2003 greatest hits album by George Benson
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The Greatest Hits of All is acompilation album by American singer and guitaristGeorge Benson, released on July 8, 2003, byWarner Bros. Records andRhino Entertainment.[1][2] The compilation received this title for containing the greatest hits of Benson's career and also in reference to the song "The Greatest Love of All", originally recorded by Benson in 1977 especially to be the main theme of the filmThe Greatest, a biopic of the boxerMuhammad Ali. The song is featured on this album alongside Benson's other big hits. The songs are in chronological order, between 1976 and 1998, since "This Masquerade" and "Breezin'", including his most famous hits like "On Broadway", "Give Me the Night", "Turn Your Love Around", "Lady Love Me (One More Time)", "Kisses in the Moonlight" and others. The compilation entered theBillboard and reached number 3 on the Jazz Albums.[3] At the end of the year, the album ranked number 15 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums.[4] The album also ranked number 74 onR&B Albums[5] and number 138 onBillboard 200.[6]
A different international version of this album was also released, entitledThe Very Best of George Benson: The Greatest Hits of All.[7]
These are "the greatest hits of all" present in this Benson compilation:[1][2][8]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Album | Length |
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| 1. | "This Masquerade" | Leon Russell | Breezin' | 3:21 |
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| 2. | "Breezin'" | Bobby Womack | Breezin' | 5:40 |
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| 3. | "The Greatest Love of All" | Michael Masser,Linda Creed | The Greatestsoundtrack | 3:34 |
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| 4. | "On Broadway" | Barry Mann,Cynthia Weil,
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Weekend in L.A. | 5:13 |
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| 5. | "Love Ballad" | Skip Scarborough | Livin' Inside Your Love | 4:19 |
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| 6. | "Unchained Melody" | Alex North,Hy Zaret | Livin' Inside Your Love | 3:56 |
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| 7. | "Give Me the Night" | Rod Temperton | Give Me the Night | 3:42 |
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| 8. | "Love X Love" | Rod Temperton | Give Me the Night | 3:50 |
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| 9. | "Turn Your Love Around" | Bill Champlin,Jay Graydon,
Steve Lukather | The George Benson Collection | 3:51 |
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| 10. | "Love All the Hurt Away" (withAretha Franklin) | Sam Dees | Love All the Hurt Away | 4:08 |
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| 11. | "Never Give Up on a Good Thing" | Michael Garvin,Tom Shapiro | The George Benson Collection | 4:05 |
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| 12. | "Being With You" | Omar Hakim | In Your Eyes | 3:54 |
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| 13. | "Lady Love Me (One More Time)" | James Newton Howard,
David Paich | In Your Eyes | 4:01 |
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| 14. | "20/20" | Randy Goodrum,Steve Kipner | 20/20 | 4:05 |
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| 15. | "I Just Wanna Hang Around You" | Cruz Sembello,Danny Sembello, John Sembello,Michael Sembello | 20/20 | 3:54 |
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| 16. | "Kisses in the Moonlight" | Jeffrey Cohen,Preston Glass,Narada Michael Walden | While the City Sleeps... | 3:55 |
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| 17. | "Shiver" | Preston Glass, Suzanne Valentine,Narada Michael Walden | While the City Sleeps... | 3:35 |
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| 18. | "Let's Do It Again" | Curtis Mayfield | Twice the Love | 3:40 |
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| 19. | "Standing Together" | Steve Dubin,Manuel Seal | Standing Together | 4:08 |
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| Total length: | 76:51 |
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| | Chart (2003) | Position |
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| US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums[4] | 15 |
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Information taken from the back cover of the compilation:[1][8]
Compilation producers:
Songs producers:
- Tommy LiPuma (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
- Michael Masser (track 3)
- Quincy Jones (tracks 7, 8)
- Jay Graydon (track 9, 11)
- Arif Mardin (tracks 10, 12, 13)
- Russ Titelman (tracks 14, 15)
- Narada Michael Walden (tracks 16, 17)
- Preston Glass (track 17)
- David Lewis, Wayne Lewis, Jonathan Lewis (track 18)
- Paul Brown (track 19)
Executive producer:
Sound producer:
Management:
- Turner Management Group, Inc.
- Dennis Turner
- Stephanie Gurevitz-Gonzalez
- ^abcdJurek, Thom (July 8, 2003)."George Benson – The Greatest Hits of All". AllMusic. RetrievedJuly 7, 2018.
- ^abAmazon."George Benson – The Greatest Hits of All (2003)". RetrievedJuly 7, 2018.
- ^abBillboard (July 26, 2003)."George Benson - Jazz Albums". RetrievedJuly 13, 2018.
- ^abAmerican Radio History (December 27, 2003)."Billboard - Top Contemporary Jazz Albums"(PDF). RetrievedJuly 14, 2018.
- ^abBillboard (July 26, 2003)."George Benson - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". RetrievedJuly 13, 2018.
- ^abBillboard (July 26, 2003)."George Benson - Billboard 200". RetrievedJuly 13, 2018.
- ^AllMusic."The Very Best of George Benson: The Greatest Hits of All". RetrievedJuly 21, 2018.
{{cite web}}:|author= has generic name (help) - ^abDiscogs."George Benson – The Greatest Hits of All (2003)". RetrievedJuly 7, 2018.
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