 1958 | "A Million Miles from Nowhere" b/w "Devoted" |
82 | – | – | – | – | Brook Benton | ||
| 1959 | "It's Just a Matter of Time" | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | It's Just a Matter of Time | ||
| "Hurtin' Inside" | 78 | – | 23 | – | – | Golden Hits | |||
| "Endlessly" | 12 | 11 | 3 | – | 28 | Endlessly | |||
| "So Close" | 38 | 60 | 5 | – | – | I Love You In So Many Ways | |||
| "Thank You Pretty Baby" | 16 | 10 | 1 | – | – | Golden Hits | |||
| "With All of My Heart" | 82 | 66 | – | – | – | ||||
| "So Many Ways" | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | – | I Love You In So Many Ways | |||
| "I Want You Forever" | – | 103 | – | – | – | Non-album track | |||
| "This Time of the Year" b/w "Nothing In The World (Could Make Me Love You More Than I Do)" (first pressings) "How Many Times" (later pressings) |
66 | 65 | 12 | – | – | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1960 | "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" b/w "I Do" (Both sides with Dinah Washington) |
5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | The Two of Us | ||
| "The Ties That Bind" | 37 | 23 | 15 | – | – | Golden Hits | |||
| "Hither and Thither and Yon" | 58 | 49 | – | – | – | ||||
| "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall In Love)" b/w "I Believe" (Both sides with Dinah Washington) |
7 | 5 | 1 | – | – | The Two of Us | |||
| "Kiddio" | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | 41 | Golden Hits | |||
| "The Same One" | 16 | 16 | 21 | – | – | ||||
| "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" | 24 | 15 | 5 | – | 50 | Songs I Love to Sing | |||
| "Someday You'll Want Me to Want You" | 93 | – | – | – | – | Non-album track | |||
| "This Time of the Year" b/w "Merry Christmas, Happy New Year" |
– | – | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1961 | "Think Twice" | 11 | 6 | – | – | – | Golden Hits Volume 2 | ||
| "For My Baby" | 28 | 24 | 2 | – | – | Non-album track | |||
| "The Boll Weevil Song" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | The Boll Weevil Song | |||
| "Your Eyes" | – | 115 | – | – | – | Non-album track | |||
| "Frankie and Johnny" | 20 | 16 | 14 | 6 | – | The Boll Weevil Song | |||
| "It's Just a House Without You" | 45 | 71 | – | 8 | – | Golden Hits Volume 2 | |||
| "Revenge" b/w "Really, Really" (Non-album track) |
15 | 16 | 12 | – | – | ||||
| 1962 | "Shadrack" | 19 | 29 | – | – | – | If You Believe | ||
| "The Lost Penny" | 77 | 94 | – | – | – | ||||
| "Walk on the Wild Side" b/w "Somewhere in the Used to Be" (Non-album track) |
43 | 42 | – | – | – | Golden Hits Volume 2 | |||
| "Hit Record" | 45 | 36 | 19 | – | – | ||||
| "Thanks to the Fool" | 106 | 86 | – | – | – | Non-album track | |||
| "Lie to Me" | 13 | 10 | 3 | – | – | Singing the Blues | |||
| "With the Touch of Your Hand" | 120 | 126 | – | – | – | Non-album track | |||
| "Still Waters Run Deep" | 89 | 81 | – | – | – | Golden Hits Volume 2 | |||
| 1963 | "Hotel Happiness" | 3 | 6 | 2 | – | – | |||
| "I Got What I Wanted" | 28 | 22 | 4 | 14 | – | Singing the Blues | |||
| "Dearer Than Life" | 59 | 72 | – | – | – | Non-album track | |||
| "My True Confession" | 22 | 29 | 7 | 8 | – | Singing The Blues | |||
| "Tender Years" | – | 87 | – | – | – | ||||
| "Two Tickets to Paradise" b/w "Don't Hate Me" |
32 | 30 | 15 | 8 | – | Non-album tracks | |||
| "Baby, You've Got It Made" (w/ Damita Jo) | 111 | 133 | – | – | – | ||||
| "Stop Foolin'" (w/ Damita Jo) | 108 | 87 | – | – | – | ||||
| "You're All I Want for Christmas" b/w "This Time of the Year" |
– | 59 | – | – | – | ||||
| 1964 | "Going Going Gone" b/w "After Midnight"(from Born to Sing the Blues) |
35 | 30 | 5 | 11 | – | On the Countryside | ||
| "Another Cup of Coffee" | 47 | 40 | 4 | 13 | – | Non-album track | |||
| "Too Late to Turn Back Now" | 43 | 38 | 8 | 14 | – | This Bitter Earth | |||
| "A House Is Not a Home" b/w "Come On Back" |
75 | 50 | 6 | 13 | – | Non-album tracks | |||
| "Lumberjack" b/w "Don't Do What I Did (Do What I Say)" |
53 | 47 | 11 | 15 | – | This Bitter Earth | |||
| "Do It Right" | 67 | 58 | 33 | – | – | ||||
| "Please, Please Make It Easy" | 119 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1965 | "The Special Years" b/w "Where There's a Will (There's a Way") |
129 | 109 | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Love Me Now" b/w "A Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed" |
100 | 97 | – | 37 | – | ||||
| "Mother Nature, Father Time" b/w "Where There's Life (There's Still Hope)" |
53 | 43 | 26 | 9 | – | Mother Nature, Father Time | |||
| 1966 | "Only a Girl Like You" b/w "While There's Life (There's Still Hope)" |
122 | 102 | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Too Much Good Lovin'" b/w "A Sailor Boy's Love Song" |
126 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "Break Her Heart" b/w "In the Evening by Moonlight" |
– | – | – | 37 | – | ||||
| "If Only You Knew" b/w "So True in Life, So True in Love" |
– | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "Our First Christmas Together" b/w "Silent Night" |
– | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1967 | "All My Love Belongs to You" b/w "Wake Up" |
– | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Keep the Faith, Baby" b/w "Going to Soulsville" |
– | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" b/w "You're the Reason I'm Living" |
78 | 88 | – | 37 | – | Laura, What's He Got That I Ain't Got | |||
| 1968 | "Weakness in a Man" b/w "The Glory of Love" (from Laura, What's He Got That I Ain't Got) |
– | – | – | 36 | – | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Lonely Street" b/w "Instead (of Loving You)" |
– | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "Do Your Own Thing" b/w "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" |
99 | 128 | – | 26 | – | ||||
| 1969 | "Touch 'Em with Love" b/w "She Knows What to Do for Me" |
– | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Nothing Can Take the Place of You" b/w "Woman Without Love" |
74 | 67 | 11 | – | – | ||||
| 1970 | "Rainy Night in Georgia" b/w "Where Do I Go from Here" |
4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | Brook Benton Today | ||
| "My Way" b/w "A Little Bit of Soap" |
72 | 48 | 25 | 35 | – | ||||
| "Don't It Make You Want to Go Home" b/w "I've Gotta Be Me" (from Brook Benton Today) |
45 | 48 | 31 | 4 | – | Home Style | |||
| 1971 | "Shoes" b/w "Let Me Fix It" (from Home Style) |
67 | 52 | 18 | 18 | – | Story Teller | ||
| "Heaven Help Us All" b/w "Whoever Finds This (I Love You)" (from Home Style) |
– | 120 | – | – | – | The Gospel Truth | |||
| "Take a Look at Your Hands" b/w "If You Think God Is Dead" |
– | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "Please Send Me Someone to Love" b/w "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" |
– | – | – | – | – | Story Teller | |||
| "A Black Child Can't Smile" b/w "If You Think God Is Dead" (from The Gospel Truth) |
– | – | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | |||
| "Soul Santa" b/w "Let Us All Get Together with the Lord" (from The Gospel Truth) |
– | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1972 | "Movin' Day" b/w "Poor Make Believer" |
– | – | – | – | – | Story Teller | ||
| "If You Got the Time" b/w "You Take Me Home Honey" |
104 | – | – | – | – | Something for Everyone | |||
| 1973 | "Lay Lady Lay" b/w "A Touch of Class" |
– | 107 | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | ||
| 1974 | "South Carolina" b/w "All That Love Went to Waste" |
– | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1976 | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" b/w "Weekend with Feathers" |
– | – | – | – | – | This Is Brook Benton | ||
| 1978 | "Making Love Is Good for You" b/w "Better Times" |
– | – | 49 | – | – | Makin' Love Is Good for You | ||
| "Soft" b/w "Glow Love" |
– | – | – | – | – | Soft | |||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Referencer
- ^ a b c d e "Brook Benton - Awards". AllMusic. Arkiveret fra originalen 13. oktober 2013. Hentet 28. juli 2022.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th udgave). London: Guinness World Records Limited. s. 54. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.