George Benson

Biography
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Overview (1)
Date of Birth

22 March 1943, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Mini Bio (1)

George Benson was born on March 22, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He has been
married to Johnnie since 1965. They have six children.

Spouse (1)
Johnnie

(1965 - present) (6 children)

Trade Mark (3)

Scat vocals matching his guitar soloing note-for-note
Hollow body Japanese electric guitars: Ibanez GB10, LGB300, GB30TH
Pencil moustache

Trivia (4)
Seven top 40 hits (USA) including "This Masquerade", "Give Me the Night" and "Lady Love
Me (One More Time)".
Was influenced by legendary guitar player Hank Garland..
Dedicated a 1992 show at the Florida Theatre to Hank Garland.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7055 Hollywood
Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Personal Quotes (1)

"I'd sat down with a great blind pianist from San Francisco name Freddy Gambrel, he turned
me onto some wonderful ways to get in and out of chord changes and weld harmonies
together. Of course I still wanted to be like Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, and Hank
Garland - my heroes