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Oscar Benton (born Ferdinand van Eif on February 3, 1949) is a Dutch vocalist and the founder of the Oscar Benton Blues Band in 1967. The band rose to fame in 1968 by being a runner up in the Jazz Festival, Loosdrecht, Holland. In his solo career, Oscar Benton released with his 1981 homonymous album the Bensonhurst Blues, written by Artie Kaplan & Artie Kornfeld, and produced by the EMI Records. The Bensonhurst Blues, which is considered to be Oscar Benton's best hit, was part of the soundtrack of the 1999 movie La Bûche. Earlier it was on the soundtrack...

Bionic Boogie was a disco studio group produced by Gregg Diamond in the late 70s. Diamond produced three albums under this name, "Bionic Boogie" in 1977, "Hot Butterfly" in 1978, and "Tiger! Tiger!" in 1979. Though the group is best known for its dance hits "Risky Changes" and "Chains", Luther Vandross sang with Bionic Boogie on "Hot Butterfly" and is showcased in the title track. Gwen Guthrie, best known for her 1986 hit "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent", also sang with Bionic Boogie. Though Diamond released several other studio albums under different names during the late 70s, Bionic...

Benton Falls was a midwest emo/indie rock band from Santa Rosa, California, formed in 2000. The original quartet consisted of Michael Richardson (vox, guitar), Gerb (guitar), Vance Gore (bass), and Eli Deering (drums). The band's music is influenced by such bands as Sunny Day Real Estate, Braid, and Jawbox. Their first appearance on record was on the compilation The Silence in My Heart: The Emo Diaries Chapter Six on the independent Deep Elm label in July 2001 (with the track "Tell Him"), and a month after it's release, they brought out their first full-length album Fighting Starlight, again on Deep...