Diese Diskografie ist eine Übersicht über die musikalischen Werke des afroamerikanischer Pop- und Rhythm-&-Blues-Sängers Brook Benton. Zwischen den 1950er und 1970er Jahren veröffentlichte er meist erfolgreich zahlreiche Single- und Langspielplatten. Die von ihm gesungenen Titel fanden sich auch nach seinem Tod auf CD-Alben wieder.
Brook Benton – Diskografie | |
|---|---|
| Veröffentlichungen | |
| Studioalben | 31 |
| Singles | 69 |
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| Titel | Katalog-Nr. | veröffentlicht |
|---|---|---|
| Okeh | ||
| Bring Me Love / Some Of My Best Friends | 4-7065 | 1956 |
| Epic | ||
| Love Made Me Your Fool / Give Me A Sign | 9177 | 1956 |
| The Wall / All My Love Belongs To You | 9199 | 1957 |
| Vik | ||
| I Wanna Do Everything For You / Come On Be Nice | 0285 | 1957 |
| A Million Miles From Nowhere / Devoted | 0311 | 1957 |
| Because You Love Me / Crinoline Skirt | 0325 | 1958 |
| Crazy In Love With You / I’m Coming Back To You | 0336 | 1958 |
| RCA Victor | ||
| Only Your Love / If Only I Had Known | 47-7489 | 1959 |
| Mercury | ||
| It’s Just A Matter Of Time / Hurtin’ Inside | 71394 | 1959 |
| Endlessly / So Close | 71443 | 1959 |
| Thank You Pretty Baby / With All Of My Heart | 71478 | 1959 |
| So Many Ways / I Want You Forever | 71512 | 1959 |
| This Time Of The Year / Nothing In The World | 71554 | 1959 |
| This Time Of The Year / How Many Times | 71558 | 1959 |
| Baby / I Do (& Dinah Washington) | 71565 | 1960 |
| The Ties That Bind / Hither, Thither And Yon | 71566 | 1960 |
| A Rockin’ Good Way / I Believe (& Dinah Washington) | 71629 | 1960 |
| Kiddio / The Same One | 71652 | 1960 |
| Fools Rush In / Someday You’ll Want Me To Want You | 71722 | 1960 |
| This Time Of The Year / Merry Christmas, Happy New Year | 71730 | 1960 |
| Think Twice / For My Baby | 71774 | 1961 |
| The Boll Weevil Song / Your Eyes | 71820 | 1961 |
| Frankie And Johnny / It’s Just A House Without You | 71859 | 1961 |
| Revenge / Really Really | 71903 | 1961 |
| Shadrack / The Lost Penny | 71912 | 1961 |
| Walk On The Wild Side / Somewhere In The Used To Be | 71925 | 1962 |
| Hit Record / Thanks To The Fool | 71962 | 1962 |
| Lie To Me / With The Touch Of Your Hand | 72024 | 1962 |
| Hotel Happiness / Still Waters Run Deep | 72055 | 1962 |
| I Got What I Wanted / Dearer Than Life | 72099 | 1963 |
| My True Confession / Tender Years | 72135 | 1963 |
| Two Tickets To Paradise / Don’t Hate Me | 72177 | 1963 |
| Baby, You’ve Got It Made / Stop Foolin’ (& Damita Jo) | 72207 | 1963 |
| This Time Of The Year / You’re All I Want For Christmas | 72214 | 1963 |
| Going, Going, Gone / After Midnight | 72230 | 1963 |
| Too Late To Turn Back Now / Another Cup Of Coffee | 72266 | 1964 |
| A House Is Not A Home / Come On Back | 72303 | 1964 |
| Lumberjack / Don’t Do What I Did | 72333 | 1964 |
| Do It Right / Please, Please Make It Easy | 72365 | 1964 |
| Special Years / Where There’s A Will | 72398 | 1965 |
| Love Me Now / A-Sleepin’ At The End Of The Bed | 72446 | 1965 |
| RCA Victor | ||
| Mother Nature, Father Time / You’re Mine | 47-8693 | 1965 |
| Where There’s Life / Only A Girl Like You | 47-8768 | 1965 |
| Too Much Good Lovin’ / A Sailor Boy’s Love Song | 47-8830 | 1966 |
| Break Her Heart / In The Evening In The Moonlight | 47-8879 | 1966 |
| Where Does A Man Go To Cry / The Roach Song | 47-8944 | 1966 |
| So True In Life, So True In Love / If You Only Knew | 47-8995 | 1966 |
| Our First Christmas Together / Silent Night | 47-9031 | 1966 |
| Wake Up / All My Love Belongs To You | 47-9096 | 1967 |
| Keep The Faith Baby / Going To Soulsville | 47-9105 | 1967 |
| Reprise | ||
| You’re The Reason I’m Living / Laura | 0611 | 1967 |
| Glory Of Love / Weakness In A Man | 0649 | 1967 |
| Instead (Of Loving You) / Lonely Street | 0676 | 1968 |
| Cotillion | ||
| I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself / Do Your Own Thing | 44007 | 1968 |
| She Knows What To Do With ’Em / Touch ’Em With Love | 44031 | 1969 |
| Nothing Can Take The Place Of You / Woman Without Love | 44034 | 1969 |
| Rainy Night In Georgia / Where Do You Go From Here | 44057 | 1969 |
| My Way / A Little Bit Of Soap | 44072 | 1970 |
| Don’t It Want To Make You Go Home / I’ve Gotta Be Me | 44078 | 1970 |
| Shoes / Let Me Fix It | 44093 | 1970 |
| Take A Look At Your Hands / If You Think God Is Dead | 44119 | 1971 |
| Please Send Me Someone To Love / She Even Woke Up To Say Goodbye | 44130 | 1971 |
| A Black Child Can’t Smile / If You Think God Is Dead | 44138 | 1971 |
| Soul Santa / Let Us All Get Together With The Lord | 44141 | 1971 |
| Movin’ Day / Poor Make Believer | 44152 | 1972 |
| MGM | ||
| If You’ve Got The Time / You Take Me Home Honey | 14440 | 1972 |
| Brut | ||
| Lay Lady Lay / A Touch Of Class | 810 | 1973 |
| South Carolina / South Carolina | 816 | 1973 |
| Confidence | ||
| Lay Lady Lay / South Carolina | 69 | 1973 |
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| Vinyl-LP | ||
|---|---|---|
| Titel | Katalog-Nr. | veröffentlicht |
| It’s Just A Matter Of Time | Mercury 60077 | 1959 |
| Endlessly | Mercury 60146 | 1959 |
| The Boll Weevil Song | Mercury 60641 | 1961 |
| There Goes That Song Again | Mercury 60673 | 1962 |
| Golden Hits | Mercury 20607 | 1962 |
| Lie To Me | Mercury 20740 | 1962 |
| Best Ballads Of Broadway | Mercury MVL 307 | 1963 |
| Golden Hits Volume 2 | Mercury 20774 | 1963 |
| Born To Sing The Blues | Mercury MG 20886 | 1964 |
| That Old Feeling | RCA Victor 3514 | 1966 |
| My Country | RCA Victor 3590 | 1966 |
| Do Your Own Thing | Cotillion 9002 | 1969 |
| Brook Benton Today | Cotillion 9018 | 1970 |
| Home Style | Cotillion 9028 | 1970 |
| Story Teller | Cotillion 9050 | 1972 |
| Something For Everyone | MGM 4874 | 1973 |
| CD-Alben | ||
| Titel | Katalog-Nr. | veröffentlicht |
| The Silky Smooth Tones | Jasmine | 2011 |
| It’s Just A Matter Of Time | Hallmark | 2010 |
| At His Best | Collectors | 2008 |
| Best Of Brook Benton | Spectrum | 2008 |
| My Country / That Old Feeling | Sony Music | 2007 |
| Silky Soul Balladeer | American Lege | 2006 |
| For My Baby | Spectrum | 2005 |
| Rainy Night in Georgia | Prestige | 2004 |
| 20 Greatest Hits | Remember | 2003 |
| Legendary Song Stylist | Pulse | 2003 |
| Songs I Love To Sing | Verve | 2003 |
| Endlessly: Greatest Hits | Goldies | 2001 |
| The Best Of Brook Benton | Mercury | 2001 |
| Greatest Hits | UMVD | 1998 |
| A Rockin’ Good Way | GOLDD | 1989 |
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| Jahr | Titel | Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartplatzierungenChartplatzierungen (Jahr, Titel, Platzierungen, Wochen, Auszeichnungen, Anmerkungen) | Anmerkungen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US | R&B | ||
| 1961 | Golden Hits | — | US82 (20 Wo.)US | — |
| The Boll Weevil Song | — | US76 (13 Wo.)US | — | |
| 1962 | If You Believe | — | US77 (7 Wo.)US | — |
| Singin’ The Blues | — | US40 (15 Wo.)US | — | |
| 1963 | Golden Hits Volume 2 | — | US82 (6 Wo.)US | — |
| 1967 | Laura (What’s He Got That I Ain’t Got) | — | US156 (4 Wo.)US | — |
| 1969 | Do Your Own Thing | — | US189 (2 Wo.)US | — |
| 1970 | Brook Benton Today | — | US27 (23 Wo.)US | R&B4 (21 Wo.)R&B |
| Home Style | — | US199 (2 Wo.)US | — |
grau schraffiert: keine Chartdaten aus diesem Jahr verfügbar
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| Jahr | Titel Album | Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartplatzierungenChartplatzierungen (Jahr, Titel, Album, Platzierungen, Wochen, Auszeichnungen, Anmerkungen) | Anmerkungen | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US | R&B | |||
| 1959 | Hurtin’ Inside – | — | US78 (4 Wo.)US | R&B23 (3 Wo.)R&B | |
| It’s Just a Matter of Time – | — | US3 (18 Wo.)US | R&B1 (15 Wo.)R&B | ||
| With All Of My Heart – | — | US82 (1 Wo.)US | — | ||
| Endlessly – | UK28 (2 Wo.)UK | US12 (13 Wo.)US | R&B3 (12 Wo.)R&B | ||
| So Close – | — | US38 (7 Wo.)US | R&B5 (12 Wo.)R&B | ||
| So Many Ways – | — | US6 (16 Wo.)US | R&B1 (17 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Thank You Pretty Baby – | — | US16 (14 Wo.)US | R&B1 (14 Wo.)R&B | ||
| 1960 | This Time Of The Year – | — | US66 (5 Wo.)US | R&B12 (2 Wo.)R&B | |
| Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes) – | — | US5 (15 Wo.)US | R&B1 (17 Wo.)R&B | mit Dinah Washington | |
| Kiddio – | UK41 (6 Wo.)UK | US7 (17 Wo.)US | R&B1 (14 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Hither And Thither And Yon – | — | US58 (6 Wo.)US | — | ||
| The Ties That Bind – | — | US37 (9 Wo.)US | R&B15 (4 Wo.)R&B | ||
| A Rockin Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love) – | — | US7 (13 Wo.)US | R&B1 (13 Wo.)R&B | mit Dinah Washington | |
| The Same One – | — | US16 (12 Wo.)US | R&B21 (1 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) – | UK50 (1 Wo.)UK | US24 (10 Wo.)US | R&B5 (10 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Someday You’ll Want Me To Want You – | — | US93 (1 Wo.)US | — | ||
| 1961 | Think Twice – | — | US11 (12 Wo.)US | R&B6 (14 Wo.)R&B | |
| For My Baby – | — | US28 (8 Wo.)US | R&B2 (13 Wo.)R&B | ||
| The Boll Weevil Song – | UK30 (9 Wo.)UK | US2 (16 Wo.)US | R&B2 (12 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Frankie and Johnny – | — | US20 (8 Wo.)US | R&B14 (6 Wo.)R&B | ||
| It’s Just a House Without You – | — | US45 (5 Wo.)US | — | ||
| 1962 | The Lost Penny – | — | US77 (2 Wo.)US | — | |
| Shadrack – | — | US19 (9 Wo.)US | — | ||
| Walk on the Wild Side – | — | US43 (7 Wo.)US | — | ||
| Hit Record – | — | US45 (8 Wo.)US | R&B19 (3 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Revenge – | — | US15 (10 Wo.)US | R&B12 (5 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Lie to Me – | — | US13 (10 Wo.)US | R&B3 (15 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Still Waters Run Deep – | — | US89 (1 Wo.)US | — | ||
| 1963 | Hotel Happiness – | — | US3 (12 Wo.)US | R&B2 (13 Wo.)R&B | |
| Dearer Than Life – | — | US59 (8 Wo.)US | — | ||
| I Got What I Wanted – | — | US28 (8 Wo.)US | R&B4 (8 Wo.)R&B | ||
| My True Confession – | — | US22 (9 Wo.)US | R&B7 (10 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Two Tickets to Paradise – | — | US32 (10 Wo.)US | R&B15 (8 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Stop Foolin’ – | — | — | R&B25 (7 Wo.)R&B | ||
| 1964 | Going Going Gone – | — | US35 (7 Wo.)US | R&B5 (8 Wo.)R&B | |
| Another Cup of Coffee – | — | US47 (7 Wo.)US | R&B4 (11 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Too Late to Turn Back Now – | — | US43 (8 Wo.)US | R&B8 (10 Wo.)R&B | ||
| A House Is Not A Home – | — | US75 (7 Wo.)US | R&B6 (13 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Lumberjack – | — | US53 (7 Wo.)US | R&B11 (11 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Do It Right – | — | US67 (4 Wo.)US | R&B33 (5 Wo.)R&B | ||
| 1965 | Mother Nature, Father Time – | — | US53 (7 Wo.)US | R&B26 (5 Wo.)R&B | |
| Love Me Now – | — | US100 (1 Wo.)US | — | ||
| 1967 | Laura (What’s He Got That I Ain’t Got) Laura (What’s He Got That I Ain’t Got) | — | US78 (4 Wo.)US | — | |
| 1968 | Do Your Own Thing Do Your Own Thing | — | US99 (2 Wo.)US | — | |
| 1969 | Nothing Can Take The Place Of You – | — | US74 (6 Wo.)US | R&B11 (8 Wo.)R&B | |
| 1970 | Rainy Night in Georgia / Rubberneckin’ – | — | US4 Gold (15 Wo.)US | R&B1 (14 Wo.)R&B | |
| My Way – | — | US72 (6 Wo.)US | R&B25 (6 Wo.)R&B | ||
| Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home – | — | US45 (7 Wo.)US | R&B31 (4 Wo.)R&B | mit The Dixie Flyers | |
| 1971 | Shoes – | — | US67 (6 Wo.)US | R&B18 (9 Wo.)R&B | mit The Dixie Flyers |
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Anmerkung: Auszeichnungen in Ländern aus den Charttabellen bzw. Chartboxen sind in ebendiesen zu finden.
| Land/RegionAuszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe (Land/Region, Auszeichnungen, Verkäufe, Quellen) | Gold | Platin | Verkäufe | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vereinigte Staaten (RIAA) | Gold1 | — | 1.000.000 | riaa.com |
| Insgesamt | Gold1 | — |
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- ↑ Chartquellen: UK US US (vor 17. August 1963)