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George Benson
Details of George Benson (Person), information and links
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“ George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is a ten time Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist.Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s playing soul jazz with the likes of Jack McDuff. Benson then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and scat singing. This one-time child prodigy topped the Billboard 200 in 1976 with the triple-platinum album, Breezin', He was also a major live attraction in the UK during the 1980s and continues to attract a large following today. Benson uses a rest-stroke picking technique similar to that of gypsy jazz players such as Django Reinhardt.
Biography
Early career
Benson was born and raised in the Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the age of 7, Benson first played the ukulele in a corner drug store for which he was paid a few dollars; at the age of 8, he was playing guitar in an unlicensed nightclub on Friday and Saturday nights which was soon closed down by the police. At the age of 10, George recorded his first single record with RCA-Victor in New York, called 'She Makes Me Mad'.
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Begin date: 03/22/1943
Similar artists: Earth, Wind & Fire, Nivea, Chris Brown, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Diana Ross, Nina Simone, New Edition, Anthony Jackson, Etta James
Official website(s): http://www.georgebenson.com
Links
- BBC Music page: http://www.bbc.co.uk
- discogs: http://www.discogs.com
- IMDb: http://www.imdb.com
- musicmoz: http://musicmoz.org
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