''Love Remembers'' is the 28th album by

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

, released June 8, 1993. This album charted at No. 1 on

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's Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, as well as No. 7 on its Jazz Albums chart.

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of

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concludes his review with, "Love Remembers is certainly a solid high mark for Benson in the '90s, and anyone interested in Benson's brand of pop will be delighted with it."

Track listing

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Personnel

* George Benson – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12), guitar (2-12), backing vocals (6) * William Bryant –

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(1) * David Gamson – keyboards (1), drum programming (1) *

Melvin Lee Davis Melvin Lee Davis is an American bass player, vocalist, keyboard player, producer, TV composer and engineer based in Orange County, California. He is the music director for Grammy-award winning artist Chaka Khan and has recorded with The Pointer ...

– synthesizers (2) * Gary Henry – keyboards (2, 6), drum programming (2, 6),

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(2, 6), arrangements (2, 6), string synthesizer (8) * Bob James – acoustic piano (3, 7, 8) *

Richard Tee Richard Edward Tee (born Richard Edward Ten Ryk; November 24, 1943 – July 21, 1993) was an American pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger, who had several hundred studio credits and played on such notable hits as "In Your Eyes", "Slip ...

– electric piano (3, 7, 9) * Max Risenhoover – programming (3, 7, 8, 9), drum programming (5), synth percussion (7) * Joseph Joubert – keyboards (4), rhythm arrangements (4) * David Whitham – acoustic piano (4) *

Ronnie Foster Ronnie Foster (born May 12, 1950) is an American funk and soul jazz organist, and record producer. His albums recorded for Blue Note Records in the 1970s have gained a cult following after the emergence of acid jazz. Early life Foster was born ...

– keyboards (5, 11) *

Michael Colina Michael Dalmau Colina (born November 16, 1948) is a GRAMMY-winning American musician, composer, producer and engineer. He has written music for television, film, theatre, dance and live performances on concert stages throughout the United States, ...

– programming (5), bass (5) * Steven Benson Hue – electric piano, (6), drum programming (6), sequencing (6) * Michael Bearden – acoustic piano (9), arrangements (9) *

Jimmy George Jimmy George (8 March 1955 – 30 November 1987) is often considered one of the greatest volleyball players of all time and was a member of India men's national volleyball team. He was the first Indian volleyball player to become a prof ...

– synthesizers (10), arrangements (10) * John F. Hammond – keyboards (10), arrangements (10) *

Randy Waldman Randy Waldman (born September 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor. In 2019, Waldman's arrangement of the " Spider-Man Theme" on his ''Superheroes'' album garnered the Grammy Award f ...

– acoustic piano (10), strings (10), keyboards (11) *

Aaron Zigman Aaron Zigman (born January 6, 1963) is a classically-trained American composer, producer, arranger, songwriter, and musician who has scored music for films including ''The Notebook'', ''The Company Men'', '' Bridge to Terabithia'', ''John Q.'', ...

– keyboards (12) * Eric Hanson – programming (12) *

Wah Wah Watson Melvin M. Ragin (December 8, 1950 – October 24, 2018), known professionally as "Wah Wah Watson", was an American guitarist who was a member of The Funk Brothers, the studio band for Motown Records. Career A native of Richmond, Virginia, Melvi ...

– guitar (1) * Jeff Mironov – rhythm guitar (5, 7, 8) * Pat Kelley – rhythm guitar (10) *

Phil Upchurch Philip Upchurch (born July 19, 1941) is an American jazz and blues guitarist and bassist. Career Upchurch started his career working with the Kool Gents, the Dells, and the Spaniels, before going on to work with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush, and ...

– rhythm guitar (11) *

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

– guitar (12) * Abraham Laboriel – bass (1) * Freddie Washington – bass (3, 9) *

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

– bass (4, 7, 11) *

Will Lee William Lee (born William Lubovsky; August 6, 1908 – December 7, 1982) was an American actor who appeared in numerous television and film roles, but was best known for playing Mr. Hooper, the original store proprietor of the eponymous Hooper' ...

– bass (8) * Larry Kimpel – bass (10) *

John Patitucci John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer. Biography John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R ...

– bass (12) *

Leon "Ndugu" Chancler Leon "Ndugu" Chancler ( ; July 1, 1952 – February 3, 2018) was an American pop, funk, and jazz drummer. He was also a composer, producer, and university professor. Biography Early life Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on July 1, 1952, Leon C ...

– drums (1) *

Omar Hakim Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1959) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer, producer, arranger and composer. He has worked with Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Sting, Madonna, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Journey, Kate B ...

– drums (3, 7, 8, 9) *

Harvey Mason Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. Mason, who attended Berklee in the 1960s, received an Honorary Doctorate at Berklee's 2015 Commencement Ceremony for ...

– drums (4) *

John Robinson John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

– drums (10) *

Steve Ferrone Steve Ferrone (born 25 April 1950) is an English drummer. He is known as a member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994 to 2017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and as part of the "classic lineup" of the Average Whi ...

– drums (11) *

Bill Summers Bill Summers may refer to: * Bill Summers (car builder) (1935–2011), American car builder and longtime speed record holder * Bill Summers (musician) (born 1948), American jazz percussionist *Bill Summers (umpire) William Reed Summers (November ...

– percussion (1) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (5, 11) *

Leonard Gibbs Leonard William Gibbs Jr. (November 8, 1948 – September 15, 2021), also known as Doc Gibbs, was an American percussionist. Gibbs studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the early 1970s. He has toured with artists such as Anita Bake ...

– percussion (8, 9) *

Hubert Laws Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 40 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm- ...

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(3, 9) *

Kirk Whalum Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning "church". It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it. Basic meaning and etymology As a common noun, ''kirk'' ...

– saxophone (3, 7, 9), tenor saxophone (8), arrangements (8) * Roger Byam – saxophone (4) *

Randy Brecker Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock, and R&B. Early life Brecker was born on Nov ...

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flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

(3) *

Chuck Findley Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...

– trumpet (12) * Claude Gaudette – string arrangements (4) * Bruce Frazier – string conductor (4) *

Stewart Levine Stewart Levine (born 1946) is an American record producer. He has worked with such artists as The Crusaders, Minnie Riperton, Lionel Richie, Simply Red, Hugh Masekela, Dr. John, Randy Crawford, B.B. King, Huey Lewis and the News, Patti LaBelle, ...

– arrangements (12) * Brian McKnight – backing vocals (1) * Angela Clemmons-Patrick – backing vocals (5) * Dennis Collins – backing vocals (5) * Sharon Jerry-Collins – backing vocals (5) * Darryl Tookes – backing vocals (5) *

Gwen Guthrie Gwendolyn Guthrie (July 9, 1950 – February 3, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter and pianist who also sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Peter Tosh, and Madonna, among others, and who wrote songs made fa ...

– lead vocals (6) * Sharon Bryant – backing vocals (7) *

Lisa Fischer Lisa Fischer (born December 1, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She found success with her 1991 debut album ''So Intense'', which produced the Grammy Award–winning hit single "How Can I Ease the Pain". She has been a back-up singer ...

– backing vocals (7) * Hilary James – backing vocals (7) * Jeanne Ricks – backing vocals (7) *

Vaneese Thomas Vaneese Yseult Thomas (born August 24, 1952) is an American R&B, jazz and soul blues singer, best known for her 1987 US ''Billboard'' R&B chart hit single, "Let's Talk It Over". In addition, in more recent times, she has supplied backing vocal ...

– backing vocals (7) * Olivia McClurkin – backing vocals (10) * Alfie Silas – backing vocals (10) *

Rose Stone Rose Stone (born Rosemary Stewart, March 21, 1945) is an American singer and keyboardist. She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly and the Family Stone, a popular psychedelic soul/funk band founded by her brothers, Sly Stone and Fre ...

– backing vocals (10) * Gerry Knight – backing vocals (12)

Production

* David Gamson – producer (1), engineer (1) * George Benson – producer (2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11), executive producer * Gary Henry – producer (2, 6), mixing (2, 6) * Bob James – producer (3, 7, 8, 9) * Charlie Wallert – producer (4, 5, 11) * Jimmy George – producer (10), engineer (10) * Stewart Levine – producer (12) * Leonard Richardson – executive producer * Stephen Stewart-Short – engineer (1) * Gary Chester – mixing (1) * Goh Hotoda – mixing (1) * Kendal Stubbs – engineer (2, 6) * Bob Rosa – mixing (2, 6) * Todd Whitelock – engineer (3) * Bill Schnee – mixing (3, 4, 5, 10), engineer (4, 5, 10, 11) * Al Schmitt – engineer (7, 8, 9) * Ray Bardani – remixing (7) * Michael Colina – remixing (7) * Elliot Scheiner – mixing (8, 9) * Daren Klein – engineer (12), mixing (12) * Bernie Grundman – mastering at

Bernie Grundman Mastering Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer. He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mi ...

(Hollywood, California) * Laura Harding – music contractor * Lee Holdridge – music contractor * Roger Laroque – music contractor * Joe Soldo – music contractor * Lyn Weiss – music contractor * Robbie C. Benson – production assistant * Kathleen Fegan – production coordinator * Julie Larson – production coordinator * Marion Orr – production coordinator * Lu Snead-Crowe – production coordinator * Garrett White – production coordinator * Michon C. Stanco – package coordinator * Christine Cano – art direction, design * Just Loomis – photography * Ken Fritz – management * Pamela Byers – management

Charts

References

External links

Artist Official SiteWarner Brothers Records Official Site
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