Ben Peters
Benjamin James Peters (June 20, 1933 – May 25, 2005) was an American country music songwriter who wrote many #1 songs. Charley Pride recorded 68 of his songs and 6 of them went to #1 on the American country charts. Peters was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980.
Also recorded as Benjamin James Peters
Ben Peters
- Name
- Ben Peters
- Birth Name
- Benjamin James Peters
- Born
- 20 June 1933
- Birthplace
- Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.
- Died
- 25 May 2005
- Place of death
- Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
- Occupation
- Songwriter
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- music
- Education
- University of Southern Mississippi · Gerrit Rietveld Academie
- Languages
- English
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Benjamin James Peters (June 20, 1933 – May 25, 2005) was an American country music songwriter who wrote many #1 songs. Charley Pride recorded 68 of his songs and 6 of them went to #1 on the American country charts. Peters was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980.
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Biography
Biography
Peters was briefly a recording artist himself; his only charting hit was his own composition "San Francisco is a Lonely Town", which hit #46 on the country charts in 1969.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Ben Peters • Birth Name — Benjamin James Peters • Born — 20 June 1933 • Birthplace — Greenville, Mississippi, U.S. • Died — 25 May 2005 • Place of death — Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. • Occupation — Songwriter
Notable albums
Notable albums
• Peters had 3 songs, "The Little Town Square", "That's A No No" and "Satan Place" on the million-selling The Harper Valley P.T.A. album. This is a pop culture music album by Jeannie C. Riley released in 1968. • Peters had 2 songs, "Mr. Mistletoe" and "Soon It Will Be Christmas Day" on The Christmas Album. This is a holiday music album by country music singer Lynn Anderson released in 1971. • Peters had 1 song, "Daytime Friends" on the 4 million-selling 10 Years of Gold album. This is a collection of 10 years of Kenny Rogers hits. • Peters had 1 song, "Daytime Friends" on the 4 million-selling Kenny Rogers 20 Greatest Hits album.
Identity
Identity
Ben Peters is recorded with the occupation songwriter. Recorded as a citizen of United States. Recorded with the occupation composer.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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2005
Ben Peters died on 25 May 2005.
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Mississippi.
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Nashville.
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Number one compositions in America
Number one compositions in America
• "Turn the World Around" (1967) was a #1 Billboard chart country hit for Eddy Arnold & top 5 Billboard chart AC single. • "That's a No No" was a 1969 #1 Cashbox chart country hit for Lynn Anderson. • "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" was a 1971 #1 Billboard chart country hit for Charley Pride; it also went to #21 on the American pop charts. It won Ben Peters the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Country Song. • "It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer" was a 1972 #1 Billboard chart country hit for Charley Pride. • "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (w/Vivian Keith); first recorded in 1967 by Duane Dee in a version which reached #44 on the Billboard country singles chart early in 1968, the 1975 version by Freddy Fender was a #1 Billboard chart country and a #1 Billboard chart pop hit; it won a Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year in 1975. • "Love Put a Song in My Heart" (1975) was a #1 Billboard chart country hit for Johnny Rodriguez. • "A Whole Lotta Things to Sing About" was a #2 Billboard chart country hit for Charley Pride in 1976. • "Daytime Friends" (1977) was a #1 Billboard chart country hit for Kenny Rogers. Westlife covered this song for a special BBC performance with Tony Brown as producer. • "Burgers and Fries" was a 1978 #2 Billboard chart country hit for Charley Pride. • "Before My Time" was a 1979 #1 Record World chart country hit for John Conlee and also a #1 hit on Canada's RPM'S country chart. • "You're So Good When You're Bad" (1982) was a #1 Billboard chart country hit for Charley Pride.
Other number one compositions
Other number one compositions
• "I Want To Wake Up With You" as recorded by reggae singer Boris Gardiner (1986–1987). This song was #1 in UK for 3 weeks. This song is one of the biggest hits in the history of reggae music. • "Living It Down" went #1 in Canada's country music charts and it went to #2 as a Billboard chart country hit for Freddy Fender in 1976 in America.
Notable compositions
Notable compositions
• "If the Whole World Stopped Lovin'" was a #3 pop hit in the UK in November 1967 for the Irish singer Val Doonican. It made #2 in Ireland. • "If the Whole World Stopped Lovin'" was a #12 American Billboard chart hit in 1966 pop hit for Roy Drusky. • "Misty Memories" was a Grammy Nominated country chart hit for Brenda Lee in 1971. • "I Need Somebody Bad" was a #11 Billboard country chart hit for Jack Greene in 1973. • "Don't Give Up On Me" was a #3 American Billboard country chart hit for Jerry Wallace in 1973. • "It's Time to Cross That Bridge" was a #13 Billboard chart country hit for Jack Greene in 1973. • "I Can't Believe That It's All Over" was a #13 Billboard chart country hit for Skeeter Davis in 1973. • "All Over Me" was a 1975 #4 Billboard chart country hit in America for Charlie Rich. • "Lovin' On" was a #20 American Billboard chart country hit for T.G. Sheppard in 1977. • "Before the Night Is Over" was recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis originally in 1977 and by Jerry Lee and B. B. King in 2006. • "Puttin' In Overtime at Home" was a 1977 #8 Billboard chart country hit in America for Charlie Rich. It made #3 in Canada. • "Lovin' On" was a #16 American Billboard chart country hit for Bellamy Brothers in 1978. • "Tell Me What It's Like" (1979) was a #8 American Billboard chart Grammy Nominated country hit for Brenda Lee. • "Lost My Baby Blues" was a 1982 top 5 Billboard chart country hit in America for David Frizzell. It made #5 in Canada. • "I'm Only a Woman" recorded by Tammy Wynette. • "San Francisco is a Lonely Town" was recorded and released in 1976 by Glen Campbell.
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- “Ben Peters”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Nashville Songwriters Foundation.
- 2.Ben Peters. Independent.co.uk. 29 May 2005.
- 3.Joel Whitburn Presents Across the Charts: The 1960s, Joel Whitburn, 2008, p. 296
- 4.Billboard, January 20, 1968, p. 47
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