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Brook Benton: Endlessly - Hits And Rarities (2-CD)

(Sunset Blvd Records) 36 tracks, digisleeve, includes 10 tracks not previously available on any other collection.

The silky smooth baritone that ruled the R&B and pop charts of the '60s and '70s. Side one features previously unreleased demos or demos unavailable on record from '55 to '59.

Side two: Brook Benton revives his catalog of hits with 7 R&R #1 Hits / 8 Billboard Top Ten Hits.

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Benton, Brook - Endlessly - Hits And Rarities (2-CD) CD 1
01 Ain't It Good Brook Benton
02 I'll Stop Anything I'm Doing Brook Benton
03 A Lover's Question Brook Benton
04 You're Movin' Me Brook Benton
05 One Love Too Many Brook Benton
06 I'll Meet You After Church Next Sunday Brook Benton
07 Keep Me In Mind Brook Benton
08 Next Stop Paradise Brook Benton
09 Doggone Baby Doggone Brook Benton
10 Ninety-Nine Percent Brook Benton
11 You Can't Get Away From Me Brook Benton
12 Everything Will Be Alright Brook Benton
13 Completely Brook Benton
14 Come On Let's Go Brook Benton
15 Don't Walk Away From Me Brook Benton
16 May I Brook Benton
17 Looking Back Brook Benton
18 Nothing In The World Brook Benton
Benton, Brook - Endlessly - Hits And Rarities (2-CD) CD 2
01 Hotel Happiness Brook Benton
02 Kiddio Brook Benton
03 Frankie And Johnny Brook Benton
04 A Rainy Night In Georgia Brook Benton
05 Lie To Me Brook Benton
06 It's Just A Matter Of Time Brook Benton
07 A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love) Brook Benton
08 Baby (You've Got What It Takes) Brook Benton
09 The Boil Weevil Song Brook Benton
10 Endlessly Brook Benton
11 For My Baby Brook Benton
12 I Got What I Wanted Brook Benton
13 My True Confession Brook Benton
14 Revenge Brook Benton
15 So Many Ways Brook Benton
16 Thank You Pretty Baby Brook Benton
17 Think Twice Brook Benton
18 Let The Sun Come Out Brook Benton
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Brook Benton

It's Just A Matter Of Time

Brook Benton

It's Just A Matter Of Time

 

As Mercury Records’ new head of east coast A&R, Clyde Otis lost no time signing his demo singer and occasional co-writer, Brook Benton. During the first session Benton and Otis recorded a song they’d worked up, It's Just A Matter Of Time. They’d written the song for Nat ‘King’ Cole, but Otis explained to Cole that he’d just landed the Mercury gig, and really wanted the song for Benton. The lyrics reflected Benton's frustration at his inability to score a hit as a singer. When confronted with his co-writer's frustration Otis would say, "It's just a matter of time, Brook." Otis ensured that it would appeal to the broadest cross-section of the market by employing a full string section.

 

However, there was a political dimension to the strings that went beyond merely broadening the base of appeal. "Historically," asserted Otis, "black artists wanted to record with strings because it had been something that had been denied them. The strings symbolized legitimacy. There weren't even any black string players working in the studios. When we organized Brook's first date I asked my contractor if there were any black string players. He said, 'Yes. They're working in Broadway shows and other pick-up jobs.' I said, 'Why don't they play record dates?' He said, 'Nobody calls them.' I said, 'If they're good, I want to see them on my sessions.'" Benton's intimate and crisply miked vocals looked back toward the relaxed ballad style of Arthur Prysock and Billy Eckstine and forward to the passion of soul music.

One of the selling points was Benton’s low notes. He was singing deeper and with more feeling than on any of his previous recordings for other labels. The low notes were a legacy from an early R&B giant, Percy Mayfield. Benton had first used them on his demo of The Stroll. After his vocal arrangement had been successfully co-opted by the Diamonds, Benton resolved to use the low notes on his own recordings and perfected his technique. Otis also ensured that Brook rehearsed his vocal part for days before a session so that many of the nuances could be honed to perfection. “The people at Mercury said it was too quiet,” said Otis. “Said it didn’t rock and roll enough. So I took it to a dee-jay, Doctor Jive, asked him to play it. He called back and said the switchboard had lit up. The people at Mercury checked it out and found it was true.”  In January 1959, It's Just A Matter Of Time entered the charts, topping the R&B listings and peaking at #3 on the pop charts.

Both Benton and Otis had been vindicated in the strongest possible terms. 

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Tracklist
Benton, Brook - Endlessly - Hits And Rarities (2-CD) CD 1
01 Ain't It Good
02 I'll Stop Anything I'm Doing
03 A Lover's Question
04 You're Movin' Me
05 One Love Too Many
06 I'll Meet You After Church Next Sunday
07 Keep Me In Mind
08 Next Stop Paradise
09 Doggone Baby Doggone
10 Ninety-Nine Percent
11 You Can't Get Away From Me
12 Everything Will Be Alright
13 Completely
14 Come On Let's Go
15 Don't Walk Away From Me
16 May I
17 Looking Back
18 Nothing In The World
Benton, Brook - Endlessly - Hits And Rarities (2-CD) CD 2
01 Hotel Happiness
02 Kiddio
03 Frankie And Johnny
04 A Rainy Night In Georgia
05 Lie To Me
06 It's Just A Matter Of Time
07 A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)
08 Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
09 The Boil Weevil Song
10 Endlessly
11 For My Baby
12 I Got What I Wanted
13 My True Confession
14 Revenge
15 So Many Ways
16 Thank You Pretty Baby
17 Think Twice
18 Let The Sun Come Out