Brook Benton
- MatchBrook Benton
- 100%Lloyd Price
- 73%Percy Sledge
- 72%Joe Tex
- 72%The Drifters
- 67%The Impressions
- 65%Clyde McPhatter
- 62%Eddie Floyd
- 61%Lou Rawls
- 59%Jerry Butler
- 57%Wilson Pickett
Biography
Benjamin Franklin Peay, 19 September 1931, Camden, South Carolina, USA, d. 9 April 1988, New York City, New York, USA. A stylish, mellifluent singer, Bentons most ascendant period was the late 50s/early 60s. Although he began recording in 1953, Bentons first major hit came in 1959 on forging a songwriting partnership with Clyde Otis and Belford Hendricks. Its Just A Matter Of Time reached the US Top 3 and introduced a remarkable string of successes, including... Read more