Brook Benton Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

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Brook Benton was an American singer and songwriter who had a string of hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Rainy Night in Georgia". He was born Benjamin Franklin Peay in Camden, South Carolina, and began singing gospel music in church as a child. He moved to New York City in the 1950s and began recording for the Mercury label, where he had his first hit with "So Many Ways" in 1959. He had a string of hits over the next few years, including "Kiddio", "Endlessly", and "The Boll Weevil Song". He also wrote songs for other artists, including "A Lover's Question" for Clyde McPhatter and "Think Twice" for Brook Benton and Dinah Washington. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. He died in 1988 at the age of 56.

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His wife is Mary (? - 9 April 1988) ( his death) ( 4 children)

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" He remained a popular concert performer throughout the 1980s.

Brook cracked the Top 10 one last time in 1970 with a beautifully moving rendition of Tony Joe White's lovely ballad "Rainy Night in Georgia.

Recorded the title song for Edward Dmytryk's 1962 cult film "Walk On The Wild Side" as well as a special version of the song for the film.

" "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" and "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)," his two delightful duets with Dinah Washington, were both Top 10 hits in 1960.

In 1959 Brook scored two major breakthrough successes: "It's Just A Matter of Time" peaked at #3 on the Billboard charts and "Endlessly" went all the way to #12 on the charts. Benton sustained this winning streak with such equally excellent tunes as "Thank You Pretty Baby," "So Many Ways," "Hotel Happiness," "The Boll Weevil Song," and "Kiddio.

In 1958 Brook wrote "Looking Back" which was a Top 10 hit for Nat King Cole.

Benton moved to New York City at age 17 in 1948 to try his luck as a songwriter. When he first arrived in New York he sang with such gospel groups as Bill Langford's Spiritual Singers, The Langfordaires, The Golden Gate Quartet, and The Jerusalem Stars. He eventually went back to South Carolina, drove a truck for a while and joined the R&B singing group The Sandmen prior to returning to New York again in search of a big break. This time Benton found a successful career co-producing albums and writing songs for such artists as Nat 'King' Cole, Clyde McPhatter (he penned the hit song "A Lover's Question" for McPhatter), and Roy Hamilton. Benton enjoyed his first minor hit with "A Million Miles from Nowhere. " He then switched to Mercury Records and achieved his greatest commercial success recording a steady string of hit songs with that label (he frequently collaborated with producer/songwriter Clyde Otis while at Mercury).

Singer/songwriter Brook Benton was born Benjamin Franklin Peay on September 19, 1931, in Camden, South Carolina. He became a gospel singer at a young age and was a member of the Camden Jubilee Singers.