Endlessly

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The late Sonny Chillingworth may have been the most pacifying guitarist in the Pacific--he can play at (lack of) speeds that you'd think the human mind was incapable of slowing down to. And his vocals are like round-the-clock lullabies, so sentimental that they actually defy criticism on that basis. But they also have an undeniable spiritual bent. And Chillingworth's just as pleasing when he's not playing at impossibly slow tempos. His music is full of signature undertones and overtones, and on an instrumental like "Keiki Slack Key," you can hear, in his guitar work, imaginary Hawaiian lyrics he's not singing (as well as a taste of "London Bridge"). His repertoire is also unusually eclectic; the title tune is the 1959 Brook Benton pop hit. There are reasons why Chillingworth is considered one of slack key's three most influential guitarists, and you can hear those reasons right here. --John Morthland

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Average customer rating: a voice as big as the big island "Endlessly" soothing

Endlessly Sonny Chillingworth Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Hawaii | Pacific Islands | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pacific Islands | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Wa'ahila Sonny Solo Night Moon: Po Mahina Punahele Black Sand ASIN: B00000IFUV Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

1. Slack Key #1 (Instrumental)
2. Aloha Hale O Ho 'Oponopono (Vocal)
3. 'Olu O Pu'Ulani (Vocal)
4. Hula Blue (Instrumental)
5. Na Pua Ka 'Llima (Vocal)
6. Kananaka (Vocal)
7. Slack Key #2 (Mahina's Trot) (Intstrumental)
8. 'Imi Au La 'Oe (King's Serenade) (Vocal)
9. Endlessly (Vocal)
10. Moana Chimes/Pa'Ahana (Instrumental)
11. Ipo Lei Manu (Vocal)
12. Keiki Slack Key (Instrumental)
13. Hilo Hanakahi (Vocal)
14. Mai Poina 'Oe La'U (Not To Be Forgotten) (Vocal)
15. Liloa's Mele (Grandson's Lullaby) (Instrumental)

Amazon.com essential recording

The late Sonny Chillingworth may have been the most pacifying guitarist in the Pacific--he can play at (lack of) speeds that you'd think the human mind was incapable of slowing down to. And his vocals are like round-the-clock lullabies, so sentimental that they actually defy criticism on that basis. But they also have an undeniable spiritual bent. And Chillingworth's just as pleasing when he's not playing at impossibly slow tempos. His music is full of signature undertones and overtones, and on an instrumental like "Keiki Slack Key," you can hear, in his guitar work, imaginary Hawaiian lyrics he's not singing (as well as a taste of "London Bridge"). His repertoire is also unusually eclectic; the title tune is the 1959 Brook Benton pop hit. There are reasons why Chillingworth is considered one of slack key's three most influential guitarists, and you can hear those reasons right here. --John Morthland

Customer Reviews:

a voice as big as the big island.......2001-08-11

As you first hear Sonny, you begin to imagine what he must have been like. Strong, powerful, true, yes I'm sure all of these. This album will stir you inside. Sonny's deep, rich voice, coupled by his splendid playing ability is what Hawaiian Music has always meant to me. Play this album when you want to "think about your life" and all its possibilities. too bad he's gone.

"Endlessly" soothing.......2000-06-30

I bought this CD because I loved the song "Endlessly", which I danced at my wedding. This album is not only soothing but helps one to appreciate the wonderful talent that Sonny has on a guitar. He is a master and very enjoyable to listen to. I would of liked it better if there were more vocals on his album but if you enjoy instrumental work, this one is for you.

Average customer rating: Fantastic CD A mixture of Elvis, Nat and Ben E. King I play "Endlessly" endlessly! A master ahead of his time An under-rated sixties pop/R+B singer

Endlessly--The Best Of Brook Benton Brook Benton Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B000006OJ7 Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

1. It's Just A Matter Of Time
2. Hurtin' Inside
3. Endlessly
4. So Many Ways
5. Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
6. A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)
7. Kiddio
8. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
9. Think Twice
10. The Boll Weevil Song
11. It's Just A House Without You
12. Frankie And Johnny
13. Revenge
14. Shadrack
15. Hit Record
16. Lie To Me
17. Hotel Happiness
18. Still Waters Run Deep
19. Rainy Night In Georgia
20. Don't It Make You Want To Go Home

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic CD.......2007-06-27

This CD has the best music of Brook Benton. I would never hesistate to order this again. It was worth every penny!

A mixture of Elvis, Nat and Ben E. King.......2004-09-01

This is a Rhino collection of a silky & smooth soul-singing pioneer that I knew very little about. His voice is a mixture of Elvis, Nat and Ben E. King. Between 1959 (It's Just A Matter of Time) to 1970 (Rainy Night in Georgia) he had 16 top 40 hits, of which 8 went Top Ten! This 20 song collection also includes two hit duets with Dinah Washington and his biggest hit, The Boll Weevil Song. But for my money, this collection could have been so much better if the early songs didn't have the corny string arrangements attached to them, a successful ploy in the 50's and early 60's to help R&B crossover to a white audience.

I play "Endlessly" endlessly!.......2004-04-11

My coworkers are probably about ready to kill me, as I play this CD almost every day. (Quietly, to be polite, but still...) I just can't get enough of it. Brook Benton's voice is so beautifully deep and textured. It's soothing, it's uplifting, it's funny in spots. The Dinah Washington duets are a lot of fun to listen to. Every one of these songs is a gem. Highly recommended.

A master ahead of his time.......2003-04-11

This is the definitive Brook Benton collection - accept no substitute. Brook Benton was one of the pioneers of what later became known as soul, and had one of the most gorgeous voices ever to grace popular music. Vocally, he's closest in style to Jerry Butler, but even better.

Brook came charging out of the gate in 1959 with the ballad "It's Just a Matter of Time", a #1 hit, with a very 50s sound. On "Hurtin' Inside", he rocks, but is that Brook or Elvis singing? Then he goes retro - "Endlessly" sounds like early 50s Nat King Cole. "So Many Ways" brings it back to a late 50s ballad style. Then things get really interesting with his 1960 rock 'n soul duets with Dinah Washington, "Baby, You Got What It Takes", and "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)". No soul duet ever sounded as fun and exciting as these two - what chemistry! They playfully fight with each other over who will sing next, and laugh at each other's jokes, and you can almost picture them cuddling up in the recording studio. These are fun, fun songs. Marvin and Tammy, eat your hearts out. "Kiddio", Brook's solo follow-up is also a strong soul-rocker.

Then, from Tracks 8-15, the material turns weaker. Brook's voice is consistently entertaining to listen to, but the songs do not do it justice. "The Boll Weevil Song" was a big hit for him, but as story songs go, it's a weak story. "Frankie and Johnny" and "Shadrack", the biblical story of the Babylonian exile, are solid, but not exceptional.

Brook then turns strong again, with "Lie to Me" and "Hotel Happiness" which are blues-based soul, perfectly executed. "Still Waters Run Deep" is a beautiful ballad and a love song about the power of silence. That takes us through 1963. What happened to Brook then? What did he do for the next six years?

We next hear from Brook with "Rainy Night in Georgia", his big hit from 1970, and his best song ever. There is aching loneliness, failure and resignation in this saga of a traveling itinerant musician unable to "find a warm place to spend the night". Then in verse three he settles into a boxcar and finds comfort in his guitar and in holding "your picture to my chest". My wife makes fun of me because this song can make me cry, and I don't even care, because the song is worth a few tears. It is beautifully arranged and masterfully sung. If Brook had recorded no other song, he would still have to be regarded as one of the great soul singers, just on the strength of this one superb song. It was written by Tony Joe White, best known for his 1969 humorous swamp-rock classic, "Polk Salad Annie". Then the album closes with an affecting cover of another contemporary southern songster, Joe South's "Don't It Make You Want to Go Home".

It seems that Brook Benton suffered from a lack of good material, or maybe just a recording contract, from 1964-1969, the peak years of the soul boom. One can imagine him singing some of the classics of that era very beautifully. (Think of such songs as "Tracks of My Tears" or "Dock of the Bay".) So maybe he peaked a little too early to catch the big wave of fame and (sometimes) fortune of the late sixties, and his attempts to keep up with the funky, sexy 70s (not in this collection) were half-hearted and definitely not his cup of tea. Sadly, Brook died in 1987. But he is one of the greats, and I hope that many of you soul-R&B fans who missed him when he was around, as I did, can catch up and appreciate him with this excellent (though somewhat uneven) collection.

An under-rated sixties pop/R+B singer.......2002-11-23

Brook had many wonderful hits from 1959 to 1970, collected here on this 20-track compilation. The biggest hits (all top ten pop hits) were It's just a matter of time, So many ways, Kiddio, The boll weevil song, Hotel happiness, Rainy night in Georgia and the two duets with Dinah Washington - Baby you've got what it takes and A rocking good way. Seven of the others made the top twenty.

Most of the songs fall into the general category of easy-listening pop/R+B, but Brook demonstrated that he could do much more, as with his covers of the folk songs Frankie and Johnny and The boll weevil song. His gospel roots are evident in the biblical song Shadrack.

Brook may not have achieved the mega-stardom that he deserved, but he certainly made his mark and helped to break down the barriers for later generations of R+B singers.

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Eastman Wind Ensemble at 50 Manufacturer: Warner Brothers Pub. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Clarinet | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Russian Concert Band Music ASIN: B0002IQIGK Release Date: 2006-03-22

Average customer rating: sports guy

Endlessly Brook Benton Manufacturer: Goldies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005RVSV Release Date: 2001-04-20

Tracks:

1. It's Just a Matter of Time
2. So Many Ways
3. Baby (You've Got What It Takes) - Brook Benton, Dinah Washington
4. Endlessly
5. So Close
6. Thank You Pretty Baby
7. Ties That Bind
8. Think Twice
9. For My Baby
10. Can I Help It
11. Bring Me Love
12. Some of My Best Friends
13. This Time of the Year

Tracks:

1. Boll Weevil Song
2. Kiddio
3. Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) - Brook Benton, Dinah Washington
4. It's Just a House Without You
5. Same One
6. Fools Rush In
7. Rock 'N' Roll That Rhythm (All Nite Long)
8. Partners for Life
9. Frankie and Johnny
10. Revenge
11. Anything for You
12. Child
13. I Believe - Brook Benton, Dinah Washington

Tracks:

1. Hotel Happiness
2. Rainy Night in Georgia
3. Shadrack
4. I Do - Brook Benton, Dinah Washington
5. Lie to Me
6. I Got What I Wanted
7. My True Confession
8. When a Child Is Born
9. You Should Have Told Me
10. Give Me a Sign
11. Tell Me
12. Love Made Me Your Fool

Customer Reviews:

sports guy.......2007-05-07

Excellent collection of the vast majority of his greatest hits. What makes this one better than the previous one I had, his hits with Dinah Washington. There's a lot of songs, but it's a must for a collection of one of the most underappreciated, yet biggest selling singers of the Rock era.

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Endlessly "Double Play" [Import] BROOK BENTON Manufacturer: MCPS ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music ASIN: B000IMIZ52

Product Description

{{{THIS IMPORT CONTAINS 24 SONGS}}} A LOVER'S QUESTION, LET ME IN YOUR WORLD, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR, I LOVE HER I LOVE HER I LOVE HER, LORD YOU KNOW HOW MEN ARE, TILL I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, THESE ARMS YOU PUSHED AWAY, I KEEP THINKING TO MYSELF, THERE'S STILL A LITTLE LOVE, THE WINDS OF CHANGE, BAYOU BABE, SUNSHINE, ENDLESSLY, OLD FASHIONED STRUT, SOFT, TRUST ME TO DO WHAT YOU WANT, BETTER TIMES, YOU'RE PULLING ME DOWN, GLOW LOVE, LOVE IS BEST OF ALL, A TRIBUTE TO YOU MAMA, LET THE SUN COME OUT, WE NEED WHAT WE NEED, MAKIN' LOVE IS GOOD FOR YOU

Average customer rating: Great for Calhoun fans

Staring at the Sun - Songs 1973-1981 Andrew Calhoun Manufacturer: Waterbug Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Urban Folk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hope Tiger Tattoo Where Blue Meets Blue Phoenix Envy Shadow of a Wing ASIN: B000ANYIB4 Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

1. The Living and the Breathing Wind
2. Walk Me to the War
3. Circle of Killers
4. History
5. Kiss That Goblet!
6. I Have Run and I Have Crawled
7. Atmospheres
8. Broken Boundaries
9. A Seat in the Mezzanine
10. God Told Me I Could Come
11. From Time to Time
12. Moses
13. John's Wife
14. Eugene
15. Walking Through Sand
16. Deliver Me

Album Description

Andrew Calhoun's tenth recording is a return to the songs of his youth, with all but two tracks written before the age of 20. All tracks are studio "take ones", solo voice and guitar, from a session in Portland in August, 2004 and another at Bruce Roper's studio in Chicago in March, 2005. Andrew first saw the cover art - JMW Turner's painting "Goethe's Theory: Light and Colour - Moses Writing the 10 Commandments - Morning After the Deluge" - at the Tate Gallery in London, summer 1977.

Customer Reviews:

Great for Calhoun fans.......2005-10-25

I'm glad John got around to releasing some of his old stuff on CD. I had a tape or two, but they're stuffed in a box somewhere and probably wouldn't play if I could find them. If your new to Calhoun this isn't a bad place to start, though Tiger Tattoo or Where Blue Meets Blue are what I loan people to get started.

John's a good old fashioned folk singer cut from an urban cloth. He writes pretty simple songs mostly about little snippets of life and delivers them in a haunting, melodic voice. Calhoun was close friends with the late, great, Dave Carter and their some similarities in style but I'd place him closer to John Prine in a musical line up.

Anyway Calhoun's a legend among musicians, and his label, Waterbug Records, has a pretty good stable of musicians. I say try `em out.

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Ancient & Modern Derek Parrott Manufacturer: Parrottracks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000096JH7 Release Date: 2003-01-15

Tracks:

1. Someone Who Cares
2. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
3. Conversation
4. Running
5. Guiding Light
6. Permanent Grin
7. Riding in the Storm
8. Oh Precious Life
9. Going Down
10. Angel Band
11. Be Still

Average customer rating: Awful, just awful

Chop Suey Manufacturer: Sutton ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAGRBY Release Date: 2005-08-02

Customer Reviews:

Awful, just awful.......2006-11-21

sounds like it was made in a garage studio, just like their "cool ka lang" song.

Do not waste your money on this unless you like unprofessional, garage like quality with equally garage like singing.

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Both of Me Lisa Koch Manufacturer: Tongueinchic Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: You Make My Pants Pound (And Other Show Tunes) ASIN: B00061F8C8 Release Date: 2001-12-11

Tracks:

1. Home To Me
2. When I Look In Your Eyes
3. I Never Think About You
4. Always A Sign
5. Trouble
6. Wake Up Call
7. What Do I Say Now
8. Gravity Blues
9. Stainies In My Undies
10. Devil's Washboard
11. I Won't Survive (The Festival)
12. Women's Health Care Medley

Average customer rating:

Feels Like Elysia Manufacturer: Beehive Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00049QOJ8 Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

1. Always the Same
2. Feels Like
3. Angel
4. Misplaced
5. Leaving
6. Without You
7. Take Me
8. They
9. Why Am I
10. Letting You Go

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