Benson's next recording was It's Uptown with the George Benson Quartet with Lonnie Smith on organ and Ronnie Cuber on baritone sax.[1] Benson followed it up with The George Benson Cookbook, also with Lonnie Smith and Ronnie Cuber.[1]
Miles Davis employed Benson in the mid 1960s, featuring his guitar on "Paraphernalia" on his 1967 Columbia release, Miles in the Sky. Benson went to Verve Records afterwards. Then, Creed Taylor signed him up for his CTI label, where he recorded numerous albums with jazz heavyweights guesting to limited financial success. Benson also did a version of The Beatles's 1969 album Abbey Road called The Other Side of Abbey Road, also released in 1969, and a version of "White Rabbit", originally written and recorded by San Francisco rock group Jefferson Airplane, around this time.[1]
[edit] 1970s and 1980s
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By the mid to late 1970s, as he recorded for Warner Bros. Records, a whole new audience began to discover Benson for the first time. With the 1976 release Breezin', Benson began to put his vocal on tracks such as "This Masquerade". He had used his vocals on songs earlier in his career, notably his rendition of "Here Comes the Sun" on the Other Side of Abbey Road album. He was part of psychedelic soul group Harlem Underground Band during the 1970s, whose song "Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba" was featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.[3]
Benson toured with soul singer, Minnie Riperton, in 1976. Riperton had been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer earlier that year.
"This Masquerade" won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the live take of "On Broadway", recorded two years later from the 1978 release Weekend in L.A., also won a Grammy. Benson made it into the pop and R&B top ten with the song "Give Me the Night", produced by Quincy Jones. On Warner Bros., Benson accumulated three other platinum LPs and two gold albums.[4]
He also recorded the original version of "Greatest Love of All" for the 1977 Muhammad Ali bio-pic, The Greatest, which was later recorded as a cover by Whitney Houston.[4]
During this time Benson recorded with the German conductor, Claus Ogerman.[5]
[edit] Later and current career
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In 1985 Benson and guitarist Chet Atkins went on the smooth jazz charts with their collaboration "Sunrise", one of two songs from the duo released on Atkins' disc Stay Tuned.
In 1992, Benson appeared on Jack McDuff's Colour Me Blue album.
George Benson toured with Al Jarreau in America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand to promote their 2006 album Givin' It Up. He played during the second Monsoon Cup in Terengganu in 2006 and also Malaysia's 50th Merdeka celebration alongside Jarreau in 2007.[citation needed]
In May 2008, for the first time Benson took part in Mawazine Festival in Morocco.[citation needed] Benson continues to tour the world performing over 100 shows a year. Benson lives a private life in Arizona, where he is one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
2009 saw Benson back in the studio recording a new album, with David Paich and Steve Lukather of Toto.[6] Benson performed at the 49th issue of The Ohrid Summer Festival in Macedonia on July 25, 2009, and his Nat King Cole "Unforgettable" tour as part of the Istanbul International Jazz Festival in Turkey on July 27.
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GEORGE BENSON - The Greatest Hits Of All - 2003
1 . Give Me The Night
2 . Turn Your Love Around
3 . Never Give Up On A Good Thing
4 . Love x Love
5 . Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
6 . The Greatest Love Of All
7 . Feel Like Making Love
8 . Breezin'
9 . This Masquerade
10 . In Your Eyes
11 . You Are The Love Of My Life
12 . Lady Love Me
13 . Kisses In The Moonlight
14 . Love All The Hurt Away
15 . Being With You
16 . Moody's Mood
17 . Nature Boy
18 . Love Ballad
19 . Shiver
20 . On Broadway
21 . Just The Two of US
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GEORGE BENSON - Tell It Like It Is - 1988
1 . Soul Limbo
2 . Are You Happy?
3 . Tell It Like It Is
4 . Land Of 1000 Dances
5 . Jackie, All
6 . Dontcha Hear Me Callin' To Ya
7 . Water Brother
8 . My Woman's Good To Me
9 . Jama Joe
10 . My Cherie Amour
11 . Out In The Cold Again
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GEORGE BENSON - I Got A Woman And Some Blues - 1984
1 . I Got A Woman
2 . Out Of The Blue
3 . Bluesadelic
4 . Durham's Turn
5 . Godd Morning, Blues
6 . I Worry 'Bout You
7 . Without Her
8 . She Went A Little Bit Farther
9 . Goodbye, Columbus
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GEORGE BENSON - Blue Benson - 1976
1 . Billie's Bounce
2 . Low Down & Dirty
3 . That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
4 . Thunder Walk
5 . Doobie, Doobie Blues
6 . What's New
7 . I Remember Wes
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GEORGE BENSON - Benson Burner CD 1 - 1976
1 . Bayou
2 . Hammond's bossa nova
3 . Willow weep for me
4 . Clabber biscuits
5 . Chicken giblets
6 . Mama Wailer
7 . Goodnight
8 . The man from Toledo
9 . My babe
10 . Minor truth
11 . Slow Scene
12 . Flamingo
13 . Redwood city
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GEORGE BENSON - Benson Burner CD 2 - 1976
1 . The cooker
2 . Return of the prodigal son
3 . Push, push
4 . Benson's rider
5 . Doin' the thing
6 . Bright eyes
7 . Myna bird blues
8 . What do you think
9 . Keep talkin'
10 . Peg-leg Jack
11 . Jaguar
12 . Hello Bride
13 . Ain't that peculiar
14 . Forevermore
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GEORGE BENSON - In Concert-Carnegie Hall - 1975
1 . Introduction
2 . Take Five
3 . Summertime
4 . Gone
5 . Sky Dive
6 . Octane
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GEORGE BENSON - Bad Benson - 1974
1 . Take Five
2 . Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
3 . My Latin Brother
4 . No Sooner Said Than Done
5 . Full Compass
6 . The Changing World
7 . Take The ''A'' Train (new mix)
8 . Serbian Blue (new mix)
9 . From Now On (unreleased)
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GEORGE BENSON - Body Talk - 1973
1 . Dance
2 . When Love Has Grown
3 . Plums
4 . Body Talk
5 . Top Of The World
6 . Body Talk (Alternate Take)
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GEORGE BENSON - Witchcraft - 1973
1 . All Blues
2 . Witchcraft
3 . Love For Sale
4 . Lil' Darlin'
5 . There Will Never Be Another You
6 . Oleo
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GEORGE BENSON - White Rabbit - 1971
1 . White Rabbit
2 . Theme From "Summer of '42"
3 . Little Train
4 . California Dreamin'
5 . El Mar
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GEORGE BENSON - Beyond The Blue Horizon - 1971
1 . So What
2 . The Gentle Rain
3 . All Clear
4 . Ode To A Kudu
5 . Somewhere In The East
6 . All Clear (alt. Take)
7 . Ode To A Kudu (alt. take)
8 . Somewhere In The East (alt. take)
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GEORGE BENSON - Round Midnight - 1969
1 . Stella By Starlight
2 . Here, There & Everywhere
3 . Don't Leave Me
4 . Round Midnight
5 . Monk's Dream
6 . Hipside
7 . At The Mambo Inn
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GEORGE BENSON - The Other Side Of Abbey Road - 1969
1 . Golden Slumbers\\You Never Give Me Your Money
2 . Because\\Come Together
3 . Oh! Darling
4 . Here Comes The Sun\\I Want You (She's So Heavy)
5 . Something\\Octopus's Garden\\The End
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GEORGE BENSON - Giblet Gravy - 1968
1 . Along Comes Mary Giblet Gravy
2 . Sunny Giblet Gravy
3 . What's New? Giblet Gravy
4 . Giblet Gravy Giblet Gravy
5 . Walk On By Giblet Gravy
6 . Thunder Walk Giblet Gravy
7 . Sack Of Woe Giblet Gravy
8 . Groovin' Giblet Gravy
9 . Low Down and Dirty Giblet Gravy
10 . Billie's Bounce Giblet Gravy
11 . What's New? - alternative take 1 Giblet Gravy
12 . What's New? - alternative take 2 Giblet Gravy
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GEORGE BENSON - Shape Of Things To Come - 1968
1 . Footin' It
2 . Face It Boy, It's Over
3 . Shape Of Things To Come
4 . Chatanooga Choo Choo
5 . Don't Let Me Lose This Dream
6 . Shape Of Things That Are and W
7 . Last Train To Clarkesville
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GEORGE BENSON - It's Uptown - 1966
1 . Clockwise
2 . Summertime
3 . Ain't That Peculiar
4 . Jaguar
5 . Willow Weep For Me
6 . A Foggy Day
7 . Hello Birdie
8 . Bullfight
9 . Stormy Weather
10 . Eternally
11 . Myna Bird Blues
12 . J. H. Bossa Nova
13 . Clockwise (alternate take)
14 . Eternally (short version)
15 . Sideman
16 . Minor Chant
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GEORGE BENSON - The George Benson Cookbook (Remaster) - 1966
1 . The Cooker
2 . Benny's Back
3 . Bossa Rocka
4 . All Of Me
5 . Big Fat Lady
6 . Benson's Rider
7 . Ready And Able
8 . Borgia Stick
9 . Return Of The Prodigal Son
10 . Jumping With Symphony Sid
11 . Man From Toledo (Bonus Track)
12 . Slow Scene (Bonus Track
13 . Let Them Talk (Bonus Track)
14 . Goodnight (Bonus Track)
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GEORGE BENSON - The new boss guitar - 1964
1 . Shadow dancers
2 . The sweet Alice blues
3 . I don't know
4 . Just another Sunday
5 . Will you still be mine
6 . Easy living
7 . Rock-a-bye
8 . My three sons
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