Songs performed or written by Brook Benton&nbsp;&nbsp;

08/1962

With the Touch of Your Hand by Brook Benton

120
US

written by Margie Singleton & Jerry Kennedy

07/1959

With All of My Heart by Brook Benton

82
US

B side to Thank You Pretty Baby
[Mercury 71478]
written by Brook Benton

& Chris Towns

Ruth Brown

10/1958

Why Me by Ruth Brown

from Miss Rhythm

17
R&B

US B side to This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'
[Atlantic 1197]
written by Brook Benton

, Belford Hendricks & Ronnie Mack

01/1968

Weakness in a Man by Brook Benton

36
AC

[Reprise 0649]
written by Jerry Chesnut (as Jerry Chestnut)

02/1962

Walk on the Wild Side by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits, Volume 2

43
US

[Mercury 71925]
written by Elmer Bernstein & Mack David

09/1963

Two Tickets to Paradise by Brook Benton

32
US

8
AC

15
R&B

[Mercury 72177]
written by Brook Benton

& Malcolm Dodds

05/1966

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

126
US

written by Bobby Stevenson & June Cordae

05/1964

Too Late to Turn Back Now by Brook Benton

from This Bitter Earth

43
US

14
AC

8
R&B

[Mercury 72266]
written by Clyde Otis

10.

12/1959

This Time of the Year by Brook Benton

66
US

12
R&B

[Mercury 71554]
written by Clyde Otis (as Cliff Owens) & Jessie Hollis

11.

02/1961

Think Twice by Brook Benton

11
US

6
R&B

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

12.

04/1960

The Ties That Bind by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits

37
US

15
R&B

[Mercury 71566]
written by Vin Corso (as Vincent A. Corso) & Clyde Otis

13.

03/1965

The Special Years by Brook Benton

129
US

written by Martha Sharp

14.

08/1960

The Same One by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits

16
US

21
R&B

B side to Kiddio
[Mercury 71652]
written by Brook Benton

15.

01/1962

The Lost Penny by Brook Benton

from If You Believe

77
US

US B side to Shadrack
[Mercury 71912]
written by J.T. Adams

16.

05/1961

① The Boll Weevil Song by Brook Benton

from The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits

257

2
US

✫1
AC

2
R&B

30
UK

[artist #1 hit]
[novelty]
[Mercury 71820]
written by traditional

17.

05/1962

Thanks to the Fool by Brook Benton

106
US

[Mercury 71962]
written by Bennie Benjamin & Sol Marcus

18.

07/1959

Thank You Pretty Baby by Brook Benton

16
US

✫1
R&B

[Mercury 71478]
written by Brook Benton

Brook Benton & Damita Jo

19.

11/1963

Stop Foolin' by Brook Benton & Damita Jo

108
US

25
R&B

[Mercury 72207]
written by Brook Benton

20.

12/1962

Still Water Runs Deep by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits, Volume 2

89
US

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

21.

12/1960

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

93
US

written by Jimmie Hodges

22.

10/1959

So Many Ways by Brook Benton

from I Love You In So Many Ways

157

6
US

✫1
R&B

[Mercury 71512]
written by Bobby Stevenson

23.

05/1959

So Close by Brook Benton

from I Love You In So Many Ways

38
US

5
R&B

[Mercury 71443]
written by Brook Benton

, Clyde Otis & Luther Dixon

24.

12/1970

Shoes by Brook Benton

from Story Teller

67
US

18
AC

18
R&B

with the Dixie Flyers
[Cotillion 44093]
written by Don Covay & George Soulé

25.

01/1962

Shadrack by Brook Benton

from If You Believe

19
US

[Mercury 71912]
written by Robert MacGimsey

26.

11/1961

Revenge by Brook Benton

15
US

12
R&B

[Mercury 71903]
written by Brook Benton

, Oliver Hall & Marnie Ewald

27.

01/1970

③ Rainy Night in Georgia by Brook Benton

from Brook Benton Today

192

4
US

2
AC

✫1
R&B

[artist #3 hit]

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #498]
[Cotillion 44057]
written by Tony Joe White

28.

12/1964

Please, Please Make It Easy by Brook Benton

from This Bitter Earth

119
US

[Mercury 72365]
written by Rose Marie McCoy & Ken Williams

29.

03/1966

Only a Girl Like You by Brook Benton

122
US

written by Clyde Otis & Augustas

Nat King Cole

30.

08/1958

Nothing in the World by Nat King Cole

99
US

[Capitol 4004]
written by Clyde Otis, Brook Benton

& Belford Hendricks

31.

07/1969

Nothing Can Take the Place of You by Brook Benton

from Do Your Own Thing

74
US

11
R&B

[Cotillion 44034]
written by Patrick Robinson & Toussaint Mccall

32.

04/1970

My Way by Brook Benton

from Brook Benton Today

72
US

35
AC

25
R&B

[Cotillion 44072]
written by Claude François, Jacques Revaux & Paul Anka

33.

06/1963

My True Confession by Brook Benton

from Singing the Blues - Lie to Me

22
US

8
AC

7
R&B

[Mercury 72135]
written by Sam Coslow & Frederick Hollander

34.

11/1965

Mother Nature, Father Time by Brook Benton

from Mother Nature, Father Time

53
US

9
AC

26
R&B

[RCA 47-8693]
written by Brook Benton

35.

03/1958

Million Miles from Nowhere by Brook Benton

82
US

written by Daryl Petty

36.

01/1978

Making Love Is Good for You by Brook Benton

from Makin' Love Is Good for You

49
R&B

written by Tony Joe White

37.

09/1964

Lumberjack by Brook Benton

from This Bitter Earth

53
US

15
AC

11
R&B

[Mercury 72333]
written by Charles Arrington

38.

07/1965

Love Me Now by Brook Benton

100
US

37
AC

[Mercury 72446]
written by Brook Benton

& Ed Townsend

Jerry Foster

39.

12/1973

Looking Back by Jerry Foster

51
country

[Cinnamon 774]
written by Clyde Otis, Brook Benton

& Belford Hendricks

Nat King Cole

40.

12/1965

Looking Back by Nat King Cole

from Looking Back

123
US

27
AC

[R]
[Capitol 5549]
written by Brook Benton

41.

04/1958

Looking Back by Nat King Cole

148

5
US

2
R&B

[Capitol 3939]
written by Brook Benton

Joe Simon

42.

12/1968

Lookin' Back by Joe Simon

70
US

42
R&B

[Sound Stage 7 2622]
written by Belford Hendricks & Brook Benton

Larry Wren

43.

05/1977

Lie to Me / It's Saturday Night by Larry Wren

98
country

[50 States 51]
written by Brook Benton

, Margie Singleton, Richard Burt & Fred Niggler

44.

08/1962

Lie to Me by Brook Benton

from Singing the Blues - Lie to Me

13
US

3
R&B

[Mercury 72024]
written by Margie Singleton & Brook Benton

45.

08/1967

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

from Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)

78
US

37
AC

[Reprise 0611]
written by Leon Ashley & Margie Singleton

46.

08/1960

Kiddio by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits

156

7
US

✫1
R&B

41
UK

[Mercury 71652]
written by Brook Benton

Randy Travis

47.

09/1989

It's Just a Matter of Time by Randy Travis

from No Holdin' Back

✫1
country

[Warner 22841]
written by Brook Benton

Glen Campbell

48.

11/1985

It's Just a Matter of Time by Glen Campbell

from It's Just a Matter of Time

7
country

[Atlantic America 99600]
written by Brook Benton

Sonny James

49.

01/1970

It's Just a Matter of Time by Sonny James

from It's Just a Matter of Time

87
US

31
AC

✫1
country

[Capitol 2700]
written by Brook Benton

50.

01/1959

② It's Just a Matter of Time by Brook Benton

from It's Just a Matter of Time

193

3
US

✫1
R&B

[artist #2 hit]
[Mercury 71394]
written by Brook Benton

51.

10/1961

It's Just a House without You by Brook Benton

45
US

8
AC

US B side to Frankie and Johnny
[Mercury 71859]
written by Teddy Randazzo, Cirino Colacrai, Brook Benton

Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart

52.

10/1972

If You Got the Time by Brook Benton

from Something for Everyone

104
US

written by William Backer

53.

09/2011

I'll Take Care of You by Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart

from Don't Explain

147
UK

written by Brook Benton

O.V. Wright

54.

10/1969

I'll Take Care of You by O.V. Wright

43
R&B

[Back Beat 607]
written by Brook Benton

Bobby Bland

55.

12/1959

I'll Take Care of You by Bobby Bland

from Two Steps from the Blues

89
US

2
R&B

[Duke 314]
written by Brook Benton

56.

03/1963

I Got What I Wanted by Brook Benton

from Singing the Blues - Lie to Me

28
US

14
AC

4
R&B

US B side to Dearer Than Life /
[Mercury 72099]
written by Margie Singleton & Brook Benton

Ruth Brown

57.

10/1959

I Don't Know by Ruth Brown

64
US

5
R&B

[Atlantic 2035]
written by Brook Benton

& Bobby Stevenson

Barbara & Brenda

58.

11/1964

Hurtin' Inside by Barbara & Brenda

38
R&B

[Heidi 104]
written by Brook Benton

, Cirino Colacrai, Clyde Otis & Teddy Randazzo

59.

02/1959

Hurtin' Inside by Brook Benton

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

60.

11/1962

④ Hotel Happiness by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits, Volume 2

179

3
US

2
R&B

[artist #4 hit]
[Mercury 72055]
written by Leon Carr & Earl Shuman

61.

04/1960

Hither, Thither and Yon by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits

58
US

[Mercury 71566]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold

62.

05/1962

Hit Record by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits, Volume 2

45
US

19
R&B

[Mercury 71962]
written by Sibelius Williams

The Diamonds

63.

08/1958

Happy Years by The Diamonds

73
US

written by Brook Benton

, Clyde Otis & Oscar Liese

64.

01/1964

Going Going Gone by Brook Benton

from On the Countryside

35
US

11
AC

5
R&B

[Mercury 72230]
written by Emil Anton & Alan Thomas

65.

08/1961

Frankie and Johnny by Brook Benton

from The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits

20
US

6
AC

14
R&B

[Mercury 71859]
written by traditional

Cal Smith

66.

09/1972

For My Baby by Cal Smith

from I've Found Someone of My Own

58
country

[Decca 33003]
written by Clyde Otis & Brook Benton

67.

02/1961

For My Baby by Brook Benton

28
US

2
R&B

[Mercury 71774]
written by Clyde Otis & Willie Dixon

68.

11/1960

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

from Songs I Love to Sing

24
US

5
R&B

50
UK

[Mercury 71722]
written by Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer

Eddie Middleton

69.

09/1977

Endlessly by Eddie Middleton

from Eddie Middleton

38
country

[Epic 50431]
written by Brook Benton

Mavis Staples

70.

09/1972

Endlessly by Mavis Staples

from Only for the Lonely

109
US

30
R&B

[Volt 4086]
written by Brook Benton

Sonny James

71.

10/1970

Endlessly by Sonny James

from Empty Arms

108
US

✫1
country

[Capitol 2914]
written by Brook Benton

72.

04/1959

Endlessly by Brook Benton

from Endlessly

135

12
US

3
R&B

28
UK

[Mercury 71443]
written by Brook Benton

Charlie Louvin & Melba Montgomery

73.

05/1970

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

from Home Style

45
US

4
AC

31
R&B

with the Dixie Flyers
[Cotillion 44078]
written by Joe South

74.

10/1968

Do Your Own Thing by Brook Benton

from Do Your Own Thing

99
US

26
AC

[Cotillion 44007]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

75.

12/1964

Do It Right by Brook Benton

from This Bitter Earth

67
US

33
R&B

[Mercury 72365]
written by Rudy Clark

76.

03/1963

Dearer Than Life by Brook Benton

59
US

[Mercury 72099]
written by Ed Warren & Arthur Kent

77.

07/1966

Break Her Heart by Brook Benton

37
AC

[RCA 47-8879]
written by Lou Stallman & Clyde Otis

78.

06/1971

Baby, You've Got What it Takes by Charlie Louvin & Melba Montgomery

from Baby, You've Got What It Takes

30
country

[Capitol 3111]
written by Murray Stein, Clyde Otis & Brook Benton

Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

79.

01/1960

⑤ Baby (You've Got What It Takes) by Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

160

5
US

✫1
R&B

[artist #5 hit]
[Mercury 71565]
written by Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton

Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler

80.

05/1964

Another Cup of Coffee by Brook Benton

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

81.

01/1984

A Rockin' Good Way by Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler

from The Bop Won't Stop

106

5
UK

written by Brook Benton

, Clyde Otis & Luchi DeJesus

Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

82.

05/1960

A Rockin' Good Way by Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

137

7
US

✫1
R&B

[Mercury 71629]
written by Brook Benton

, Clyde Otis & Luchi DeJesus

Jacky Ward

83.

02/1978

A Lover's Question by Jacky Ward

from A Lover's Question

106
US

32
AC

3
country

[Mercury 55018]
written by Brook Benton

Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina

84.

10/1975

A Lover's Question by Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina

from So Fine

89
US

[Columbia 10222]
written by Brook Benton

Del Reeves

85.

02/1970

A Lover's Question by Del Reeves

from The Best 2

14
country

with The Goodtime Charlies
[United Artists 50622]
written by Brook Benton

Otis Redding

86.

03/1969

A Lover's Question by Otis Redding

from Love Man

48
US

20
R&B

[Atco 6654]
written by Brook Benton

Ernestine Anderson

87.

02/1961

A Lover's Question by Ernestine Anderson

98
US

[Mercury 71772]
written by Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] & Brook Benton

Clyde McPhatter

88.

10/1958

A Lover's Question by Clyde McPhatter

141

6
US

✫1
R&B

[Atlantic 1199]
written by Brook Benton