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I finally managed to get this CD "This Is Brook Benton" and am completely satisfied and absolutely delighted with it. It certainly deserves five stars plus! Among the selections, Brook's "Hawaiian Wedding Song" is the best I've ever heard. And the same can be said for "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" and "The Second Time Around." Every song on this CD is a gem.
I cannot understand why A MUSIC FAN gave this CD, recorded in 1966 by RCA such a negative review! Perhaps that person has ...
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This is Brook Benton's smooth, classy vocal style with some of the great songs of all-time. Mr. Benton does a first class job with standards like "That Old Feeling", "Hey There" and just about every cut on the CD.
This is not the one to start your Brook Benton collection with (try "Endlessly, The Best Of Brook Benton)but if like his voice you'll love these interpretations......PS The arranger, Glenn Osser, did some fine work at Columbia with the likes of Jerry Vale and Johnny Mathis.
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I ordered this CD and was very dissappointed as it was not the original recordings of Brook Benton. It sounded like a remake at a later date by an older person, or an earlier release of his most popular songs by a different person. It was certainly not what I anticipated.