George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a

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guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, playing

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with Jack McDuff and others. He then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and

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. His album ''

Breezin' ''Breezin is the fifteenth studio album by jazz/ soul guitarist and vocalist George Benson. It is his debut on Warner Bros. Records. It not only was a chart-topper in the Jazz category but also went to #1 on the pop and R&B charts. It was ...

'' was certified triple-

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, hitting no. 1 on the ''Billboard'' album chart in 1976. His concerts were well attended through the 1980s, and he still has a large following. Benson has won ten

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s and has been honored with a

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on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Biography

Early career

Benson was born and raised in the

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. At the age of seven, he first played the

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in a corner drug store, for which he was paid a few dollars. At the age of eight, he played guitar in an unlicensed nightclub on Friday and Saturday nights, but the police soon closed the club down. At the age of nine, he started to record. Out of the four sides he cut, two were released: "She Makes Me Mad" backed with "It Should Have Been Me", with RCA Victor in New York; although one source indicates this record was released under the name "Little Georgie", the 45rpm label is printed with the name George Benson. The single was produced by

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for RCA's rhythm and blues label,

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. As he has stated in an interview, Benson's introduction to showbusiness had an effect on his schooling. Benson attended and graduated from

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. As a youth he learned how to play straight-ahead instrumental jazz during a relationship performing for several years with organist Jack McDuff. One of his many early guitar heroes was country-jazz guitarist

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. At the age of 21, he recorded his first album as leader, '' The New Boss Guitar'', featuring McDuff. Benson's next recording was ''

It's Uptown ''It's Uptown'' is the second studio album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson. Background George Benson's second album and the first of two to be produced by John Hammond. Recorded after his move to CBS. Track listing 2007 remastered CD / B ...

with the George Benson Quartet'', including Lonnie Smith on organ and

Ronnie Cuber Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. He also played in Latin, pop, rock, and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet ...

on baritone saxophone. Benson followed it up with ''

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'', also with Lonnie Smith and Ronnie Cuber on baritone and drummer Marion Booker.

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employed Benson in the mid-1960s, featuring his guitar on "Paraphernalia" on his 1968 Columbia release, '' Miles in the Sky'' before Benson went to

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Benson then signed with Creed Taylor's jazz label

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, where he recorded several albums, with jazz heavyweights guesting, to some success, mainly in the jazz field. His 1974 release, '' Bad Benson'', climbed to the top spot in the '' Billboard'' jazz chart, while the follow-ups, ''

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'' (#51 Pop album) and ''

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'' (with Joe Farrell), both reached the jazz top-three sellers. Benson also did a version of

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's 1969 album ''

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'' called ''

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'', also released in 1969, and a version of "

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", originally written and recorded by San Francisco rock group

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, and made famous by Jefferson Airplane. Benson played on numerous sessions for other CTI artists during this time, including Freddie Hubbard and

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, notably on the latter's acclaimed album ''Sugar''.

1970s and 1980s

By the mid-to-late 1970s, as he recorded for

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, a whole new audience began to discover Benson. On 1976's ''

'', Benson sang a lead vocal on the track "

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" (notable also for the lush, romantic piano intro and solo by

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), which became a huge pop hit and won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. (He had sung vocals infrequently on albums earlier in his career, notably his rendition of "

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" on ''

'' album.) The rest of the album is instrumental, including his rendition of the 1975

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composition " Affirmation". In 1976, Benson toured with soul singer

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, who had been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer earlier that year and, in addition, appeared as a guitarist and backup vocalist on

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's song "

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" from Wonder's album ''

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''. During the same year, 1976, the top selling album ''

'' was released on the Warner Brothers label featuring the

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penned title track and the

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penned "

" which is now a jazz standard. Both tracks won Grammy Awards that year, and the album put Benson into the musical limelight both in the US and in Europe. Ironically, Benson had been discouraged up until this time, from using his singing skills, mainly as the company decision makers felt he was not competent enough vocally, and he should stick to playing the guitar. He also recorded the original version of "

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" for the 1977

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bio-pic, '' The Greatest'', which was later covered by

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as "Greatest Love of All." During this time Benson recorded with the German conductor

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. The live take of " On Broadway," recorded a few months later from the 1978 release ''

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'', also won a Grammy. He has worked with Freddie Hubbard on a number of his albums throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. George benson 1986 montreux 16 3

The Qwest record label (a subsidiary of Warner Bros., run by

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) released Benson's breakthrough pop album ''Give Me The Night'', produced by Jones. Benson made it into the pop and R&B top ten with the song " Give Me the Night" (written by former

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keyboardist

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). He had many hit singles such as "Love All the Hurt Away," "

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," "Inside Love," " Lady Love Me," "20/20," "

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," "Kisses in the Moonlight." More importantly, Quincy Jones encouraged Benson to search his roots for further vocal inspiration, and he rediscovered his love for

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and

Donny Hathaway Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger whom ''Rolling Stone'' described as a "soul legend". His most popular songs include " The Ghetto", "This Christmas ...

in the process, influencing a string of further vocal albums into the 1990s. Despite returning to his jazz and guitar playing most recently, this theme was reflected again much later in Benson's 2000 release ''

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'', featuring a cover of one of Hathaway's most notable songs, " The Ghetto." Benson accumulated three other platinum LPs and two gold albums.

1990s to present

In 1990, Benson was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the

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. To commemorate the long relationship between Benson and

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and to celebrate 30 years of collaboration on the GB Signature Models, Ibanez created the GB30TH, a limited-edition model with a gold-foil finish inspired by the traditional Japanese Garahaku art form. In 2009, Benson was recognized by the

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as a Jazz Master, the United States highest honor in jazz. Benson performed at the 49th issue of the

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on July 25, 2009, and his tribute show to

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''An Unforgettable Tribute to Nat King Cole'' as part of the

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in Turkey on July 27. In the fall of 2009, Benson finished recording an album entitled ''Songs and Stories'' with

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, producer John Burk, and session musicians

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and

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. As a part of the promotion for his album ''Songs and Stories'', Benson has appeared or performed on ''The Tavis Smiley Show'', ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' and ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''. He performed at the

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March 4–6, 2011. In 2011, Benson released the album '' Guitar Man'', revisiting his 1960s/early-1970s guitar-playing roots with a 12-song collection of covers of both jazz and pop standards produced by John Burk. In June 2013, Benson released his fourth album for Concord, '' Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole'', which included

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, and

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. In September, he returned to perform at

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festival, in Rio de Janeiro, 35 years after his first performance at this festival, which was then the inaugural one. In July 2016, Benson participated as a mentor in the

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programme ''

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'' in the search for the UK and

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's most talented guitarist. In May 2018, Benson was featured on the

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single "

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". On July 12, 2018, it was announced that Benson had signed to

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Personal life

Benson has been married to Johnnie Lee since 1962 and has seven children. Benson describes his music as focusing more on love and romance, due to his commitment to his family and religious practices, with Benson being a

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. Benson has been a resident of

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Discography

Awards

Grammy Awards

List of

s received by George Benson

References

External links

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