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Brook Benton

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Real name
Benjamin Franklin Peay
Born
September 19, 1931
Died
April 9, 1988
Country
United States
IPI
00002745023 22 works
00135906668 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Rhythm & blues, soul and gospel singer and songwriter
Member of
The Sandmen [US] Lead vocals
Family
Dorothy Pay Sister
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
July 1964 (208 artists)
December 1957 (6 artists)
Destination Heartbreak Brook Benton April 1969 Unverified
September 1964 (3 artists)
March 1959 (25 artists)
January 1960 Mighty Sparrow
April 1962 Tosse Bark
November 1962 (11 artists)
January 1959 (8 artists)
September 1972 (2 artists)
November 1974 (2 artists)
January 1959 (31 artists)
August 1962 (2 artists)
1972 (2 artists)
September 1961 Michael Henry Martin
November 1970 George Soule
October 1959 (11 artists)
July 1960 (2 artists)
November 1962 (4 artists)
 REL June 1959 Drink Small
Originally by Nat King Cole - Dave Cavanaugh and His Music REC
July 1960 (4 artists)
January 21, 1957 (3 artists)
Think Twice Brook Benton 1961 Unverified
November 1959 (14 artists)
April 1969 (4 artists)
 REL February 1962 (30 artists)
Originally by Elmer Bernstein BRD
November 1963 (6 artists)
Sampled by Caro Emerald & Brook Benton [sampled]
September 1972 Dottie West

Covers by Brook Benton

Title Performer Release date Originally by
May 1962 Campbell and Burr
1970 The Jarmels
1976 Stevie Wonder
1975 Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats
May 1962 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
1964 Johnny Cash
November 1959 Frank Sinatra
December 1977 Clyde McPhatter
  April 1966 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
August 1970 Andy Williams
May 1960 Priscilla Bowman
November 1959 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
1963 Georgia Brown
August 1970 Tony Joe White
September 1960 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
January 1960 Dorothy Pay
November 1959 Tommy Tucker Time - Vocal Chorus by Don Brown
1972 Dallas Frazier
April 1966 Shirley Ross, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
  May 1962 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
  November 1959 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
January 1964 Vic Damone with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra
August 1970 Albert King
May 1962 Missouri Jazz Band [Sam Lanin] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
April 1959 Bing Crosby
  April 1966 Frank Sinatra REL, Jackie Gleason BRD
1970 Frankie Valli
September 1962 Joe Turner with Vann "Piano Man" Walls and His Orchestra
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1972 Silver Metre
Daddy Knows Brook Benton January 1964 Unverified
September 1961 Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
June 1970 Joe South and The Believers
1964 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
August 1970 (unknown), Bob Dylan
1964 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
September 1964 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra
September 1960 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
April 1973 Larry Meredith
August 1970 Tony Joe White
  1961 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
1966 Billy Walker
January 1964 Billie Holiday
1966 Smokey Rogers and The Western Caravan Orchestra
1975 Jessie Belvin
September 1961 Dorothy Maynor with Unaccompanied Male Choir
September 1962 John Greer and The Rhythm Rockers
  1966 Jerry and Zelda REL, Gene Autry REC, Lulu Belle and Scotty BRD
1975 Helen Desha Beamer and Samuel Kapu REL, Charles E. King PRF, Mary Kaye Trio
1971 Stevie Wonder
1966 Billy Brown
1966 Faron Young
  1963 Gertrude Lawrence PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
September 1961 J. Robert Bradley
September 1967 Ray Charles
1966 Patsy Cline
  April 1966 Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC, John Raitt PRF
April 1959 Noble & King
  May 1960 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
April 1959 Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro at the Piano
April 1959 Frank Sinatra
1979 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
  May 1962 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
1964 Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger and The Rainbow Ranch Boys
September 1960 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
May 1962 Sleepy Hall and His Collegians [Red Nichols]
I'd Trade All of My Tomorrows Brook Benton 1964 Unverified
  1963 Robert Goulet PRF,REC
September 1960 (unknown), Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
  April 1969 Chuck Jackson [US] REC, Tommy Hunt - Arr. & Cond. by: Burt Bacharach REL
  September 1960 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
May 1962 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
1963 Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley
January 1964 Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
1964 Idaho Call and His Sun Valley Cowboys
  April 1959 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino REC, Dick Powell BRD
  May 1962 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
  April 1959 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
1964 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
1975 Dick Powell
1966 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
August 1970 Fritz Kreisler - Piano Accompaniment Carl Lamson, Tommy Edwards
September 1960 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
  1961 Smiley Burnette with The Sunshine Girls REC,REL, Smiley Burnette BRD
November 1959 Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
April 1973 Glenn Yarbrough - Arranged and conducted by Dave Gates
  1970 Steve Lawrence REL,PRF
  1963 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case REC,REL, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley PRF
1966 Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
January 1964 Arthur Prysock
1982 Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Leslie Baxter - Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman and the Theremin, Nat "King" Cole with The Ray Charles Singers and Orchestra conducted by Joe Lipman
September 1961 (unknown)
  1975 Bob Beckham REL, Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Dave Cavanaugh REC
1964 Eddy Arnold and His Guitar
1961 Charles Segar
July 1960 Teddy Randazzo with The Sounds
July 1967 Leon Ashley
1973 Bob Dylan
May 1962 Al Jolson
1964 Ernest Tubb
1970 Charlie Rich
September 1967 James Last-Band, Peter Law
  1963 Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday REL, Judy Holliday and Sydney Chaplin PRF
Looking Back Brook Benton 1976 Unverified
  April 1966 (unknown performer) PRF, Don Cornell REC,REL
1963 Arabella Hong
  April 1959 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
  September 1960 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
  1963 John Reardon & Nancy Dussault PRF, Perry Como REC,REL
December 1977 Tony Joe White
November 1959 Bob Chester and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Dolores O'Neill
September 1967 Scott McKenzie, Ceil Clayton REL, Claramae Turner PRF
1983 The Salsoul Orchestra
September 1960 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
  April 1966 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
1975 Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero, Steve Lawrence
  November 1959 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
  April 1966 Byron Palmer & Doretta Morrow PRF, Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae and The Starlighters and Orchestra REC, Doris Day and Buddy Clark REL
  1976 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
  1964 Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band REL, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys REC
1970 Claude François, Frank Sinatra
April 1969 Toussaint McCall
November 1959 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
September 1967 Bobbie Gentry
1971 Edwin Hawkins' Singers
April 1969 (unknown), Pop-Tops
September 1960 Frankie Carle and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marjorie Hughes
  April 1966 Dean Martin with Orchestra REC, Ray Bolger PRF
  1963 Tony Bennett REC,REL, Ray Bolger & Eileen Herlie PRF
1959 The Midnighters
  April 1966 Jose Collins PRF, Charles Harrison [US] REC,REL
  November 1959 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
1966 Hank Locklin
1972 Percy Mayfield
September 1962 Johnny Ace - Johnny Otis Orchestra
1972 Johnnie Taylor
December 1969 Tony Joe White
April 1973 Mickey Newbury
1972 The Drifters - Arranged & Conducted by Stan Applebaum
  September 1960 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
April 1969 Tammy Wynette
September 1961 Bob MacGimsey
  1972 Jerry Lee Lewis REL, Mickey Newbury REC
April 1969 Ben E. King
  1972 Porter Wagoner REC, Merle Haggard and The Strangers REL
January 1964 Ivory Joe Hunter
November 1960 Elton Britt
1963 Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff
September 1961 (unknown)
April 1973 Andy Williams
September 1962 Adam Wade
June 1963 George Jones
April 1966 Virginia Verrill
1961 Fiddlin' John Carson
September 1967 Willie Bryant and His Orchestra
June 13, 1955 (unknown)
  April 1959 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
April 1959 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
1975 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
May 1962 Kay Kyser's Orchestra with Harry Babbitt
1975 Benny Carter and His Orchestra - Vocal by Roy Felton
September 1967 Dorsey Burnette
April 1966 Bing Crosby with Pete King and His Orchestra
  1963 Diahann Carroll & Richard Kiley REL,PRF
The Ties that bind Brook Benton - Arranged & conducted by Fred Norman January 1960 Unverified
  September 1960 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
September 1964 Dinah Washington
  1963 Meredith Willson and His Orchestra and Eileen Wilson, Barbara Cook and Robert Preston PRF, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra with Sue Raney REC,REL
  November 1959 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
September 1962 Henry Russell and His Romancers
May 1962 Thelma La Vizzo
April 1966 Jack Payne & His Band
1975 Nat King Cole
September 1962 Fats Domino
1966 Ernest Tubb
December 1967 Roy Drusky
1970 Little Milton
1983 Ciro Dammicco, Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble, Michael Holm
April 1959 Victor Young, Jeri Southern with Victor Young and His Orchestra
  May 1962 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
August 1970 Mac Davis
September 1960 Frank Sinatra with Percy Faith and His Orchestra
August 1970 Tony Joe White
1972 Robert William Scott
September 1962 The Shirelles
  April 1969 Johnny Darrell REC, Bobby Goldsboro REL
  April 1969 Bob Luman REC, Johnny Darrell REL
November 1959 Alice Faye
July 1967 Bobby Darin
April 1959 Chas. Winters and Elond Autry

Sampled songs

Songs written by Brook Benton

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
A Lover's Question Brook Benton, Jimmy Williams [US2] Clyde McPhatter September 1958 Covered by (36 artists)
A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, Luchi De Jesus Priscilla Bowman September 1958 Covered by (26 artists)
Doncha' Think It's Time Brook Benton, Clyde Otis Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires February 1, 1958 Covered by (5 artists)
Endlessly Brook Benton, Clyde Otis Brook Benton 1956 Covered by (25 artists)
Hurtin' Inside Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, Teddy Randazzo, Cirino Colacrai Brook Benton 1958 Covered by (8 artists)
I Ain't Givin' Up Nothin' Brook Benton, Clyde Otis Priscilla Bowman September 1958 Covered by (7 artists)
I Don't Know Brook Benton, Bobby Stevenson [US1] Ruth Brown [US] March 7, 1959 Covered by (6 artists)
I'll Take Care of You Brook Benton Bobby Bland November 1959 Covered by (35 artists)
It's Just a Matter of Time Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, Belford Hendricks Brook Benton 1958 Covered by (31 artists)
Kiddio Brook Benton, Clyde Otis Teddy Randazzo with The Sounds 1957 Covered by (31 artists)
Lie to Me Brook Benton, Margie Singleton Brook Benton with The Merry Melody Singers July 16, 1962 Covered by (2 artists)
Looking Back Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, Belford Hendricks Nat "King" Cole March 1958 Covered by (30 artists)
Nothing in the World Could Make Me Love You More Than I Do Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, Belford Hendricks Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle July 1958 Covered by (2 artists)
Revenge Brook Benton, Oliver Hall, Marnie Ewald Brook Benton August 1961 Covered by Michael Henry Martin
Someone to Believe In Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, Bobby Stevenson [US1] Brook Benton June 1959 Covered by (2 artists)
Thank You Pretty Baby Brook Benton, Clyde Otis Nat King Cole - Dave Cavanaugh and His Music REC, Brook Benton - Orchestra conducted by Belford C. Hendricks REL February 4, 1958 Covered by Drink Small
The Same One Brook Benton, Clyde Otis Brook Benton June 1959 Covered by (4 artists)
This Time of the Year Brook Benton, Clyde Otis Brook Benton June 1959 Covered by (14 artists)
You're Movin' Me Brook Benton, Clyde Otis Clyde McPhatter August 10, 1960 Covered by Dana Gillespie and Joachim Palden
You Went Back on Your Word Brook Benton, Bobby Stevenson [US1] Clyde McPhatter September 1959 Covered by (2 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
At His Best Brook Benton 1959 Epic
Beautiful Memories of Christmas Brook Benton 1983 HMC Records
Best Ballads of Broadway Brook Benton 1963 Mercury
Born to Sing the Blues Brook Benton January 1964 Mercury
Brook Benton Today Brook Benton 1970 Cotillion
Do Your Own Thing Brook Benton April 1969 Cotillion
Endlessly Brook Benton November 1959 Mercury
Home Style Brook Benton August 1970 Cotillion
If You Believe Brook Benton September 1961 Mercury
It's Just a Matter of Time Brook Benton April 1959 Mercury
Laura, What's He Got That I Ain't Got Brook Benton September 1967 Reprise Records
Makin' Love Is Good for You Brook Benton December 1977 Olde World Records
My Country Brook Benton 1966 RCA Victor
On the Countryside Brook Benton 1964 Mercury
Singing the Blues Brook Benton with The Merry Melody Singers September 1962 Mercury
Sings a Love Story Brook Benton 1975 RCA Victor
Something for Everyone Brook Benton April 1973 MGM
Songs I Love to Sing Brook Benton September 1960 Mercury
Story Teller Brook Benton 1972 Cotillion
That Old Feeling Brook Benton April 1966 RCA Victor
The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits Brook Benton 1961 Mercury
The Gospel Truth Brook Benton 1971 Cotillion
There Goes That Song Again Brook Benton May 1962 Mercury
The Two of Us Dinah Washington & Brook Benton July 1960 Mercury
This Bitter Earth Brook Benton - Arranged & Conducted by Luchi DeJesus September 1964 Mercury
This Is Brook Benton Brook Benton 1976 All Platinum

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A House Is Not a Home Brook Benton July 1964 Mercury
A Million Miles from Nowhere Brook Benton December 1957 Vik
A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) Dinah Washington & Brook Benton May 1960 Mercury
Baby (You've Got What It Takes) Dinah Washington & Brook Benton January 1960 Mercury
Do It Right Brook Benton November 1964 Mercury
Don't It Make You Want to Go Home Brook Benton with The Dixie Flyers June 1970 Cotillion
Endlessly Brook Benton March 1959 Mercury
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) Brook Benton - Arranged and Conducted by Belford Hendricks November 1960 Mercury
Frankie and Johnny Brook Benton - Arranged & conducted by Stan Applebaum August 1961 Mercury
Hither and Thither and Yon Brook Benton - Arranged & conducted by Fred Norman January 1960 Mercury
Hit Record Brook Benton April 1962 Mercury
Hotel Happiness Brook Benton with The Merry Melody Singers - Orchestra conducted by Jerry Kennedy November 1962 Mercury
I Cried for You Brook Benton 1982 Catawba Records
I Cried for You Brook Benton 1979 Polydor
If You've Got the Time Brook Benton September 1972 MGM
I Keep Thinking to Myself Brook Benton November 1974 Stax
It's Just a Matter of Time Brook Benton January 1959 Mercury
Kiddio Brook Benton July 1960 Mercury
Laura (What He's Got That I Ain't Got) Brook Benton July 1967 Reprise Records
Lay Lady Lay Brook Benton 1973 Brut
Lie to Me Brook Benton with The Merry Melody Singers August 1962 Mercury
Nothing in the World (Could Make Me Love You More Than I Do) Brook Benton November 1959 Mercury
Ooh Brook Benton June 13, 1955 OKeh
Rainy Night in Georgia Brook Benton December 1969 Cotillion
Revenge Brook Benton September 1961 Mercury
Shadrack Brook Benton - Arranged & conducted by Malcolm Dodds January 1962 Mercury
Shoes Brook Benton with The Dixie Flyers November 1970 Cotillion
So Many Ways Brook Benton October 1959 Mercury
Tender Years Brook Benton June 1963 Mercury
Thank You Pretty Baby Brook Benton June 1959 Mercury
The Boll Weevil Song Brook Benton May 1961 Mercury
The Wall Brook Benton - Orchestra under the direction of Leroy Kirkland January 21, 1957 Epic
Touch 'En with Love Brook Benton April 1969 Cotillion
Walk on the Wild Side Brook Benton February 1962 Mercury
Weakness in a Man Brook Benton December 1967 Reprise Records
You're All I Want for Christmas Brook Benton November 1963 Mercury

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