George Benson
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George Benson (b. March 22 1943, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American musician, whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist. He is however, better known to the public at large as a Pop and R&B singer, famous for such hits as "Give Me The Night", "Lady Love Me (One More Time)", "Turn Your Love Around", "In Your Eyes" and "This Masquerade", among others. He was part of psychedelic soul group Harlem Underground Band during the 1970s, whose much sampled song "Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba" was featured on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on Rare groove station Mastersounds 98.3.
The live take of "On Broadway," recorded a few months later from the 1978 release Weekend in L.A., also won a Grammy.
