Brook Benton
The Essential Vik And RCA Victor Recordings

Description

Brook Benton was one of the most gifted and distinctive voices in American R&B and pop, his warm, resonant baritone drawing comparisons to Billy Eckstine and Nat King Cole while charting his own deeply soulful course. This CD brings together his essential recordings for the Vik and RCA Victor labels, capturing a formative period in his career before his celebrated run of hits on Mercury. These sessions reveal Benton’s effortless interpretive skill — equally at home with polished pop arrangements and raw emotional depth — and stand as vital documents of late 1950s Black American music. An essential disc for fans of classic soul, vintage R&B, and the golden age of the American crooner…

1. I Wanna Do Everything For You
2. Come On, Be Nice
3. If Only I Had Known
4. Your Love Alone
5. Only Your Love
6. Devoted
7. You’re For Me
8. A Million Miles From Nowhere
9. Sentimental Daddy-O
10. A Door That Is Open
11. Crinoline Skirt
12. Because You Love Me
13. I’m Coming Back To You
14. Crazy In Love With You
15. Mother Nature, Father Time
16. Only A Girl Like You
17. Too Much Good Lovin’ (No Good For Me)
18. Break Her Heart
19. The Roach Song
20. If Only You Knew
21. Our First Christmas Together
22. Keep The Faith, Baby
23. All My Love Belongs To You