Benny Sings is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

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Pop music

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 artist who has released albums on the Dox label. Since 2003, he has produced three studio albums and one live album. His most recent album, "Benny. . . at Home", has met critical acclaim outside of the Netherlands. Benny Sings has been invited to perform on Radio Nova

Radio Nova (France)

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Benny was born in 1977. He grew up in the town of Dordrecht

Dordrecht

Dordrecht , colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,601 in 2009...

 in the Netherlands, where he founded his first band, The Loveboat, whilst in high school. Benny went to the Royal Conservatory in The Hague

Royal Conservatory of The Hague

The Royal Conservatory of The Hague is a conservatorium of music, providing higher education in music and dance, it is located in The Hague, Netherlands.-The Conservatory:...

 where he studied sonology

Sonology

Sonology is a neologism used to describe the study of sound in a variety of disciplines.In medicine, the term is used in the field of radiology to describe the practice of medical ultrasonography....

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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.

Studio albums

Year	Album	Label	Link
2003	Champagne People	Sonar Kollektiv	http://www.bennysings.com/disco/benny-sings-champagne-people
2005	I Love You (Live At The Bimhuis)	Sonar Kollektiv Sonar Kollektiv Sonar Kollektiv is a German record label founded in 1997 by the DJ and producer team Jazzanova. The intention was to create an independent record label and publisher connected to a worldwide independent distribution network...	http://www.bennysings.com/disco/benny-sings-i-love-you-live-at-the-bimhuis
2007	Benny... at home	Sonar Kollektiv	http://www.bennysings.com/disco/benny-sings-benny-at-home
2011	ART	Dox Records	http://www.bennysings.com/disco/benny-sings-art

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 Urita Urita is a village in Koonga Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia....	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