Brook Benton
Brook Benton, born Benjamin Franklin Peay, (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988) was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.
He made a comeback in 1970 with the ballad "Rainy Night in Georgia." Benton scored over 50 Billboard chart hits as an artist, and also wrote hits for other performers.
Early life and career
When Benton was young, he enjoyed gospel music, wrote songs and sang in a Methodist church choir in Lugoff, South Carolina, where his father, Willie Peay, was choir master. In 1948, he went to New York to pursue his music career, going in and out of gospel groups, such as The Langfordaires, The Jerusalem Stars and The Golden Gate Quartet. Returning to his home state, he joined a R&B singing group, The Sandmen, and went back to New York to get a big break with his group. The Sandmen had limited success and their label, Okeh Records, decided to push Peay as a solo artist, changing his name to Brook Benton, apparently at the suggestion of label executive Marv Halsman.
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Brook Benton
ALBUMS
- Home Style released: 2013
- At His Best released: 2005
- Today / Home Style released: 2004
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Brook Benton released: 2000
- The Best of Brook Benton released: 1998
- Endlessly: The Best of Brook Benton released: 1998
- 3 for 3 released: 1997
- Endlessly released: 1994
- Brook Benton: Forty Greatest Hits released: 1990
- 40 Greatest Hits released: 1989
- This Is Brook Benton released: 1989
- The Brook Benton Anthology released: 1986
- Brook Benton Today released: 1970
- Shadrack released: 1961
- Golden Hits released: 1961
- The Two of Us released: 1960
- Songs I Love to Sing released: 1960
- Two of Us released: 1960
- So Many Ways released:
- Beautiful Memories of Christmas released:
- Greatest Hits released:
- My Country / That Old Feeling released:
- You've Got What It Takes released:
- Rainy Night in Georgia released:
- Endlessly released:
- Best of Brook Benton released:
Today / Home Style
Released 2004- Rainy Night in Georgia
- My Way
- Life Has It's Little Up's and Down's
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You
- We're Gonna Make It
- A Little Bit of Soap
- Baby
- Where Do I Go From Here
- Desertion
- I've Gotta Be Me
- Whoever Finds This, I Love You
- For Lee Ann
- Willy and Laura Mae Jones
- It's All in the Game
- Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home
- Aspen Colorado
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
- Born Under a Bad Sign
- Are You Sincere
- Let Me Fix It
The Best of Brook Benton
Released 1998- The Boll Weevil Song (stereo)
- It's Just a Matter of Time (stereo)
- So Many Ways (stereo)
- Kiddio (stereo)
- Hotel Happiness (stereo)
- Thnk Twice (stereo)
- Endlessly (stereo)
- Thank You Pretty Baby (stereo)
- The Same One (stereo)
- Frankie & Johnny (stereo)
- Lie to Me (stereo)
- A House Is Not a Home (stereo)
- Another Cup of Coffee (stereo)
- Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) (stereo)
Endlessly: The Best of Brook Benton
Released 1998- It's Just a Matter of Time
- Hurtin' Inside
- Endlessly
- So Many Ways
- Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
- A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)
- Kiddio
- Fools Rush In
- Think Twice
- The Boll Weevil Song
- It's Just a House Without You
- Frankie and Johnny
- Revenge
- Shadrack
- Hit Record
- Lie to Me
- Hotel Happiness
- Still Waters Run Deep
- Rainy Night in Georgia
- Don't It Make You Want to Go Home
Endlessly
Released 1994- Bayou Babe
- Sunshine
- Endlessly
- Old Fashioned Strut
- Soft
- Trust Me to Do What You Want Me to Do
- You're Pulling Me Down
- Makin' Love Is Good for You
- Love Is Best of All
- A Tribute to Mama
- Let the Sun Come Out
- We Need What We Need
- Better Times
- A Lover's Question
- Let Me in Your World
- I Love Her
- Lord You Know How Men Are
- Till I Can't Take Anymore
- I Keep Thinking to Myself
- There's Still a Little Love Left in Me
Brook Benton: Forty Greatest Hits
Released 1990- Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
- A Rockin' Good Way
- Shadrack
- Walk on the Wild Side
- Hit Record
- Lie to Me
- Hotel Happiness
- Still Waters Run Deep
- I Got What I Wanted
- Dearer Than Life
- My True Confession
- Two Tickets to Paradise
- Going Going Gone
- It's Too Late to Turn Back Now
- Another Cup of Coffee
- A House Is Not a Home
- Lumberjack
- Do It Right
- Love Me Now
- Rainy Night in Georgia
40 Greatest Hits
Released 1989- It's Just a Matter of Time
- Hurtin' Inside
- Endlessly
- So Close
- Thank You Pretty Baby
- With All of My Heart
- So Many Ways
- This Time of the Year
- The Ties That Bind
- Hither and Thither and Yon
- Kiddio
- The Same One
- Fools Rush In
- Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
- Think Twice
- For My Baby
- The Boll Weevil Song
- Frankie and Johnny
- It's Just a House Without You
- Revenge
This Is Brook Benton
Released 1989- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
- Try a Little Tenderness
- Hey There
- There I've Said It
- Call Me Irresponsible
- Peg O' My Heart
- Just as Much Ever
- That Old Feeling
- My Darling, My Darling
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
- Hawaiian Wedding Song
- The Second Time Around
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- More
- Moon River
- Mother Nature, Father Time
- Impossible, Incredible, but True
- Unforgettable
- There Goes My Heart
- Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams
Songs I Love to Sing
Released 1960- Moonlight in Vermont
- Its Been a Long Long Time
- Lover, Come Back to Me
- If You Are but a Dream
- Why Try to Change Me
- September Song
- Oh! What It Seemed to Be
- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- I'll Be Around
- I Don't Know Enough About You
- Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
My Country / That Old Feeling
- Cold, Cold Heart
- Funny How the Time Slips Away
- Please Help Me I'm Falling
- I Walk the Line
- He's Got You
- I Really Don't Want to Know
- Walking the Floor Over You
- Hello Walls
- Gone
- Any Time
- He'll Have to Go
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- That Old Feeling
- My Darling, My Darling
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
- Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
- Once in Love With Amy
- Try a Little Tenderness
- Hey There
- Call Me Irresponsible
- Peg o' My Heart
- Blue Moon
- The Second Time Around
- Moon River
You've Got What It Takes
- Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
- What a Diff'rence a Day Makes
- It's Just a Matter of Time
- This Bitter Earth
- Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
- Love Walked In
- Hotel Hapiness
- Teach Me Tonight
- Shadrack
- It Could Happen to You
- Thank You Pretty Baby
- Early Every Morning
- The Ties That Bind
- We Have Love
Rainy Night in Georgia
- Rainy Night in Georgia
- Think Twice
- Kiddio
- My True Confession
- Hotel Happiness
- So Many Ways
- Frankie & Johnny
- Revenge
- It's Just a House Without You
- The Boll Weevil Song
- Thank You Pretty Baby
- So Close
- The Ties That Bind
- I Got What I Wanted
- Devoted
- Crazy in Love With You
- Only Your Love
- Lie to Me
- I Wanna Do Everything for You
- A Door That Is Open
- If Only I Had Known
- A Lover's Question
- For My Baby
- It's Just a Matter of Time
- Next Stop Paradise
Endlessly
- A Lovers Question
- Let Me in Your World
- You've Never Been This Far
- I Love Her, I Love Her, I Love Her
- Lord You Know How Men Are
- Till I Can't Take It Anymore
- These Arms You Pushed Away
- I Keep Thinking to Myself
- There's Still a Little Love
- The Winds of Change
- Bayou Babe
- Sunshine
- Endlessly
- Old Fashioned Strut
- Soft
- Trust Me to Do What You Want
- Better Times
- You're Pulling Me Down
- Glow Love
- Love Is Best of All
- A Tribute to You Mama
- Let the Sun Come Out
- We Need What We Need
- Makin' Love Is Good for You
Born: 1931-09-19
Died: 1988-04-09
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The Best of Brook Benton
by: Brook BentonI told you, baby, how I feel
One word can close this deal
Baby, be my queen of hearts
Please gimme that love you've got
a-won'tcha say yes?, don'tcha say no
Make me feel good, Kiddio
Maybe I'm just wastin' time
Can't get you off my mind
You could make me feel so good
I know you could if you only would
a-won'tcha say yes?, don'tcha say no
Make me feel good, Kiddio
I wrote you a six-page letter
I called you on the phone
But you started talkin' 'bout the weather
Kiddio, don'tcha know that's wrong?
I can't stand this playin' 'round
Help me up, don't let me down
Kiss me baby, tell me so
If you love me, let me know
a-won'tcha say yes? don'tcha say no
Make me feel good, Kiddio
I wrote you a six-page letter
I even called you on the phone
But you started talkin' 'bout the weather
Kiddio, don'tcha know that's wrong?
I can't stand this playin' 'round
Help me up, don't let me down
a-kiss me baby, tell me so
If you love me, let me know
a-won'tcha say yes?, don'tcha say no
Make me feel good, Kiddio
Make me feel so-uh-oh oh good, so, so good, Kiddio
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