20/20 - George Benson

'20/20' was the title track of George Benson's 1985 album. The song was released as a single. In the UK, the single reached number 29 in the singles chart, but in the Netherlands the single did not chart at all.

I still remember the song from the many times that I watched Sky Channel and Music Box, the two premier satellite channels that used to play music videos for most of the day. Somehow the song crept back into my mind recently, and so I thought it would be nice to own the single after all these years. The B-side is a jazzy instrumental.

My collection: 7" single no. 7120
Found: Discogs.com, received 8 February 2024
Tracks: '20/20' / 'Shark bite'

Give me the night - George Benson

'Give me the night' was the title track of George Benson's 1980 album. The song was written by Rod Temperton, who would go on to work with people like Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Donna Summer and Kim Wilde.

When it was released as a single, it was Benson's most successful single up to that point, peaking at number 7 in the UK singles chart and number 8 in the Dutch Top 40.

My collection: 7" sigle no. 4617
Found: La La Land, Den Haag, March 5, 2010
Cost: 1 euro
Tracks: 'Give me the night' / 'Dinorah, Dinorah'