40 Greatest Hits (1989)

About this title: 40 Greatest Hits is one of the most complete CD anthologies of Brook Benton's Mercury hits. The two-disc set includes every one of Benton's Top 100 pop hits, except for a Christmas single and a minor spoken-word hit. Everything else, including his two rock-oriented duets with Dinah Washington and smash hit "The Boll Weevil Song," is here. Benton's smooth Nat "King" Cole-influenced vocals are very white-sounding at times, but he was a pioneer in hiring black string players for his sessions, and his eclectic choices of material show that he was an artist with broad tastes and exceptional talent ... read more

Tracks:

1. It's Just a Matter of Time [Benton/Hendricks/Ot]
2. Hurtin' Inside [Benton/Colacrai/Oti]
3. Endlessly [Benton/Otis]
4. So Close [Benton/Otis]
5. Thank You Pretty Baby [Benton/Otis]
6. With All of My Heart
7. So Many Ways [Benton/Stevenson]
8. This Time of the Year [Hollis/Owens]
9. The Ties That Bind [Corso/Otis]
10. Hither and Thither and Yon [Gold/Schroeder]
11. Kiddio [Benton/Otis]
12. The Same One [Benton/Otis]
13. Fools Rush In [Bloom/Mercer]
14. Someday You'll Want Me to Want You [Hodges]
15. Think Twice [Otis/Shapiro/Willia]
16. Baby (You've Got What It Takes) [Benton/Otis/Stein]
17. A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) [Benton/DeJesus/Otis]
18. Shadrack [MacGimsey]
19. Walk on the Wild Side [Bernstein/David]
20. Hit Record [Williams]
21. Lie to Me [Benton/Singleton]
22. Hotel Happiness [Carr/Shuman]
23. Still Waters Run Deep [Aranda/Gaspar/Perpe]
24. I Got What I Wanted [Benton/Singleton]
25. Dearer Than Life
26. My True Confession [Singleton/Stevenson]
27. Two Tickets to Paradise [Benton/Dodds]
28. Going Going Gone [Anton/Thomas]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.