Tenderly (George Benson album)

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Tenderly
Tenderly.jpg
Studio album by
Released1989 (1989)
Genre Pop, jazz pop
Length38:31
Label Warner Bros
Producer Tommy LiPuma
George Benson chronology
Twice the Love
(1988)
Tenderly
(1989)
Big Boss Band
(1990)

Tenderly is a 1989 studio album by George Benson, produced by long time collaborator Tommy LiPuma.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In a review for AllMusic, Richard S. Ginell wrote that Benson has gotten the message by "giving up the fruitless search for decent contemporary material, he switched gears and recorded an album of old standards with top-grade jazz musicians". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Don't Know What Love Is" Don Raye, Gene de Paul 4:39
2."Stella by Starlight" Ned Washington, Victor Young 5:13
3."Stardust" Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish 6:02
4."At the Mambo Inn"Frederick Lincoln-Guirty, Bobby Woodlen, Grace Sampson, Mario Bauzá 4:53
5."Here, There and Everywhere" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 5:04
6."This Is All I Ask" Gordon Jenkins 5:35
7."Tenderly" Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross 3:05
8."I Could Write a Book" Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 4:00

Personnel

Musicians: [3]

Production

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 140
US Jazz Albums [5] 1

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tenderly - George Benson | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  2. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 113. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. as on album cover
  4. "George Benson Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  5. Benson, George. Billboard Albums at AllMusic . Retrieved 2014-04-14.