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Bennie Benjamin

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Claude A. "Bennie" Benjamin (November 4, 1907 – May 2, 1989) was a Virgin Islands-born American songwriter. [1]

58 relations: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Ames Brothers, Billboard (magazine), Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!), Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, Confess (song), Cotton Club, Cross Over the Bridge, Danish West Indies, Dinah Washington, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, Echoes (1950 song), Eddie Durham, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Carle, Fun and Fancy Free, George David Weiss, Harlan Leonard, Horace Heidt, Horace Ott, How Important Can It Be?, I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore, I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire, Lonely Man (Elvis Presley song), Louis Jordan, Melody Time, Minister (Christianity), New York (state), New York City, Nina Simone, Oh! What It Seemed to Be, Olsen and Johnson, Perry Como, Rhythm and blues, Rumors Are Flying, Saint Croix, Sarah Vaughan, Savoy Ballroom, Sol Marcus, Songwriter, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Stardusters, Surrender (Perry Como song), Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Andrews Sisters, The Animals, The Ink Spots, The Walt Disney Company, Traditional pop music, ..., United States Army, United States Virgin Islands, Vaughn Monroe, Vera Lynn, Virgin Islands, Wheel of Fortune (1951 song), Wheel of Fortune (1952), When the Lights Go On Again. Expand index (8 more) »

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.

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Ames Brothers

The Ames Brothers were a singing quartet from Malden, Massachusetts, who were particularly famous in the 1950's for their traditional pop music hits.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!)

"Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!)" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1950.

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Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands

Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands is the largest town on Saint Croix, one of the main islands comprising the United States Virgin Islands, a territory of the United States of America.

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Confess (song)

"Confess" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss.

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Cotton Club

The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub located in Harlem on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue from 1923 to 1935, then briefly in the midtown Theater District from 1936 to 1940.

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Cross Over the Bridge

"Cross Over the Bridge" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1945.

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Danish West Indies

The Danish West Indies (Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles was a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with; Saint John with; and Saint Croix with.

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Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s".

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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the jazz singer and pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964.

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Echoes (1950 song)

"Echoes" is a popular song.

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Eddie Durham

Eddie Durham (19 August 1906 – 6 March 1987) was an American musician who pioneered the use of the electric guitar in jazz.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Frankie Carle

Frankie Carle (March 25, 1903 – March 7, 2001), born Francis Nunzio Carlone, was an American pianist and bandleader.

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Fun and Fancy Free

Fun and Fancy Free is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy package film produced by Walt Disney and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures.

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George David Weiss

George David Weiss (April 9, 1921 – August 23, 2010) was an American songwriter and arranger, who had been a president of the Songwriters Guild of America.

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Harlan Leonard

Harlan Leonard (July 2, 1905 – November 10, 1983) was an American jazz bandleader and clarinetist from Kansas City, Missouri.

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Horace Heidt

Horace Heidt (May 21, 1901 – December 1, 1986) was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality.

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Horace Ott

Horace Ott (born April 15, 1933) is an American jazz and R&B composer, arranger, record producer, conductor and pianist, noted for his work since the late 1950s with a wide variety of artists including The Shirelles, Don Covay, Nina Simone, Houston Person, Village People, and many more.

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How Important Can It Be?

"How Important Can It Be?" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss, and published in 1955.

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I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore

"I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore" is a popular song, written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1949.

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I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

"I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" is a 1941 pop song written by Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler.

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Lonely Man (Elvis Presley song)

"Lonely Man" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1961 motion picture Wild in the Country, but eventually dropped from the movie.

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Louis Jordan

Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering American musician, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.

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Melody Time

Melody Time (working title All in Fun) is a 1948 American live-action animated film and the 10th theatrically released animated feature produced by Walt Disney.

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Minister (Christianity)

In Christianity, a minister is a person authorized by a church, or other religious organization, to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nina Simone

Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Oh! What It Seemed to Be

"Oh! What it Seemed to Be" is a song composed by Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss and Frankie Carle.

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Olsen and Johnson

John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen (November 6, 1892 - January 26, 1963) and Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson (March 5, 1891 - February 26, 1962) were American comedians of vaudeville, radio, the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television.

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Perry Como

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1913 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer and television personality.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rumors Are Flying

"Rumors Are Flying" is a popular song.

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Saint Croix

Saint Croix is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer.

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Savoy Ballroom

The Savoy Ballroom was a large ballroom for music and public dancing located at 596 Lenox Avenue, between 140th and 141st Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

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Sol Marcus

Sol Marcus (October 1, 1912 – February 5, 1976) was an American songwriter and pianist.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF), was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represents and maintains the heritage and legacy of a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook.

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Stardusters

The Stardusters were American jazz vocalists.

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Surrender (Perry Como song)

"Surrender" is a 1946 song co-written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss.

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Tennessee Ernie Ford

Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country and Western, pop, and gospel musical genres.

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The Andrews Sisters

The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras.

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The Animals

The Animals are an English rhythm and blues and rock band, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s.

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The Ink Spots

The Ink Spots were an American pop vocal group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s.

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

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Traditional pop music

Traditional pop (also classic pop or pop standards) is music that was recorded or performed after the Big Band era and before the advent of rock music.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Virgin Islands

The United States Virgin Islands (USVI; also called the American Virgin Islands), officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, is a group of islands in the Caribbean that is an insular area of the United States located east of Puerto Rico.

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Vaughn Monroe

Vaughn Wilton Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973) was an American baritone singer, trumpeter, big band leader, actor, and businessman, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Vera Lynn

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (born 20 March 1917), widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", is an English singer of traditional pop, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War.

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Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, and form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Wheel of Fortune (1951 song)

"Wheel of Fortune" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1951.

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Wheel of Fortune (1952)

Wheel of Fortune is an American game show which ran from 1952 to 1953 on CBS in both daytime (October 3, 1952 – December 25, 1953) and nighttime (July 7 – September 15, 1953).

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When the Lights Go On Again

"When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World)" is a popular song composed during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_Benjamin

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