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Claude A. ("Bennie") Benjamin was a songwriter, often teaming with George David Weiss. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both George David Weiss (born April 9, 1921) is an American Songwriter and President of the Songwriters Guild of America. He was born on November 4, 1907 in Christiansted on the island of St. Croix (United States Virgin Islands). Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Christiansted is a town on Saint Croix, one of the main islands composing the United States Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States The United States Virgin Islands is a group of Islands in the Caribbean that are an Insular area of the United States. At the age of twenty, he moved to New York City. The City of New York There, he studied the banjo and guitar with Hy Smith. The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles He then performed in vaudeville and with various orchestras, until, in 1941, he started composing songs. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s Events January 5 - Ernesto Bonino debuts on Italian Radio January 15 - Olivier Messiaen 's

In 1968, he became a music publisher, starting his own company named for himself. Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. He died in New York City on May 2, 1989. The City of New York Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

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Songs written

With Sol Marcus, Ed Durham and Ed Seiler

With George David Weiss

with Sol Marcus

All five above songs were written for and performed by Nina Simone on Broadway-Blues-Ballads (1964). "Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!" is a popular Song. Confess is a popular Song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss. " Cross Over the Bridge " is a popular Song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1945. "Echoes" is a popular Song. It was written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1950. "How Important Can It Be?" is a popular Song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1955. " I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore " is a popular Song, written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1949 "Rumors Are Flying" is a popular Song. It was written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1946 " Wheel of Fortune " is a popular Song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1952. " Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood " is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her Stage name Nina Simone ( IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ (February 21 1933 – April 21 2003 was a fifteen-time Broadway-Blues-Ballads is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003

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Lift is the sixth Studio album by Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music.
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