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George Benson
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 22, 1943, Grammy-winning jazz
guitarist and vocalist George Benson started his music career playing ukulele in
a drug store when he was seven. A year later, he was playing guitar in
unlicensed night clubs, and when he was 10, he recorded his first single, “She
Makes Me Mad.” By the time he reached his teens, he was consumed by jazz and
began to make a name for himself on the music scene. At the age of 21, he began
collaborating with jazz organist Jack McDuff and recorded his first album, The
New Boss Guitar of George Benson (1964), with M...
