George Benson, best known for his No. 1 hit "Give Me the Night," is celebrating his 83rd birthday. Born on March 22, 1943, in ...

“Guitar Man” is one of George Benson’s jazziest and most intimate recordings in years. It returns the spotlight to his guitar virtuosity, which became somewhat overshadowed by his vocals after his ...

George Benson has never been shy about trying to find a wider audience for jazz guitar. Less than a month after the Beatles hit the streets with "Abbey Road," he was in the studio reimagining those ...

George Benson’s Breezin turns 50. The landmark 1976 album topped the pop, jazz and R&B charts and remains one of the best-selling jazz albums ever recorded.

George Benson is a multi-platinum (R.I.A.A. certified), best selling, Grammy Award-winning guitarist and singer-songwriter. In 2009, Benson was recognized by the U.S. National Endowment of the Arts as ...

Some tunes are so sacred that any attempt to cover them can only result in failure. Yet George Benson makes this mistake twice on Bad Benson; the band can’t quite manage a groove in 5/4 on Brubeck’s ...

Tito Jackson has lived one of the most fascinating lives in all of American cultural history. Jackson hopped on a Zoom call with American Songwriter to talk about his history with blues, his ...

George Benson released his first single in 1953 at the ripe old age of 10, and he’s breezed through virtually every possible iteration of jazz, from the traditional to the smooth and back again.