Brook Benton / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of Afro-American pop and rhythm & blues singer Brook Benton . Between the 1950s and 1970s, he mostly successfully published numerous single and long-playing records . The tracks he sang were also found on CD albums after his death .
Vinyl single records
| title | Cat.No. | released |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Recapitulation | ||
| 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 |
| Brood | ||
| Lay Lady Lay / A Touch Of Class | 810 | 1973 |
| South Carolina / South Carolina | 816 | 1973 |
| Confidence | ||
| Lay Lady Lay / South Carolina | 69 | 1973 |
Long play albums
| Vinyl LP | ||
|---|---|---|
| title | Cat.No. | released |
| 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 albums | ||
| title | Cat.No. | released |
| 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 | Prestigious | 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 |
Chart placements
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
|
 US
|
R&B
|
|||
| 1967 | Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got) | - |
US156 (4 weeks) US |
- | |
| 1969 | Do your own thing | - |
US189 (2 weeks) US |
- | |
| 1970 | Brook Benton Today | - |
US27 (23 weeks) US |
R&B4 (21 weeks) R&B |
|
| Home style | - |
US199 (2 weeks) US |
- | ||
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
UK
|
US
|
R&B
|
|||
| 1959 | Hurtin 'inside |
- |
US78 (4 weeks) US |
R&B23 (3 weeks) R&B |
|
| It's just a matter of time |
- |
US3 (18 weeks) US |
R&B1 (15 weeks) R&B |
||
| With All Of My Heart |
- |
US82 (1 week) US |
- | ||
| Endlessly |
UK28 (2 weeks) UK |
US12 (13 weeks) US |
R&B3 (12 weeks) R&B |
||
| So close |
- |
US38 (7 weeks) US |
R&B5 (12 weeks) R&B |
||
| So many ways |
- |
US6 (16 weeks) US |
R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B |
||
| Thank you pretty baby |
- |
US16 (14 weeks) US |
R&B1 (14 weeks) R&B |
||
| 1960 | This Time Of The Year |
- |
US66 (5 weeks) US |
R&B12 (2 weeks) R&B |
|
| Baby (You've Got What It Takes) |
- |
US5 (15 weeks) US |
R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B |
with Dinah Washington
|
|
| Kiddio |
UK41 (6 weeks) UK |
US7 (17 weeks) US |
R&B1 (14 weeks) R&B |
||
| Hither And Thither And Yon |
- |
US58 (6 weeks) US |
- | ||
| The Ties That Bind |
- |
US37 (9 weeks) US |
R&B15 (4 weeks) R&B |
||
| A Rockin Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love) |
- |
US7 (13 weeks) US |
R&B1 (13 weeks) R&B |
with Dinah Washington
|
|
| The Same One |
- |
US16 (12 weeks) US |
R&B21 (1 week) R&B |
||
| Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) |
UK50 (1 week) UK |
US24 (10 weeks) US |
R&B5 (10 weeks) R&B |
||
| Someday You'll Want Me To Want You |
- |
US93 (1 week) US |
- | ||
| 1961 | Think Twice |
- |
US11 (12 weeks) US |
R&B6 (14 weeks) R&B |
|
| For my baby |
- |
US28 (8 weeks) US |
R&B2 (13 weeks) R&B |
||
| The Boll Weevil Song |
UK30 (9 weeks) UK |
US2 (16 weeks) US |
R&B2 (12 weeks) R&B |
||
| Frankie and Johnny |
- |
US20 (8 weeks) US |
R&B14 (6 weeks) R&B |
||
| It's just a house without you |
- |
US45 (5 weeks) US |
- | ||
| 1962 | The Lost Penny |
- |
US77 (2 weeks) US |
- | |
| Shadrack |
- |
US19 (9 weeks) US |
- | ||
|
Walk on the Wild Side |
- |
US43 (7 weeks) US |
- | ||
| Hit record |
- |
US45 (8 weeks) US |
R&B19 (3 weeks) R&B |
||
| Revenge |
- |
US15 (10 weeks) US |
R&B12 (5 weeks) R&B |
||
| Lie to Me |
- |
US13 (10 weeks) US |
R&B3 (15 weeks) R&B |
||
| Still Waters Run Deep |
- |
US89 (1 week) US |
- | ||
| 1963 | Hotel happiness |
- |
US3 (12 weeks) US |
R&B2 (13 weeks) R&B |
|
| Dearer Than Life |
- |
US59 (8 weeks) US |
- | ||
| I Got What I Wanted |
- |
US28 (8 weeks) US |
R&B4 (8 weeks) R&B |
||
| My True Confession |
- |
US22 (9 weeks) US |
R&B7 (10 weeks) R&B |
||
| Two Tickets to Paradise |
- |
US32 (10 weeks) US |
R&B15 (8 weeks) R&B |
||
| Stop foolin ' |
- | - |
R&B25 (7 weeks) R&B |
||
| 1964 | Going going gone |
- |
US35 (7 weeks) US |
R&B5 (8 weeks) R&B |
|
| Another cup of coffee |
- |
US47 (7 weeks) US |
R&B4 (11 weeks) R&B |
||
| Too Late to Turn Back Now |
- |
US43 (8 weeks) US |
R&B8 (10 weeks) R&B |
||
| A House Is Not A Home |
- |
US75 (7 weeks) US |
R&B6 (13 weeks) R&B |
||
| Lumberjack |
- |
US53 (7 weeks) US |
R&B11 (11 weeks) R&B |
||
| Do it right |
- |
US67 (4 weeks) US |
R&B33 (5 weeks) R&B |
||
| 1965 | Mother Nature, Father Time |
- |
US53 (7 weeks) US |
R&B26 (5 weeks) R&B |
|
| Love me now |
- |
US100 (1 week) US |
- | ||
| 1967 | Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got) Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got) |
- |
US78 (4 weeks) US |
- | |
| 1968 | Do Your Own Thing Do Your Own Thing |
- |
US99 (2 weeks) US |
- | |
| 1969 | Nothing Can Take The Place Of You |
- |
US74 (6 weeks) US |
R&B11 (8 weeks) R&B |
|
| 1970 | Rainy Night in Georgia / Rubberneckin ' |
- |
US4th  (15 weeks)US |
R&B1 (14 weeks) R&B |
|
| My way |
- |
US72 (6 weeks) US |
R&B25 (6 weeks) R&B |
||
| Don't It Make You Want to Go Home |
- |
US45 (7 weeks) US |
R&B31 (4 weeks) R&B |
with The Dixie Flyers
|
|
| 1971 | Shoes |
- |
US67 (6 weeks) US |
R&B18 (9 weeks) R&B |
with The Dixie Flyers
|
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
gold |
 platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
||||
|
United States (RIAA)
|
gold1
|
- | 1,000,000 | riaa.com |
| All in all |
gold1
|
- | ||