Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A track from a 1995 compilation CD entitled "Uncovered", a collection of popular music by artists covering the original hits.
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The classic song "Summertime" was composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.
George Benson recorded this famous jazz cover of George Gershwin's "Summertime" in 1966 on the album _It's Uptown_ by The George Benson Quartet.
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George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist.
A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, playing soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others. He then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and scat singing. His album Breezin' was certified triple-platinum, hitting No. 1 on the Billboard album chart in 1976.
His concerts were well attended through the 1980s, and he still has a large following.
Benson has won ten Grammy Awards and has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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This track was recorded directly to computer from the CD and processed using Audacity software.
The video was created in Movie Maker, where the images and the music track were assembled into the final product.
Creating just one video such as this from a single track on a CD takes around fifteen minutes from start to finish, therefore an eighteen-track CD takes more than three hours to process.
A track from a 1995 compilation CD entitled "Uncovered", a collection of popular music by artists covering the original hits.
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The classic song "Summertime" was composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.
George Benson recorded this famous jazz cover of George Gershwin's "Summertime" in 1966 on the album _It's Uptown_ by The George Benson Quartet.
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George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist.
A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, playing soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others. He then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and scat singing. His album Breezin' was certified triple-platinum, hitting No. 1 on the Billboard album chart in 1976.
His concerts were well attended through the 1980s, and he still has a large following.
Benson has won ten Grammy Awards and has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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This track was recorded directly to computer from the CD and processed using Audacity software.
The video was created in Movie Maker, where the images and the music track were assembled into the final product.
Creating just one video such as this from a single track on a CD takes around fifteen minutes from start to finish, therefore an eighteen-track CD takes more than three hours to process.
