George Benson

George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is a ten time Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist. Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s playing soul jazz with the likes of Jack McDuff. Benson then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B; singing, and scat singing. This one-time child prodigy topped the Billboard 200 in 1976 with the triple-pla... More

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  • Mar 22, 1943 (age 69 years)

Also known as:

  • George Benson,
  • George Benson,
  • Georges Benson,
  • Benson, George

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  • 1965

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