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This Masquerade - George Benson (1976)
"This Masquerade" is a song written by Leon Russell. The song first appeared on the B-side of the single for Russell's 1972 hit "Tight Rope". The song has also been recorded by many other artists, such as Helen Reddy, The Carpenters, Shirley Bassey, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77, No Mercy, Robert Goulet, and Kenny Rogers. Possibly the most notable version of the song was a top-ten pop and R&B hit for jazz guitarist/vocalist George Benson, who recorded it on his 1976 signature album "Breezin'". He had used his vocals infrequently on songs earlier in his career, notably his rendition of "Here Comes The Sun" on the "Other Side Of Abbey Road" album. Benson's recording of "This Masquerade" reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Benson also won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year with his version of the song. This channel is dedicated to the classic jazz music you've loved for years. The smokin' hot, icy cool jams that still make you tap your feet whenever you hear them . . . Cool Jazz is here!
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George Benson - Everything Must Change HQ 1977
George Benson - Everything Must Change HQ 1977 from the album In Flight. Everything Must Change composed and recorded by Bernard Ighner on the Quincy Jones album Body Heat.also covered By Nina Simone and Claire Martin.also on the George Benson In Flight album:Gonna Love You More and Nature Boy. -
George Benson - Nature Boy
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George Benson - The World Is a Ghetto
amazing psychedellic jazz funk version from the song the world is a ghetto by george benson
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George Benson - Love X Love (1980).wmv
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George Benson - Turn Your Love Around
Love George Benson!! 1981.. :p
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The Greatest Love Of All : George Benson
"Greatest Love Of All"
I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
Everybody is searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone to fulfill my needs
A lonely place to be
So I learned to depend on me
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I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me
The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all
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I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
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And if by chance, that special place
That you've been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love
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George Benson - Give Me The Night
-1980- Full vinyl 12" absolute classic.
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George Benson - Moody's Mood (feat. Patti Austin)
From the Album "Give me the Night" - 1980, Warner Bros Records, produced by Quincy Jones.
There I go, there I go, there I go
There I go..
Pretty baby, you are the soul who snaps my control
Such a funny thing but every time you're near me
I never can behave
You give me a smile and then I'm wrapped up in your magic
There's music all around me, crazy music
Music that keeps calling me so very close to you
Turns me your slave
Come and do with me any little thing you want to
Anything baby, just let me get next to you
Am I insane or do I really see heaven in your eyes?
Bright as stars that shine up above you in the clear blue skies
How I worry about you
Just can't live my life without you
Baby come here, don't have no fear
Oh, is there a wonder why
I'm really feeling in the mood for love?
So tell me why stop to think
About this weather, my dear?
This little dream might fade away
There I go talking out of my head again, oh baby
Won't you come and put our two hearts together?
That would make me strong and brave
Oh when we are one, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid
If there's a cloud up above us
Go on and let it rain
I'm sure our love together will endure a hurricane
Oh my baby
Won't you please let me love you
And give a relief from this awful misery?
What is all this talk about loving me, my sweet?
I am not afraid, not anymore, not like before
Can't you understand me?
Now baby, please pull yourself together, do it soon
My heart's on fire, come on and take me
I'll be what you make me, my darling, my sweet
Oh pretty baby, you make me feel so good
Let me take you by the hand
Come let us visit out there
In that new promised land
Maybe there we can find
A good place to use a loving state of mind
I'm so tired of being without
And never knowing what love's about...
James Moody, you can come on in
And you can blow now if you want to
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George Benson - Lady Love Me ( One More Time )
Love George Benson!! 1983.. :p
George Benson est un guitariste, chanteur, et compositeur de jazz né le 22 mars 1943 à Pittsburgh en Pennsylvanie aux États-Unis.
Il enregistre son premier disque à l’âge approximatif de 8 ans sous le nom de Little George Benson avec deux titres – She makes me mad et it Should have been me .
Il enregistre son premier album, The New Boss Guitar, en 1964, à l’âge de 21 ans, accompagné par « Brother » Jack McDuff, un organiste américain et chef d’orchestre soul.
Benson commence en 1965 une carrière solo, avec le George Benson Quartet. Son talent est ensuite remarqué par Miles Davis, qui l’emploie sur l’album Miles in the Sky, sorti en 1967.
Sa carrière décolle véritablement dans la seconde moitié des années 1970, dans une veine jazz-funk-westcoast, avec l’album Breezin’ qui remportera trois Grammy Awards dont celui du disque de l’année pour la chanson This Masquerade. L’album In Flight (1977) sera lui aussi emblématique du jeu très particulier de Benson à la guitare, qui chante simultanément les notes des solos qu’il improvise, avec un phrasé jazz sur un rythme et des arrangements funk.
Sa reprise de On Broadway, extraite de l’album live Weekend in L.A. (en) en 1978, se classe 7e dans le Billboard Hot 100 et lui vaut le Grammy Award de la meilleure prestation vocale R&B masculine en 19791.
Le point culminant de sa carrière est l’album Give Me the Night, réalisé par Quincy Jones (1980), et le morceau homonyme, qui a fait de George Benson une figure désormais incontournable des pistes de danse, parfois par échantillonnages interposés (Give Me the Night).
En 1984, sa chanson Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You (tirée de son album 20/20) est un succès aux États-Unis, mais c’est la reprise du chanteur adolescent Glenn Medeiros qui popularise mondialement cette chanson en 1988, au point que beaucoup croient aujourd’hui que Medeiros en est l’interprète original.
Aujourd’hui installé en Arizona, il a sorti en 2006 l’album Givin’ It Up, en collaboration avec le chanteur Al Jarreau.
Songs and Stories est sorti le 31 août 2009. Il a été enregistré en janvier, avec des musiciens prestigieux tels que Steve Lukather, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Greg Phillinganes (du groupe Toto), Paulinho Da Costa, Jerry Hey, Lee Ritenour, Tom Scott, Patti Austin, Norman Brown, Lalah Hathaway (en), Marcus Miller et John Robinson.
Un nouvel album instrumental et chanté de George Benson The Guitar Man est sorti en octobre 2011 avec Harvey Mason, Joe Sample, David Garfield et Ben Williams, en collaboration avec Al Schmitt et produit par John Burk.
Il a également enregistré avec Brother Jack McDuff, Hank Mobley, Larry Young, Jaki Byard, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Farrell, Lalo Schifrin, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Johnny Pacheco, ainsi qu’avec Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett ou encore B. B. King.
En 2018, il collabore avec Gorillaz pour le titre Humility, 1er single de l’album The Now Now.