Brook Benton

Brook Benton Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), known professionally as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter whose music spanned rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres in the 1950s and 1960s, with hits such as "It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Endlessly". His last hit was the 1970 ballad "Rainy Night in Georgia". Benton scored more than 50 Billboard chart hits as a singer/songwriter and with compositions he wrote for other... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: The Boll Weevil Song - #2: Rainy Night in Georgia - #3: It's Just a Matter of Time - #4: Hotel Happiness - #5: So Many Ways
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  1958
1.
03/1958

Million Miles from Nowhere
Brook Benton greentick

8 pts
82
US






written by Daryl Petty
  1959
2.
01/1959

#3  It's Just a Matter of Time
Brook Benton greentick

from It's Just a Matter of Time   
202 pts
3
US


1
R&B


[Mercury 71394]
written by Brook Benton greentick, Belford Hendricks & Clyde Otis
3.
02/1959

Hurtin' Inside
Brook Benton greentick

16 pts
78
US


23
R&B


B side to It's Just A Matter Of Time
[Mercury 71394]
written by Cirino Colacrai, Teddy Randazzo, Clyde Otis & Brook Benton greentick
4.
04/1959

Endlessly
Brook Benton greentick

from Endlessly   
142 pts
12
US


3
R&B
28
UK
[Mercury 71443]
written by Brook Benton greentick & Clyde Otis
5.
05/1959

So Close
Brook Benton greentick

from I Love You In So Many Ways   
44 pts
38
US


5
R&B


[Mercury 71443]
written by Brook Benton greentick, Clyde Otis & Luther Dixon
6.
07/1959

Thank You Pretty Baby
Brook Benton greentick

100 pts
16
US


1
R&B


[Mercury 71478]
written by Brook Benton greentick & Clyde Otis
7.
07/1959

With All of My Heart
Brook Benton greentick

8 pts
82
US






B side to Thank You Pretty Baby
[Mercury 71478]
written by Brook Benton greentick & Chris Towns
8.
10/1959

#5  So Many Ways
Brook Benton greentick

from I Love You In So Many Ways   
164 pts
6
US


1
R&B


[Mercury 71512]
written by Bobby Stevenson
9.
12/1959

This Time of the Year
Brook Benton greentick

23 pts
66
US


12
R&B


[Mercury 71554]
written by Cliff Owens & Jessie Hollis
  1960
10.
04/1960

The Ties That Bind
Brook Benton greentick

from Golden Hits   
33 pts
37
US


15
R&B


[Mercury 71566]
written by Vincent A. Corso & Clyde Otis
11.
04/1960

Hither, Thither and Yon
Brook Benton greentick

from Golden Hits   
14 pts
58
US






[Mercury 71566]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold
12.
08/1960

Kiddio
Brook Benton greentick

from Golden Hits   
163 pts
7
US


1
R&B
41
UK
[Mercury 71652]
written by Brook Benton greentick & Clyde Otis
13.
08/1960

The Same One
Brook Benton greentick

from Golden Hits   
72 pts
16
US


21
R&B


B side to Kiddio
[Mercury 71652]
written by Brook Benton greentick & Clyde Otis
14.
11/1960

Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
Brook Benton greentick

from Songs I Love to Sing   
79 pts
24
US


5
R&B
50
UK
[Mercury 71722]
written by Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer
15.
12/1960

Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
Brook Benton greentick

6 pts
93
US






[Mercury 71722]
written by Jimmie Hodges
  1961
16.
02/1961

For My Baby
Brook Benton greentick

60 pts
28
US


2
R&B


[Mercury 71774]
written by Clyde Otis & Willie Dixon
Think Twice
17.
02/1961

Think Twice
Brook Benton greentick

97 pts
11
US


6
R&B


B side to For My Baby
[Mercury 71774]
written by Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] & Clyde Otis
18.
05/1961

#1  The Boll Weevil Song
Brook Benton greentick

from The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits   
270 pts
2
US
1
AC
2
R&B
30
UK
[novelty]
[Mercury 71820]
written by traditional
19.
08/1961

Frankie and Johnny
Brook Benton greentick

from The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits   
76 pts
20
US
6
AC
14
R&B


[Mercury 71859]
written by traditional
20.
10/1961

It's Just a House Without You
Brook Benton greentick

32 pts
45
US
8
AC




US B side to Frankie and Johnny
[Mercury 71859]
written by Teddy Randazzo, Cirino Colacrai, Brook Benton greentick & Clyde Otis
21.
11/1961

Revenge
Brook Benton greentick

77 pts
15
US


12
R&B


[Mercury 71903]
written by Brook Benton greentick, Oliver Hall & Marnie Ewald
  1962
22.
01/1962

Shadrack
Brook Benton greentick

from If You Believe   
57 pts
19
US






[Mercury 71912]
written by Robert MacGimsey
23.
01/1962

The Lost Penny
Brook Benton greentick

from If You Believe   
9 pts
77
US






US B side to Shadrack
[Mercury 71912]
written by J.T. Adams
Walk on the Wild Side
24.
02/1962

Walk on the Wild Side
Brook Benton greentick

from Golden Hits, Volume 2   
20 pts
43
US






[Mercury 71925]
written by Elmer Bernstein & Mack David
25.
05/1962

Hit Record
Brook Benton greentick

from Golden Hits, Volume 2   
27 pts
45
US


19
R&B


[Mercury 71962]
written by Sibelius Williams
26.
05/1962

Thanks to the Fool
Brook Benton greentick

4 pts
106
US






[Mercury 71962]
written by Bennie Benjamin & Sol Marcus
27.
08/1962

With the Touch of Your Hand
Brook Benton greentick

3 pts
120
US






[Mercury 72024]
written by Margie Singleton & Jerry Kennedy
28.
08/1962

Lie to Me
Brook Benton greentick

from Singing the Blues - Lie to Me   
97 pts
13
US


3
R&B


[Mercury 72024]
written by Margie Singleton & Brook Benton greentick
Hotel Happiness
29.
11/1962

#4  Hotel Happiness
Brook Benton greentick

from Golden Hits, Volume 2   
188 pts
3
US


2
R&B


[Mercury 72055]
written by Leon Carr & Earl Shuman
30.
12/1962

Still Water Runs Deep
Brook Benton greentick

from Golden Hits, Volume 2   
7 pts
89
US






US B side to Hotel Happiness
[Mercury 72055]
written by Bob Perper, Paul Gasper & Jack Aranda
  1963
31.
03/1963

Dearer Than Life
Brook Benton greentick

16 pts
59
US






[Mercury 72099]
written by Ed Warren & Arthur Kent
32.
03/1963

I Got What I Wanted
Brook Benton greentick

from Singing the Blues - Lie to Me   
75 pts
28
US
14
AC
4
R&B


US B side to Dearer Than Life /
[Mercury 72099]
written by Margie Singleton & Brook Benton greentick
33.
06/1963

My True Confession
Brook Benton greentick

from Singing the Blues - Lie to Me   
88 pts
22
US
8
AC
7
R&B


[Mercury 72135]
written by Sam Coslow & Frederick Hollander
34.
09/1963

Two Tickets to Paradise
Brook Benton greentick

60 pts
32
US
8
AC
15
R&B


[Mercury 72177]
written by Brook Benton greentick & Malcolm Dodds
  1964
35.
01/1964

Going Going Gone
Brook Benton greentick

from On the Countryside   
53 pts
35
US
11
AC
5
R&B


[Mercury 72230]
written by Emil Anton & Alan Thomas
36.
05/1964

Too Late to Turn Back Now
Brook Benton greentick

from This Bitter Earth   
41 pts
43
US
14
AC
8
R&B


[Mercury 72266]
written by Clyde Otis
37.
05/1964

Another Cup of Coffee
Brook Benton greentick

46 pts
47
US
13
AC
4
R&B


US B side to Too Late to Turn Back Now
[Mercury 72266]
written by Leon Carr & Earl Shuman
A House Is Not a Home
38.
07/1964

A House Is Not a Home
Brook Benton greentick

35 pts
75
US
13
AC
6
R&B


[Mercury 72303]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
39.
09/1964

Lumberjack
Brook Benton greentick

from This Bitter Earth   
34 pts
53
US
15
AC
11
R&B


[Mercury 72333]
written by Charles Arrington
40.
12/1964

Please, Please Make It Easy
Brook Benton greentick

from This Bitter Earth   
3 pts
119
US






[Mercury 72365]
written by Rose Marie McCoy & Ken Williams
41.
12/1964

Do It Right
Brook Benton greentick

from This Bitter Earth   
14 pts
67
US


33
R&B


[Mercury 72365]
written by Rudy Clark
  1965
42.
03/1965

The Special Years
Brook Benton greentick

3 pts
129
US






[Mercury 72398]
written by Martha Sharp
43.
07/1965

Love Me Now
Brook Benton greentick

8 pts
100
US
37
AC




[Mercury 72446]
written by Brook Benton greentick & Ed Townsend
44.
11/1965

Mother Nature, Father Time
Brook Benton greentick

from Mother Nature, Father Time   
33 pts
53
US
9
AC
26
R&B


[RCA 47-8693]
written by Brook Benton greentick & Clyde Otis
  1966
45.
03/1966

Only a Girl Like You
Brook Benton greentick

3 pts
122
US






[RCA Victor 8768]
written by Clyde Otis & Augustas
46.
05/1966

Too Much Good Lovin' (No Good for Me)
Brook Benton greentick

3 pts
126
US






[RCA Victor 8830]
written by Bobby Stevenson & June Cordae
47.
07/1966

Break Her Heart
Brook Benton greentick

3 pts


37
AC




[RCA 47-8879]
written by Lou Stallman & Clyde Otis
  1967
Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)
48.
08/1967

Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)
Brook Benton greentick

from Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)   
13 pts
78
US
37
AC




[Reprise 0611]
written by Leon Ashley & Margie Singleton
  1968
49.
01/1968

Weakness in a Man
Brook Benton greentick

3 pts


36
AC




[Reprise 0649]
written by Jerry Chestnut
50.
10/1968

Do Your Own Thing
Brook Benton greentick

from Do Your Own Thing   
11 pts
99
US
26
AC




[Cotillion 44007]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
  1969
51.
07/1969

Nothing Can Take the Place of You
Brook Benton greentick

from Do Your Own Thing   
21 pts
74
US


11
R&B


[Cotillion 44034]
written by Patrick Robinson & Toussaint Mccall
  1970
Rainy Night in Georgia
52.
01/1970

#2  Rainy Night in Georgia
Brook Benton greentick

from Brook Benton Today   
203 pts
4
US
2
AC
1
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #498]
[Cotillion 44057]
written by Tony Joe White
My Way
53.
04/1970

My Way
Brook Benton greentick

from Brook Benton Today   
19 pts
72
US
35
AC
25
R&B


[Cotillion 44072]
written by Claude François, Jacques Revaux & Paul Anka
Don't It Make You Want to Go Home
54.
05/1970

Don't It Make You Want to Go Home
Brook Benton greentick

from Home Style   
42 pts
45
US
4
AC
31
R&B


with The Dixie Flyers
[Cotillion 44078]
written by Joe South
55.
12/1970

Shoes
Brook Benton greentick

from Story Teller   
27 pts
67
US
18
AC
18
R&B


with The Dixie Flyers
[Cotillion 44093]
written by Don Covay & George Soulé
  1972
56.
10/1972

If You Got the Time
Brook Benton greentick

from Something for Everyone   
4 pts
104
US






[MGM 14440]
written by William Backer
  1978
57.
01/1978

Making Love Is Good for You
Brook Benton greentick

from Makin' Love Is Good for You   
2 pts




49
R&B


written by Tony Joe White


See also...

Brook Benton & Damita JoDinah Washington & Brook Benton


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