''20/20'' is a studio 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, play ...

, released on the Warner Bros. record label in 1985. The lead single by the same name reached #48 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 []. Retrieved on December 8, 2010. on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. "You Are the Love of My Life" is a duet with

Roberta Flack Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937) is a retired American singer. She topped the ''Billboard'' charts with the No. 1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", " Feel Like Makin' Love", "Wher ...

; it was one of numerous songs used for

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on the American soap opera '' Santa Barbara''. Also included on ''20/20'' is the original version of the song "

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" which would later become a smash hit for Hawaiian singer

Glenn Medeiros Glenn Alan Medeiros (born June 24, 1970) is an American former musician, singer, and songwriter who achieved chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known on the national and international music scene for his 1987 global s ...

. Songwriters on the album include: Clif Magness,

Mark Mueller Mark Mueller (born July 11, 1957) is an American songwriter. A two-time winner of the ASCAP Pop Award for writing one of the Most Performed Songs of the year, he has had three ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Top Ten singles and one #1 Adult Contemporary ...

Tom Keane Thomas Lawrence Keane (September 7, 1926 – June 19, 2001) was an American football cornerback. High school Keane played football and graduated from Linsly Military Institute in Wheeling, West Virginia (now known as the Linsly School) in ...

, James Newton Howard, Steve Lukather, Cruz Sembello, Daniel Sembello, Jon Sembello,

Michael Sembello Michael Andrew Sembello (born April 17, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sembello was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his 1983 song "M ...

Michael Masser Michael William Masser (March 24, 1941 – July 9, 2015) was an American songwriter, composer and producer of popular music. Early life Born to a Jewish family in Chicago to Ester Huff and William Masser, he attended the University of Illinois ...

, Gerry Goffin,

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, Jack Lawrence,

Cecil Womack Cecil Dale Womack (September 25, 1947 – January 25, 2013) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was one of the musical Womack brothers, and had success both as a songwriter and recording artist, notably with his wife Lind ...

Linda Womack Linda Womack (née Cooke; born April 25, 1953), now known as Zeriiya Zekkariyas, is an American singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of soul singer Sam Cooke. She later had a successful career as half of the duo Womack & Womack with her hu ...

Randy Goodrum Charles Randolph Goodrum (born July 7, 1947) is an American songwriter, pianist, and producer. Goodrum has written number one songs in each of the four decades since his first number one hit, 1978's "You Needed Me". Goodrum's songs have appeare ...

Steve Kipner Stephen Alan Kipner (born 1950) is an American-born Australian songwriter and record producer, with hits spanning a 40-year period, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", Natasha Bedingfield's "These Words", an ...

Neil Larsen Neil Larsen (born August 7, 1948) is an American jazz keyboardist, musical arranger and composer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Sarasota, Florida before relocating to New York and then, in 1977, Los Angeles. Early life Larsen was ...

, and

Linda Creed Linda Diane Creed (December 6, 1948 – April 10, 1986), also known by her married name Linda Epstein, was an American songwriter and lyricist who teamed up with Thom Bell to produce some of the most successful Philadelphia soul groups of the 1 ...

Track listing

Personnel

* George Benson – lead vocals, guitar (2, 9), guitar solo (4-8), harmony vocals (8) * Wells Christie – Synclavier programming *

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 ...

– keyboards (1), track arrangements (1), synthesizers (3), additional synthesizers (6) * James Newton Howard – acoustic piano (2), synthesizers (2, 5), string arrangements (2) *

Clifford Carter Clifford Carter (born August 10, 1952) is an American keyboardist, musical director, composer and arranger. He has sometimes been credited as "Cliff Carter". Carter is known for his performances with such artists as James Taylor,Bruce Springstee ...

– additional synthesizers (2, 8), drum programming (2, 7), synthesizers (5), keyboards (7) *

Rob Mounsey Rob Mounsey (born December 2, 1952) is an American musician, composer, and arranger. Music career Mounsey was born in Berea, Ohio, and grew up in Seattle, Washington, spending a few years each in Findlay and Granville, Ohio. At the age of 17 ...

– Synclavier (2, 6, 8, 9),

vocoder A vocoder (, a portmanteau of ''voice'' and ''encoder'') is a category of speech coding that analyzes and synthesizes the human voice signal for audio data compression, multiplexing, voice encryption or voice transformation. The vocoder was ...

(2), synthesizer bass (9) *

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", " Sl ...

– Fender Rhodes (2), synthesizer bass (8, 9) * Daniel Sembello – DX7 Rhodes (3), synthesizer bass (3), synthesizers (8), drum programming (8),

ride cymbal The ride cymbal is a standard cymbal in most drum kits. Its function in the kit is to maintain a beat,Schroedl, Scott (2001). ''Play Drums Today!'', p.7. Hal Leonard. . "It's called the ride cymbal because you 'ride' on it--that is, you maintain a ...

(8) * Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (4), synthesizer programming (4), arrangements (4) *

Joe Sample Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, the band which shortened its name to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained ...

– acoustic piano (5) *

– synthesizer programming (6), Oberheim DMX (6),

Oberheim DSX Oberheim is an American synthesizer manufacturer founded in 1969 by Tom Oberheim. History and products Tom Oberheim founded the company in 1969, originally as a designer and contract manufacturer of electronic effects devices for Maestro (most ...

sequencer (6) * Barnaby Finch – DX7 Rhodes (9) *

Dave Grusin Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record w ...

– string synthesizer (9), flute (9) *

– synthesizers (9) *

Randy Kerber Randy Kerber (born September 25, 1958) is an American composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema.SeRandy Kerberat the IMDb Kerber was born in Encino, California. He began his first national ...

– keyboards (10) *

– guitars (1, 8), rhythm guitar (1, 8), guitar solo (1, 8), drum programming (3, 8), backing vocals (3, 8) *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

– guitars (4) *

Paul Jackson, Jr. Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musi ...

– guitars (4, 10) *

Freddie Green Frederick William Green (March 31, 1911 – March 1, 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years. Early life and education Green was born in Charleston, South Car ...

– rhythm guitar (5) *

– guitars (7), backing vocals (7) * David Williams – rhythm guitar (9) * Marcus Miller – bass (2) * Nathan East – bass (4) * Earl May – bass (5) * Anthony Jackson – bass (7) * Neil Stubenhaus – bass (10) * Clif Magness – drum programming (1), track arrangements (1) *

Russ Titelman Russ Titelman (born August 16, 1944, Los Angeles, California) is an American record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song " Higher Love", and his second and third f ...

– drum programming (1) * Steve Ferrone – additional drums (1) *

Dave Weckl Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2000. Biography Weckl started playing his first set ...

– additional drums (1), additional cymbals (6) * Bryan Lee Janszen – Simmons drum programming (3, 8) *

Carlos Vega Carlos Vega (December 7, 1956 – April 7, 1998) was a Cuban-born Los Angeles-based session drummer best known for his performances with James Taylor. As a part of the L.A. studio scene from the late 1970s through the 1990s, Vega contributed to ...

– drums (4) * John Robinson – drums (5, 9) *

– Oberheim DMX (6), Oberheim DSX sequencer (6) *

Rick Shlosser Rick Shlosser is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He has been a member of Van Morrison's band and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He's also been a varied sessions drummer. Discography 1970s * Andy Pratt - ''Records Are Like Life'' (1 ...

– drums (10) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 6, 9) * Errol "Crusher" Bennett –

finger cymbals Zills or zils (from Turkish 'cymbals'), also called finger cymbals, are small metallic cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances. They are called () in Egypt. They are similar to Tibetan tingsha bells. In Western music, several pa ...

(7) *

Ralph MacDonald Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist. His compositions include "Where Is the Love", a Gra ...

–

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(7), percussion (8) * Gary Herbig – saxophones (1) * Kim Hutchcroft – saxophones (1) * Frank Wess – alto saxophone (5) * Charles Williams – alto saxophone (5) * Robert Eldridge – baritone saxophone (5) *

George Coleman George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master. Early life Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was ...

– tenor saxophone (5) *

Jimmy Heath James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath. Biography Heath w ...

– tenor saxophone (5) * Robin Eubanks – trombone (5) * Slide Hampton – trombone (5) * Benny Powell – trombone (5) * Dave Taylor – trombone (5) * Gary Grant – trumpet (1) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', '' Rock with You'' ...

– trumpet (1), horn arrangements (1) * Jon Faddis – trumpet (5) * Earl Gardner – trumpet (5) * Joe Newman – trumpet (5) *

Lew Soloff Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944–March 8, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and actor. Biography From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard Sc ...

– trumpet (5) * Felix Vega – trumpet (5) * George Young – flute (7) * Frank Foster – horn arrangements and conductor (5) * Ralph Burns – string arrangements and conductor (5, 7) *

– rhythm track arrangements (10) *

Gene Page Eugene Edgar Page Jr. (September 13, 1939 – August 24, 1998) was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s. His sound can be heard in the arrangements he did for Jeffer ...

– rhythm track and string arrangements (10) * Patti Austin – backing vocals (1, 6), additional backing vocals (3), harmony vocals (6) * Gordon Grody – backing vocals (1) * Lani Groves – backing vocals (1) * Richard Marx – backing vocals (4) * Deborah Thomas – backing vocals (4, 10) * James "JT" Taylor – backing and harmony vocals (6) *

– backing vocals (7) *

– lead vocals (10) * David Cochrane – backing vocals (10) * Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals (10)

Production

* Executive Producer – Russ Titelman * Production Coordinator – Mary Melia * Engineers – Jim Boyer, Lee Herschberg, Gary Ladinsky, Michael Mancini,

Elliot Scheiner Elliot Ray Scheiner (born 18 March 1947) is a music producer, mixer and engineer. Scheiner has received 27 Grammy Award nominations, eight of which he won, and he has been awarded four Emmy nominations, two Emmy Awards for his work with the Eagl ...

, Russell Schmitt and Thom Wilson. * Additional Engineers – Dick Bogart, Kendal Brown, Dean Burt, John Convertino, Jim Gallagher, Josiah Gluck, Cliff Hodson, John Rollo and Nicholas Spigel. * Assistant Engineers – Michael Abbott, Mike Allaire, Nelson Ayers, Mike Birnholz, Paul Brown, Ollie Cotton, Nick Delre, Paul Higgins, Steve Hirsch, Cliff Jones, Barbara Ivone, Leslie Klein, Robin Laine, Bruce Lampcov, James Nichols, Bobby Warner and Jay Willis. * Mixing – Jim Boyer, Ed Rak, Elliot Scheiner and Russ Titelman. * Mastered by

Ted Jensen Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' ''Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''. Biography T ...

at Sterling Sound (New York, NY). * Art Direction – Simon Levy * Design – Kav DeLuxe * Photography – Richard Bomersheim * Styling – Bill Whitten * Management – Fritz & Turner Management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:20 20 (George Benson album) George Benson albums 1985 albums Albums produced by Russ Titelman Albums produced by Michael Masser Warner Records albums Albums produced by Danny Sembello Albums produced by Michael Sembello Albums recorded at A&M Studios