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Brook Benton
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<p>Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), known professionally as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter whose music transcended <a href="/facts/Rock_and_roll/hNDC5KwW">rock and roll</a>, <a href="/facts/Rhythm_and_blues/UT5v5rXb">rhythm and blues</a>, and <a href="/facts/Pop_music/kgshFE5B">pop music</a> genres in the 1950s and 1960s, with hits such as "<a href="/facts/It%27s_Just_a_Matter_of_Time_(song)/JUlgnAhX">It's Just a Matter of Time</a>" and "<a href="/facts/Endlessly_(Brook_Benton_song)/UVCkw18n">Endlessly</a>". </p><p>His last hit was the 1970 ballad "<a href="/facts/Rainy_Night_in_Georgia/xH2W61vT">Rainy Night in Georgia</a>". Benton scored more than 50 <i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i> chart hits as a singer/songwriter and with hits he wrote for other performers. </p>