George Benson

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R&B guitarist human jazz guitarist jazz singer recording artist

George Benson is an American jazz and R&B guitarist and singer renowned for his smooth style, virtuosic playing, and crossover hits like "Give Me the Night."

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instanceOf R&B guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz guitarist ⓘ
jazz singer ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
associatedAct CTI All-Stars ⓘ
Jack McDuff ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
birthName George Washington Benson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1943-03-22 ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
pop ⓘ
smooth jazz ⓘ
soul ⓘ
guitarStyle virtuosic ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
movement crossover jazz ⓘ
name George Benson self-link ⓘ
notableAlbum Breezin' ⓘ
Give Me the Night ⓘ
In Flight ⓘ
The George Benson Collection ⓘ
Weekend in L.A. ⓘ
notableSong Give Me the Night ⓘ
On Broadway ⓘ
This Masquerade ⓘ
Turn Your Love Around ⓘ
notableWork Breezin' ⓘ
Give Me the Night ⓘ
This Masquerade ⓘ
surface form: Masquerade

On Broadway ⓘ
This Masquerade ⓘ
Turn Your Love Around ⓘ
occupation guitarist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
recordLabel CTI Records ⓘ
GRP Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
vocalStyle smooth ⓘ

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Linda Creed → associatedAct → George Benson ⓘ
Marcus Miller → collaboratedWith → George Benson ⓘ
Nice Jazz Festival → hasParticipant → George Benson ⓘ
Django Reinhardt → influenced → George Benson ⓘ
George Benson → name → George Benson self-link ⓘ
Jazz in Marciac → notablePerformer → George Benson ⓘ
Linda Creed → wroteForArtist → George Benson ⓘ