Wednesday, July 26, 2017

200 Favourite Music Acts. Today: #141: GEORGE BENSON. Continues tomorrow.
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200
FAVOURITE
MUSIC ACTS
George Benson
#141 
GEORGE BENSON
Born in 1943, George Benson has sustained a career as a popular American jazz/ R&B crossover pop musician. He started performing in public -as a singer initially- at the age of 8. While still in his teens, he formed a group and even cut tracks for RCA's X Label. John Hammond helped Benson's musical career really take off. The guitarist / singer recorded his first solo albums and played on the Miles Davis album 'Miles In The Sky'. 
After building up his credentials in the jazz arena, Benson was poised to crossover to a pop audience. His 1976 LP 'Breezin'' topped the Pop, Jazz and R&B Album Charts in the USA. It featured key songs such as the instrumental title track and Benson's first Top 10 Pop hit: "This Masquerade". 
The remaining years of the decade provided the hits "The Greatest Love Of All", "On Broadway" and "Love Ballad". In 1980, Benson issued his signature song "Give Me The Night" which peaked at #4 in America. He has since recorded in various genres, including a tribute album to Nat King Cole. He continues touring and recording.


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142 MINNIE RIPERTON
143 VILLAGE PEOPLE
144 CURTIS MAYFIELD
145 FOREIGNER
146 EURYTHMICS
147 TOTO
148 BARRY WHITE
149 CARL RISELEY
150 TONI BRAXTON
151 NEIL DIAMOND
152 HALL & OATES
153 LUTHER VANDROSS
154 ERIC CLAPTON
155 THE O’JAYS
156 RUMER
157 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
158 LITTLE RICHARD
159 HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES
160 CHRIS ISAAK
161 MICHAEL McDONALD
162 GLORIA GAYNOR
163 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
164 BEN E. KING
165 MEAT LOAF
166 JAMES REYNE
167 JOAN ARMATRADING
168 SADE
169 A-HA
170 GLEN CAMPBELL
171 DIRE STRAITS
172 COLD CHISEL
173 LINDA RONSTADT
174 ANTHONY CALLEA
175 LISA STANSFIELD
176 EN VOGUE
177 MICHAEL BUBLE`
178 TRACY CHAPMAN
179 DRAGON
180 OLETA ADAMS
181 LITTLE RIVER BAND
182 SOPHIE ELLIS – BEXTOR
183 THE RONETTES
184 CERRONE
185 MODELS
186 SCISSOR SISTERS
187 DARREN HAYES
188 PETULA CLARK
189 MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
190 LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY
191 ART GARFUNKEL
192 THE REELS
193 JANIS IAN
194 JOHN PAUL YOUNG
195 S CLUB 7
196 CHARLIE PUTH
197 THE MARVELETTES
198 ICEHOUSE
199 LEO SAYER
200 LIZA MINNELLI

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