George Benson "The Best Of George Benson"

The Best Of George Benson is a compilation album, released November 14th, 1995. 

Tracklist: 

1 Give Me The Night (Edit) 3:43

Arranged By – Quincy Jones

Arranged By, Horns, Strings – Jerry Hey

Producer – Quincy Jones

Recorded By, Mixed By – Bruce Swedien

Written By – Rod Temperton

2 Love Ballad  4:16

Arranged By, Orchestrated By – Mike Mainieri

Producer – Tommy LiPuma

Recorded By, Mixed By – Al Schmitt

Written By – Skip Scarborough

 

3 This Masquerade (Edit)  3:18

Arranged By, Orchestrated By – Claus Ogerman

Producer – Tommy LiPuma

Recorded By, Mixed By – Al Schmitt

Written By – Leon Russell

 

4 Love X Love  4:45

Arranged By – Rod Temperton

Arranged By, Strings, Horns – David Foster, Jerry Hey

Producer – Quincy Jones

Recorded By, Mixed By – Bruce Swedien

Written By – Rod Temperton

5 I Just Wanna Hang Around You  4:29

Mixed By – Ed Rak, Russ Titelman

Producer – Russ Titelman

Recorded By – Elliot Scheiner, Thom Wilson

Written By – Cruz Sembello, Danny Sembello, John Sembello, Michael Sembello

 

6 Turn Your Love Around  3:50

Mixed By – Ed Rak, Russ Titelman

Producer, Arranged By – Jay Graydon

Recorded By – Elliot Scheiner, Gary Ladinsky

Written By – Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather

7 Inside Love (So Personal)  5:15

Arranged By – Paul Laurence

Producer – Arif Mardin

Recorded By, Mixed By – Michael O'Reilly

Written By, Producer, Arranged By – Kashif

8 20/20   4:07

Mixed By – Ed Rak, Russ Titelman

Producer – Russ Titelman

Recorded By – Elliot Scheiner, Gary Ladinsky

Written By – Randy Goodrum, Steve Kipner

9 Everything Must Change (Edit)  3:49

Arranged By, Orchestrated By – Claus Ogerman

Producer – Tommy LiPuma

Recorded By, Mixed By – Al Schmitt

Written By – Bernard Ighner

 

10 Never Give Up On A Good Thing  4:06

Producer, Arranged By – Jay Graydon

Recorded By – Bill Thomas, Joe Bogan

Written By – Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro

11 Kisses In The Moonlight  5:25

Recorded By, Mixed By – David Frazer

Written By, Producer, Arranged By – Narada Michael Walden

12 Lady Love Me (One More Time)  3:56

Arranged By, Brass – Jerry Hey

Mixed By – Jeremy Smith (2), Michael O'Reilly

Producer – Arif Mardin

Recorded By – Gary Skardina

Written By, Arranged By, Horns – David Paich

Written By, Arranged By, Strings – James Newton Howard

13 Lady Blue  3:33

Producer – Tommy LiPuma

Recorded By, Mixed By – Al Schmitt

Written By – Leon Russell

14 On Broadway (Edit)  5:12

Recorded By, Mixed By – Al Schmitt

Written By – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

France Joli "Come To Me (Single & Video)"

"Come to Me" is a #1 disco hit from 1979 performed by France Joli, who had recorded it at the age of fifteen with producer, Tony Green, who composed the song and briefly sings on it. The track also features the famed Philadelphia session vocalists, The Sweethearts of Sigma Sound. The song was introduced on the album France Joli (1979 album), which was released in the US on 17 April 1979 on Prelude, and rose to #26. "Come to Me" received a major boost on 7 July when Joli performed it as a last minute replacement for Donna Summer at a concert held on Fire Island, whose estimated audience numbered 5,000. "Come to Me" began a three-week reign atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on 22 September 1979. "Come to Me" peaked at #15 on the Hot 100 and at #36 on the R&B chart.

Eurythmics "Missionary Man (Single & Video)"

"Missionary Man" is a song by the British pop music duo Eurythmics. It was taken from their sixth album, Revenge, and continued the band's rock/R&B musical style of the time and featured Jimmy Zavala on harmonica and Joniece Jamison on back-up vocals.

In the band's native UK, it was the fourth single to be taken from the album and peaked at number 31. It was more successful in the United States, where it was the first single to be taken from the album and peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 (becoming their last main US Top 20 hit to date). It also made the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart, and it received extensive airplay on American rock radio, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks, Eurythmics' only song to top this chart. The single was also a top ten hit in Australia, where it was released as the second single from the album.

"Missionary Man" earned Eurythmics a 1986 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

Directed by Willy Smax, it featured stop-animation techniques similar to those used in Peter Gabriel's acclaimed "Sledgehammer" promo video from earlier in 1986. The video received heavy play from MTV and was nominated for Best Video at the MTV Video Awards.

Eurythmics "Would I Lie To You? (Single & Video)"

"Would I Lie to You?" is a 1985 song written and recorded by the British pop duo Eurythmics. Released as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album Be Yourself Tonight, the song was the first by the duo to feature their change in musical direction from a predominantly synthpop style to rock and rhythm and blues. The song, and its accompanying album, featured a full backing band and relied less on electronic programming.

Lyrically, the song features Lennox confronting a cheating lover as she leaves him for good. This was conveyed in the music video for the single, in which actor Steven Bauer played the part of the boyfriend. The video was directed by Mary Lambert and was shown heavily on MTV. The front and back cover photos, and the inner cover art of the Be Yourself Tonight album are screenshots from the music video.

"Would I Lie to You?" is one of Eurythmics' most recognised tunes and continued the band's run of hit singles. In the UK, the song peaked at number 17, while it went to number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming their third Top 10 hit in the U.S. Furthermore, it is the duo's biggest ever hit in Australia, where it topped the singles chart for two weeks.

Erasure "A Little Respect (Single & Video)"

"A Little Respect" is a song written and recorded by the English synthpop duo Erasure, released in September 1988. The lyrics are a plea to a lover to show compassion and respect. It was their tenth single and was taken from their third studio album The Innocents. Known as one of their signature songs, "A Little Respect" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart and was Erasure's second consecutive Top 20 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it made number 14, and reached number two on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

The song was written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell. The heavily synthesized instrumentation is accentuated by acoustic guitar and Bell's vocal falsetto in the chorus. An acoustic version of appears on the Moon & the Sky Plus EP in the UK.

Erasure "Chains Of Love (Single & Video)"

"Chains of Love" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in May 1988 as their ninth single overall.

The song was released by Mute Records as the second single from Erasure's third studio album The Innocents. In the United States, Sire Records released it as the first single. The album version was produced by Stephen Hague and was slightly remixed for its single release (most notably the album version starts cold, while the radio version contains a short synthesizer pattern as an intro).

"Chains of Love" became Erasure's sixth consecutive Top 20 hit on the UK singles chart, just missing the Top 10 by peaking at number 11. In the United States, it became Erasure's mainstream breakthrough by climbing to number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the group's first entry on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also hit number four on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. "Chains of Love" remains Erasure's highest-charting single in the United States.

The song, written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, is an uptempo dance-oriented synthpop track with Clarke's signature analogue sound and Bell's lyrics about breaking through any restrictions or stereotypes of what love should be. The lyrics allude subtly to Bell's desire for wider acceptance of homosexual couples, his pain evident from the opening lines "How can I explain when there are few words I can choose/How can I explain when words get broken". The chorus is memorable for Bell's use of falsetto. The music video featured Clarke and Bell performing the song while being hoisted through the air by thick, metal chains.

Erasure "The Circus (Single & Video)"

"The Circus" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in September 1987 as the band's seventh single overall. It is also the title track on their second album, The Circus.

The album version clocks at 5.30 minutes, so the song was remixed for single release to a much more radio-friendly 3:50 minutes. Mute Records issued it as the fourth and final single from the album.

Written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, "The Circus" was a departure from the shiny pop of their six previous singles, creating a more down-tempo and melancholy mood. Essentially a synthpop track, the music is accentuated by acoustic guitar and a continuous circus-like accordion. The lyrics touch on social issues, rare for the duo, and centre on the lament of "working men", whose bright futures and job securities are left shattered in the modern world of greedy corporations and technology.

The song's distinctive and unusual sound is said to have been inspired by Bell hearing a record being played backwards.

Despite its haunting quality and dark lyrical content, "The Circus" became Erasure's third UK Top 10 hit, peaking at number six.