Benny Sings

Benny Sings
Born 1977 (age 37–38)
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Origin Netherlands
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Musician
Years active 1999–present
Labels Dox, Sonar Kollektiv
Website www.bennysings.com

Benny Sings (real name Tim Berkestijn) is a Dutch pop artist who has released albums on the Dox label. Since 2003, he has produced three studio albums and one live album. His third album, "Benny. . . at Home",[1] has met critical acclaim outside of the Netherlands. Benny Sings has been invited to perform on Radio Nova.

Benny was born in 1977. He grew up in the town of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, where he founded his first band, The Loveboat, whilst in high school. Benny went to the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where he studied sonology.

Michael Franks was a major influence on Benny's music.

Since 1999, Benny has been playing the bass in the hip-hop band Abstract Dialect and composing and producing with the soul band Heavenly Social, featuring Miss Dee. Additionally he is a part of the Dutch-language hip-hop collective, De Toffen.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album Label Link
2003 Champagne People Sonar Kollektiv
2005 I Love You (Live At The Bimhuis) Sonar Kollektiv
2007 Benny... at home Sonar Kollektiv
2011 ART Dox Records
2012 The Best Of Benny Sings Dox Records

Champagne People

  1. Twist you around
  2. Party
  3. Unconditional love
  4. N.U.
  5. Melissa Davis
  6. We ain’t going nowhere
  7. Together
  8. Style beats liberationfronts
  9. Dust
  10. Champagne People ft. Floor van Berkestijn

I Love You

  1. Little Donna
  2. Below the Waterfall
  3. New Bed
  4. So Light
  5. Yours
  6. No More Drinks
  7. Follow The Light
  8. Get There
  9. Me and My Guitar
  10. Make a Rainbow

Benny... at home

Track Title Time
1 Coconut 4:39
2 For Your Love 4:10
3 Let Me In 3:46
4 Feather 5:01
5 Well Make Lovesongs 4:12
6 Blackberry Street feat. Urita 3:20
7 Over My Head 4:15
8 Overnight 4:58
9 All I'm Good For 4:07
10 I Can't Help Myself 4:14

ART

  1. Big Brown Eyes
  2. Can We Try
  3. Honey Bee
  4. Realize
  5. All We Do For Love
  6. This Is a Samba
  7. Dreams
  8. Each Other
  9. Downstream

Bonustracks:

  1. Big Brown Eyes (radio edit)
  2. One II

The Best Of Benny Sings

  1. Twist You Around
  2. Style Beats Liberation Fronts
  3. Champagne People
  4. Little Donna
  5. Get There
  6. Make A Rainbow
  7. Coconut
  8. Let Me In
  9. I Can’t Help Myself
  10. Big Brown Eyes (Original version)
  11. All We Do For Love
  12. Can You Believe It’s Magic
  13. Some Day (Benny’s version)
  14. Little Things

Bonus tracks: First recordings for the upcoming 5th album

  1. Rebuilding The Omega Man
  2. Fake Love

References

  1. ↑ "Benny at Home by Benny Sings" (ALBUM TRACKLIST). allmusic. Retrieved 2008-01-07.