Benton penned “It’s Just a Matter of Time” with Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis and released it in 1959. It was a No. 1 R&B hit and went to No. 3 on the Hot 100. Sonny James released his version in ...

Many of the great pop and rock songs of the 1950s and 1960s were successful because of their simplicity, combining basic chord changes with everyman lyrics and great melodies to say what needed to be ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - The smooth, raspy voice of legendary singer Brook Benton still lives on. His vocals are known worldwide, but his key was crafted in the choir in Camden, South Carolina.

Brook Benton came up with the concept of Songs I Love To Sing while recovering in the hospital from an illness. He wanted to record an album of songs that in his estimation were among the best ever ...

The late Dallas singer and country pioneer worked on the album, a tribute to Brook Benton, in the mid-'80s. Sometimes buried treasures really do turn up in dusty storage rooms. A case in point: ...

Nestled in a nondescript office building on the corner of Webb Chapel Road and Royal Lane, the recording studio and offices for the late Charley Pride still hold treasures that his estate and friends ...