This Masquerade

E240574
single song

"This Masquerade" is a smooth jazz and pop ballad, originally written by Leon Russell, that became widely known through George Benson’s Grammy-winning 1976 recording.

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Label Occurrences
This Masquerade canonical 8
Masquerade 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
arrangerOfNotableVersion Claus Ogerman ⓘ
associatedAct George Benson ⓘ
Leon Russell ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
chartingArtist George Benson ⓘ
composer Leon Russell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresScatSingingInNotableVersion true ⓘ
firstRecordingArtist Leon Russell ⓘ
genre pop ballad ⓘ
smooth jazz ⓘ
grammyWinningRecordingArtist George Benson ⓘ
guitarPerformanceBy George Benson ⓘ
hasForm verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
strings ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasKey minor key ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle R&B ⓘ
adult contemporary ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hasNotableVersion George Benson recording ⓘ
hasTimeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
includedOnAlbum Breezin' ⓘ
Leon Russell and the Shelter People ⓘ
isStandardIn contemporary jazz repertoire ⓘ
smooth jazz repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricsBy Leon Russell ⓘ
notableCoverReleaseYear 1976 ⓘ
notableRecordingArtist George Benson ⓘ
performedBy George Benson ⓘ
Leon Russell ⓘ
producerOfNotableVersion Tommy LiPuma ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1972 ⓘ
side B-side on some single releases ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme romantic relationship difficulties ⓘ
vocalPerformanceBy George Benson ⓘ
writer Leon Russell ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Benson → notableWork → This Masquerade ⓘ
George Benson → notableWork → This Masquerade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masquerade
George Benson → notableSong → This Masquerade ⓘ
Leon Russell → notableWork → This Masquerade ⓘ
Leon Russell → notableSongwriterCredit → This Masquerade ⓘ
Breezin' → hasTrack → This Masquerade ⓘ
Breezin' → notableSong → This Masquerade ⓘ
The George Benson Collection → includesTrack → This Masquerade ⓘ
George Washington Benson → notableWork → This Masquerade ⓘ