Benita Hill

Bio:

"BENITA HILL IS ALL THAT JAZZ" PAUL KENNEDY - UNDERGROUND JAZZ SONGWRITER OF TWO NUMBER ONE SONGS FOR GARTH BROOKS! A MUST HAVE JAZZ ARTIST FOR ANY COLLECTION! BENITA WAS IN THE ALLMAN BROTHERS AND SANG WITH CONWAY TWITTY:) "EVERYONE SHOULD OWN AT LEAST ONE BENITA HILL CD" KEVIN RAY - JAZZ HITS YOU CAN OWN THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE NUMBER ONE SONG TWO PINA COLADAS! BUY Benita Hill Jazz at http://www.Benitahill.com or TWO PINA COLADAS here at MySpace. Following is a brief bio, written by Susan Passi-Klaus, from the Nashville City Paper: Born to singer mom-Carmen Revelle-who performed with the house band at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Benita Hill has the music of the late 1940s and early 50s in her bluesy blood. But she's also got rocknroll in her toes, jazz in her vocal chords and pop and Latin music in her fingertips. Lucky for Nashville, and many top recording artists, shes also blessed with a little bit of country in her soul. Now adopted as a hometown girl, Hill both writes and sings songs that you no doubt have sung along to at one time or another: Garth Brooks Two Pina Coladas and Its Your Song; Kirk Whalums The Moment I Prayed and I Loved You In Memphis performed by Isaac Hayes. She has worked with producer Ben Folds on a CD of original songs by William Shatner . Recently, Benita had a song she co-wrote with legendary Brill Building era songwriter Philip Springer (most famous for Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt and How Little We Know by Frank Sinatra) premier in the New York show The Last Songbird in December 2005 . Benitas is the Santa Baby voice for Jaguar Automobiles . And though writing songs and and making music ranks high on her love-to-do list, the platinum-haired diva is also developing a television show, likes to go to movies with her 17-year-old aspiring filmmaker son, cook, hike and count her blessings as a cancer survivor.

Member Since:

January 22, 2006

Influences:

Songwriters:Kurt Weill, Michel LeGrand, Bacharach and David, Joni Mitchell, Hank Williams, Jimmy Webb, George Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Stephen Sondheim,Springsteen-to name a few. Singers-Ella, Sarah, Billie, Streisand, Aretha, Celine, Sinatra,Kurt Elling, Karryn Allyson,Dianne Reeves, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn

Sounds Like:

Peggy Lee meets Mary Ford

Record Label:

Hard Workin Woman