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Absolute Benson -theGeorge Benson Story

on BBC Radio 2

2/6. Guy Barker profiles R 'n' B jazz guitarist and singer George Benson , whose career highs include Breezin', The Greatest Love of All, Give Me the Night, Turn Your Love Around and his 1976 US pop-chart debut This Masquerade, which scooped the Grammy for Record of the Year. The story continues with Benson ending up in court for assault but escaping a jail sentence thanks to the intervention of organist and bandleader "Brother"
Jack McDuff. The incident resulted in a move to New York, where he discovered he loved jazz.

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Singer:
George Benson
Unknown:
Jack McDuff.

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