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Brook Benton

1931 - 1988

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Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), known professionally as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter whose music transcended 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 hits he wrote for other performers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brook Benton is the 2,383rd most popular singer (down from 2,328th in 2019), the 13,119th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,535th in 2019) and the 682nd most popular American Singer.

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Among singers, Brook Benton ranks 2,383 out of 4,381. Before him are Romeo Santos, Marta Sánchez, Eldar Gasimov, Vesna Pisarović, Fiona Apple, and Salvatore Licitra. After him are Malvina Reynolds, Sahlene, Mahendra Kapoor, Zara Larsson, Kurt Elling, and Eunhyuk.

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Among people born in 1931, Brook Benton ranks 594. Before him are Frank Ramsey, Arne Nordheim, Nasir Hussain, Gloria Talbott, Clifford Jordan, and James Abourezk. After him are Arthur Fry, Gene Fullmer, Jimmy Stewart, Ken Bates, Nandini Satpathy, and Malcolm Williamson. Among people deceased in 1988, Brook Benton ranks 266. Before him are Irene Rich, Bonita Granville, Kenneth Williams, Nikolai Sologubov, Daws Butler, and Bob Steele. After him are Stanley Skewes, Zubeida, Leonard Frey, Stuart Symington, Joseph Albert Sullivan, and Pauline Lafont.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brook Benton ranks 13,123 out of 20,380. Before him are Wade Hampton III (1818), Dale Dickey (1961), Cameron Monaghan (1993), Fiona Apple (1977), Milburn Stone (1904), and Sonya Smith (1972). After him are Audrey Totter (1917), Angela Little (1972), Zachary Scott (1914), Malvina Reynolds (1900), Gideon Welles (1802), and Kerri Green (1967).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Brook Benton ranks 682. Before him are Fred Neil (1936), Roy Brown (1925), Anita Ward (1956), Banks (1988), Romeo Santos (1981), and Fiona Apple (1977). After him are Malvina Reynolds (1900), Kurt Elling (1967), Ben Moody (1981), Ghostface Killah (1970), Victoria Monét (1993), and Edie Brickell (1966).

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