Discography and Biography of Brook Benton. Listen to all their hits.
Brook Benton Songs

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Brook Benton, born Benjamin Franklin Peay, (September 19, 1931 - April 9, 1988) was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote. He made a comeback in 1970 with the ballad "Rainy Night in Georgia." Benton scored over 50 Billboard chart hits as an artist, and also wrote hits for other performers.

Below is a list of Brook Benton songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Mercury 71565
chart position: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton Baby, You've Got What It Takes
1960 Mercury
2 record label: Mercury 1109
chart position: RandB #1 (9 weeks), US #7, UK #41
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton Kiddio
1960 Mercury
3 record label: Mercury 71394
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis
album: It's Just a Matter of Time
comments: [ballad]
Brook Benton It's Just a Matter of Time
1959 Mercury
4 record label: Mercury 71478
chart position: RandB #1, US #16
written by: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
Brook Benton Thank You Pretty Baby
1959 Mercury
5 record label: Mercury 1099
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Brook Benton, Clyde Otis & Luchi DeJesus
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)
1960 Mercury
6 record label: Cotillion 44057
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #2
written by: Tony Joe White
album: Brook Benton Today
comments: [ballad]
Brook Benton Rainy Night in Georgia
1970 Cotillion
7 record label: Mercury 71820
chart position: RandB #2 (4 weeks), US #2, UK #30, US AC #1
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Brook Benton, Clyde Otis
album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
Brook Benton The Boll Weevil Song
1961 Mercury
8 record label: Mercury 72055
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Leon Carr & Earl Shuman
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]
Brook Benton Hotel Happiness
1962 Mercury
9 record label: Mercury 71774
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Clyde Otis & Willie Dixon
Brook Benton For My Baby
1961 Mercury
10 record label: Mercury 71774
chart position: RandB #6, US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] & Clyde Otis
Brook Benton Think Twice
1961 Mercury
11 record label: Mercury 72135
chart position: RandB #7, US #22, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: R. Stevens and M. Singleton
album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues
Brook Benton My True Confession
1963 Mercury
12 record label: Mercury 71512
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Bobby Stevenson
album: I Love You In So Many Ways
Brook Benton So Many Ways
1959 Mercury
13 record label: Mercury 71722
chart position: RandB #5, US #24, UK #50
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer
album: Songs I Love To Sing
Brook Benton Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
1960 Mercury
14 record label: Mercury 72099
chart position: RandB #4, US #28, US AC #14
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Margie Singleton and Brook Benton
album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues
Brook Benton I Got What I Wanted
1963 Mercury
15 record label: Mercury 72230
chart position: RandB #5, US #35, US AC #11
written by: Emil Anton & Alan Thomas
album: On the Countryside
comments: [ballad]
Brook Benton Going Going Gone
1964 Mercury
16 record label: Mercury 72024
chart position: RandB #3, US #13
written by: Margie Singleton & Brook Benton
album: Singing the Blues Lie to Me
comments: [blues]
Brook Benton Lie To Me
1962 Mercury
17 record label: Mercury 71903
chart position: RandB #12, US #15
written by: Brook Benton, Oliver Hall & Marnie Ewald
Brook Benton Revenge
1961 Mercury
18 record label: Mercury 71859
chart position: RandB #14, US #20, US AC #6
written by: Brook Benton
album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
comments: Adapted by Brook Benton
Brook Benton Frankie and Johnny
1961 Mercury
19 record label: Mercury 71443
chart position: RandB #3, US #12, UK #28
written by: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
album: Endlessly
Brook Benton Endlessly
1959 Mercury
20 record label: Mercury 72266
chart position: RandB #4, US #47, US AC #13
written by: Earl Shuman & Leon Carr
Brook Benton Another Cup Of Coffee
1964 Mercury
21 record label: Mercury 72177
chart position: RandB #15, US #32, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Brook Benton and Malcolm Dodds
Brook Benton Two Tickets To Paradise
1963 Mercury
22 record label: Mercury 72266
chart position: RandB #8, US #43, US AC #14
written by: Clyde Otis
album: This Bitter Earth
Brook Benton Too Late To Turn Back Now
1964 Mercury
23 record label: Mercury 71652
chart position: RandB #21, US #16
written by: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton The Same One
1960 Mercury
24 record label: Mercury 71566
chart position: RandB #15, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Vin Corso (as Vincent A. Corso) and Clyde Otis
Brook Benton The Ties That Bind
1960 Mercury
25 record label: RCA 47 8693
chart position: RandB #26, US #53, US AC #9
written by: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Mother Nature, Father Time
comments: [ballad]
Brook Benton Mother Nature, Father Time
1965 RCA
26 record label: Mercury 72214
chart position: RandB #12, US #66
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Clyde Otis (as Cliff Owens) and Jessie Hollis
comments: [christmas]
Brook Benton This Time of the Year
1960 Mercury
27 record label: Mercury 72303
chart position: RandB #6, US #75, US AC #13
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Brook Benton A House Is Not A Home
1964 Mercury
28 record label: Cotillion 44034
chart position: RandB #11, US #74
written by: Patrick Robinson and Toussaint Mccall
album: Do Your Own Thing
Brook Benton Nothing Can Take the Place of You
1969 Cotillion
29 record label: Mercury 72333
chart position: RandB #11, US #53, US AC #15
written by: Charles Arrington
Brook Benton Lumberjack
1964 Mercury
30 record label: Cotillion 44093
chart position: RandB #18, US #67, US AC #18
written by: Don Covay and George Soule
album: Story Teller
comments: [beat ballad]
Brook Benton Shoes
1970 Cotillion
31 record label: Cotillion 44072
chart position: RandB #31, US #45, US AC #35
written by: Claude Francois, Jacques Revaux and Paul Anka
album: Brook Benton Today
Brook Benton My Way
1979 Cotillion
32 record label: Cotillion 44007
chart position: US #99, US AC #26
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Do Your Own Thing
Brook Benton Do Your Own Thing
1968 Cotillion
33 record label: Mercury 71925
chart position: Cashbox R&B #20, US #43
written by: Mack David and Elmer Bernstein
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
Brook Benton Walk On The Wild Side
1962 Mercury
34 record label: Mercury 71962
chart position: RandB #19, US #45
written by: Sibelius Williams
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
Brook Benton Hit Record
1962 Mercury
35 record label: Cotillion 44078
chart position: RandB #31, US #45, US AC #4
written by: Joe South
album: Home Style
comments: [country soul]
Brook Benton Don't It Make You Want to Go Home
1970 Cotillion
36 record label: Mercury 71859
chart position: Cashbox R&B #31, US #45, US AC #8
written by: Teddy Randazzo, Cirino Colacrai, Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
Brook Benton It's Just a House Without You
1961 Mercury
37 record label: Mercury 72365
chart position: RandB #33, US #67
written by: Rudy Clark
Brook Benton Do It Right
1964 Mercury
38 record label: Reprise 0649
chart position: US AC #36
written by: Jerry Chestnut
Brook Benton Weakness in a Man
1968 Reprise
39 record label: Mercury 72446
chart position: Cashbox R&B #25, US #100, AC #37
written by: Brook Benton & Ed Townsend
Brook Benton Love Me Now
1965 Mercury
40 record label: RCA 47 8879
chart position: US AC #37
written by: Lou Stallman and Clyde Otis
Brook Benton Break Her Heart
1966 RCA
41 record label: Reprise 0611
chart position: US #78, US AC #37
written by: Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton
album: Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)
Brook Benton Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)
1967 Reprise
42 record label: Mercury 71912
chart position: US #19
written by: Robert MacGimsey
album: If You Believe
Brook Benton Shadrack
1962 Mercury
43 record label: Mercury 72099
chart position: Cashbox R&B #27, US #59
written by: Ed Warren and Arthur Kent
Brook Benton Dearer Than Life
1963 Mercury
44 record label: Mercury 72207
chart position: RandB #25, US #108
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Brook Benton
Brook Benton & Damita Jo Stop Foolin'
1963 Mercury
45 record label: Olde World 7700
chart position: RandB #49
written by: Tony Joe White
Brook Benton Making Love Is Good for You
1978 Olde World
46 record label: Mercury 71912
chart position: US #77
written by: J.T. Adams
album: If You Believe
Brook Benton The Lost Penny
1962 Mercury
47 record label: Vik 0311
chart position: US #82
written by: Daryl Petty
Brook Benton A Million Miles from Nowhere
1958 Vik
48 record label: Mercury 71566
chart position: US #58
written by: Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton Hither, Thither and Yon
1960 Mercury
49 record label: Mercury 72055
chart position: US #89
written by: Bob Perper, Paul Gasper and Jack Aranda
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
Brook Benton Still Water Runs Deep
1962 Mercury
50 record label: Mercury 72207
chart position: US #111
written by: Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus
Brook Benton & Damita Jo Baby, You've Got It Made
1963 Mercury
51 record label: Mercury 71.722
chart position: RandB #93
written by: Jimmie Hodges
Brook Benton Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
1960 Mercury .
52 record label: MGM 14440
chart position: US #104
written by: William Backer
Brook Benton If You Got the Time
1972 MGM
53 record label: Cotillion 44130
chart position: Cashbox RandB #56
written by: Percy Mayfield
album: Story Teller
comments: [ballad]
Brook Benton Please Send Me Someone To Love
1971 Cotillion
54 record label: Mercury 72365
chart position: US #119
written by: McCoy and Williams
Brook Benton Please, Please Make It Easy
1964 Mercury
55 record label: RCA Victor 478768
chart position: US #122
written by: Otis, Augustas
Brook Benton Only a Girl Like You
1966 RCA Victor
56 record label: RCA Victor 478830
chart position: US #126
written by: Bobby Stevenson and June Cordae
Brook Benton Too Much Good Lovin' (No Good for Me)
1966 RCA Victor




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