{"id":5618,"date":"2020-03-21T16:58:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T16:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qantumthemes.xyz\/sonik\/demo1\/?p=297"},"modified":"2021-09-30T23:14:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T21:14:55","slug":"george-benson-give-me-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilovemusic-radio.com\/radio\/george-benson-give-me-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"George Benson “Give Me The Night”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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George Washington Benson<\/strong><\/em> (born March 22, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.\"\ud83c\udfb8\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udf99\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udc4d\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udc4f\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude0e\"<\/span><\/div>\n
He was a Child Prodigy: \"\ud83d\udc7c\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udc7c\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udc7c\"<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 At the age of 7, he first played the ukulele in a corner drug store, for which he was paid a few dollars.<\/div>\n
\u2022 At the age of 8, he played guitar in an unlicensed nightclub on Friday and Saturday nights, but the Police soon closed the club down.<\/div>\n
\u2022 At the age of 9, he started to record.<\/div>\n
\u2022 At the age of 21, he began his professional career as a jazz guitarist. \"\ud83c\udfb8\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfb8\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfb8\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfb9\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfb7\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfba\"<\/span><\/div>\n
Finally, in 1976, his album BREEZIN’ hit n\u00b0 1 on the USA album chart and won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.\"\ud83c\udf96\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfc6\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude00\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude03\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude04\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude01\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude0e\"<\/span>\"\ud83e\udd29\"<\/span><\/div>\n
In 1977, he also recorded the original version of “The Greatest Love of All”, which was later covered by Whitney Houston.\"\ud83d\udc4c\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udc4c\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfa7\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfa7\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfa4\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfa4\"<\/span><\/div>\n

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In 1980, George Benson released “GIVE ME THE NIGHT” (from his album of the same title). The song was written and composed by Rod Temperton \"\ud83d\udc4c\"<\/span>and produced by Quincy Jones\"\ud83d\udc4d\"<\/span>, while Patti Austin \"\ud83c\udfa4\"<\/span>provided the backing vocals and Herbie Hancock \"\ud83c\udfb9\"<\/span>played the electric piano.<\/div>\n
“GIVE ME THE NIGHT” was Benson’s first single to hit the Top 10 in the \u201cSoul\u201d, \u201cDisco\u201d and Best-Selling charts, all over the World.\"\ud83e\udd47\"<\/span>\"\ud83e\udd47\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udf96\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udf96\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfc6\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfc6\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude00\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude03\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude04\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude01\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude06\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude05\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude02\"<\/span>\"\ud83e\udd23\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude0e\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\ude0e\"<\/span>\"\ud83e\udd29\"<\/span>\"\ud83e\udd29\"<\/span>\"\ud83e\udd73\"<\/span>\"\ud83e\udd73\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udc4d\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udc4f\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udc4c\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfa7\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfa4\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfb9\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfb7\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfba\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udfb8\"<\/span>\"\ud83e\udd41\"<\/span>\"\ud83c\udf99\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udcfb\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udcfb\"<\/span><\/div>\n