The Best of George Benson

~ Release by George Benson (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Give Me the Night
producer:
Quincy Jones
bass:
Abraham Laboriel
bass synthesizer [synthesizer bass]:
Richard Tee
drums (drum set):
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
electric piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
flute and saxophone:
Kim Hutchcroft and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
guitar:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer) and Lee Ritenour
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
synthesizer:
Michael Boddicker
trumpet:
Jerry Hey
background vocals:
Patti Austin, Tom Bahler, Jim Gilstrap, Diva Gray and Jocelyn Allen
lead vocals:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
horn arranger and strings arranger:
Jerry Hey
arranger:
Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton
vocals arranger:
Rod Temperton
recording of:
Give Me the Night
lyricist and composer:
Rod Temperton
publisher:
Rodsongs (publisher), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4.63:43
2Love Ballad
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
bass:
Robert Popwell
clavinet, piano [acoustic piano] and Wurlitzer electric piano:
Jorge Dalto
drums (drum set):
Steve Gadd (drummer)
electric piano [Yamaha CP 30] and Moog [mini-moog, polymoog]:
Ronnie Foster
guitar:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Phil Upchurch
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald
Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes]:
Jorge Dalto and Ronnie Foster
vocals:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
conductor:
Mike Mainieri
orchestrator:
Mike Mainieri
cover recording of:
Love Ballad
lyricist and composer:
Skip Scarborough
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4:17
3This Masquerade
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
bass:
Stanley Banks (bassist)
guitar [lead guitar]:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Phil Upchurch
membranophone:
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer)
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald
solo piano:
Jorge Dalto
conductor:
Claus Ogerman
instruments arranger:
Claus Ogerman
cover recording of:
This Masquerade
lyricist and composer:
Leon Russell
publisher:
Chrysalis One Music Publishing Group Ireland, Embassy Music Corporation, Reservoir 416, Reservoir One America, Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Skyhill Pub. Co., Inc., ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label)
3:18
4Love x Love
recording engineer and mixer:
Bruce Swedien
assistant engineer:
Sheridan Eldridge, Ralph Osborne (engineer) and Mark Sackett
producer:
Quincy Jones
bass guitar:
Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson) and Abraham Laboriel
drums (drum set):
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
flute and saxophone:
Kim Hutchcroft and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
guitar:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
keyboard:
Greg Phillinganes
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
trumpet:
Jerry Hey
background vocals:
Patti Austin, Tom Bahler, Jim Gilstrap, Diva Gray and Jocelyn Allen
vocals:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1980)
produced for:
Quincy Jones Productions, Inc.
recorded at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California, United States
mixed at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Love × Love
lyricist and composer:
Rod Temperton
publisher:
Rodsongs (publisher), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4:45
5I Just Wanna Hang Around You
4:29
6Turn Your Love Around
producer:
Jay Graydon
bass synthesizer:
David Paich
cymbal [Cymbals (payette)]:
Mike Baird (drummer)
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
flute and saxophone:
Gary Herbig
guitar:
Jay Graydon
piano and Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes]:
Jai Winding
synthesizer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Jay Graydon
trombone:
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. (jazz trombonist)
trumpet:
Chuck Findley and Jerry Hey
background vocals:
Bill Champlin, Vennette Gloud and Carmen Twillie
vocals:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
horn arranger:
Jerry Hey
arranger:
Jay Graydon
recording of:
Turn Your Love Around
writer:
Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon and Steve Lukather
publisher:
Garden Rake Music, Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Rehtakul Veets Music, Universal Music–MGB Songs, ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and 大洋音楽
3:50
7Inside Love (So Personal)
additional recording engineer:
John Agallo, Danny Caccavo (engineer), Bill Dooley, Jay Messina and Bobby Warner
recording engineer and mixer:
Michael O’Reilly (engineer) and Jeremy Smith (producer/engineer)
synthesizer programming:
Joe Mardin
assistant engineer:
Michael O’Reilly (engineer)
producer:
Kashif (Michael Jones, B.T. Express)
bass synthesizer, drums (drum set), finger snaps, keyboard, synclavier and synthesizer:
Kashif (Michael Jones, B.T. Express)
drums (drum set):
Leslie Ming
finger snaps:
Stephen Benben
guitar:
Ira Siegel and David Spinozza
percussion:
Bashiri Johnson
solo guitar and lead vocals:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
background vocals:
Kashif (Michael Jones, B.T. Express), Lillo Thomas, B.J. Nelson, Mark Stevens (US funk musician/songwriter, brother of Chaka Khan) and Brenda White-King
arranger:
Kashif (Michael Jones, B.T. Express)
vocals arranger:
Kashif (Michael Jones, B.T. Express) and Paul Lawrence Jones III
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1983) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1983)
additionally recorded at:
Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States and United Western Recorders in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Inside Love (So Personal)
lyricist and composer:
Kashif (Michael Jones, B.T. Express)
publisher:
Kashif Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
5:16
820/20
synclavier programming:
Wells Christie
producer:
Russ Titelman
additional cymbal:
Dave Weckl
additional synthesizer:
Randy Waldman
drum machine [DMX] and synthesizer [DSX sequencer]:
Randy Goodrum and Steve Kipner
guitar:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
synclavier:
Rob Mounsey
synthesizer:
Randy Goodrum
background vocals:
Patti Austin and James “J.T.” Taylor (US R&B vocalist for Kool & the Gang)
vocals:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1985) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1985)
mixed at:
Clinton Recording Studios (NYC 10th Ave til 2010) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
20/20
writer:
Randy Goodrum and Steve Kipner
publisher:
California Phase Music, EMI April Music Inc., Randy Goodrum Inc., フジパシフィックミュージック, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4:07
9Everything Must Change
cover recording of:
Everything Must Change
lyricist and composer:
Benard Ighner
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Trans Traditional Suite
3:50
10Never Give Up on a Good Thing
producer:
Jay Graydon
bass:
Neil Stubenhaus
flute and saxophone:
Gary Herbig
guitar:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
guitar family:
Steve Lukather
membranophone:
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
piano and synthesizer:
Michael Omartian
Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes]:
Greg Phillinganes
trombone:
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. (jazz trombonist)
trumpet:
Chuck Findley and Jerry Hey
vocals:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
horn arranger:
Jerry Hey
arranger:
Jay Graydon
recording of:
Never Give Up on a Good Thing
writer:
Michael Garvin (Nashville songwriter and producer) and Tom Shapiro
4:06
11Kisses in the Moonlight
membranophone programming:
Narada Michael Walden
guitar:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
synthesizer:
Frank Martin (keyboards)
background vocals:
Claytoven Richardson
vocals:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
strings arranger:
Jerry Hey
arranger:
Narada Michael Walden
4:25
12Lady Love Me (One More Time)
3:57
13Lady Blue
3:33
14On Broadway
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
bass:
Stanley Banks (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer)
guitar:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Phil Upchurch
keyboard:
Jorge Dalto and Ronnie Foster
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald
piano:
Jorge Dalto
vocals:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
cover recording of:
On Broadway (Mann/Weil/Leiber/Stoller version for The Drifters)
additional writer:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
writer:
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Screen Gems‐Col, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
version of:
On Broadway (original Mann/Weil version)
live cover recording of:
On Broadway (Mann/Weil/Leiber/Stoller version for The Drifters)
additional writer:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
writer:
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Screen Gems‐Col, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
version of:
On Broadway (original Mann/Weil version)
5:12