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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Label Occurrences
George Benson canonical 72
George Benson discography 2
showcasing George Benson’s smooth vocal style 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
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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Greatest Love of All → originalPerformer → George Benson ⓘ
Greatest Love of All → associatedAct → George Benson ⓘ
Greatest Love of All → hasNotableLivePerformanceBy → George Benson ⓘ
Chaka Khan → associatedAct → George Benson ⓘ
Nice Jazz Festival → hasParticipant → George Benson ⓘ
George Benson → name → George Benson self-link ⓘ
Linda Creed → associatedAct → George Benson ⓘ
Linda Creed → wroteForArtist → George Benson ⓘ
Jazz in Marciac → notablePerformer → George Benson ⓘ
Marcus Miller → collaboratedWith → George Benson ⓘ
Django Reinhardt → influenced → George Benson ⓘ
Without You in My Life → artist → George Benson ⓘ
Without You in My Life → performer → George Benson ⓘ
Without You in My Life → performedBy → George Benson ⓘ
Without You in My Life → associatedAct → George Benson ⓘ
Without You in My Life → notableFor → George Benson ⓘ
this entity surface form: showcasing George Benson’s smooth vocal style
Wes Montgomery → influenced → George Benson ⓘ
Sammy Figueroa → associatedAct → George Benson ⓘ
Joe Pass → influenced → George Benson ⓘ
Give Me the Night → artist → George Benson ⓘ
Give Me the Night → performer → George Benson ⓘ
Give Me the Night → partOf → George Benson ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Benson discography
Breezin' → artist → George Benson ⓘ
Breezin' → performer → George Benson ⓘ
Breezin' → featuresVocalsBy → George Benson ⓘ
This Masquerade → notableRecordingArtist → George Benson ⓘ
This Masquerade → performedBy → George Benson ⓘ
This Masquerade → vocalPerformanceBy → George Benson ⓘ
This Masquerade → guitarPerformanceBy → George Benson ⓘ
This Masquerade → grammyWinningRecordingArtist → George Benson ⓘ
This Masquerade → associatedAct → George Benson ⓘ
This Masquerade → chartingArtist → George Benson ⓘ
On Broadway → wasPopularizedBy → George Benson ⓘ
On Broadway → hasPerformer → George Benson ⓘ
On Broadway → hasNotableVersionBy → George Benson ⓘ
Turn Your Love Around → artist → George Benson ⓘ
Turn Your Love Around → performer → George Benson ⓘ
Turn Your Love Around → isSignatureSongOf → George Benson ⓘ
Turn Your Love Around → partOf → George Benson ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Benson discography
Weekend in L.A. → artist → George Benson ⓘ
Weekend in L.A. → performer → George Benson ⓘ
Weekend in L.A. → artistFullName → George Benson ⓘ
Weekend in L.A. → hasPerformer → George Benson ⓘ
In Flight → artist → George Benson ⓘ
In Flight → performer → George Benson ⓘ
The George Benson Collection → artist → George Benson ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance → notableWinner → George Benson ⓘ
Jack McDuff → associatedAct → George Benson ⓘ
CTI All-Stars → member → George Benson ⓘ
Kashif → collaboratedWith → George Benson ⓘ