The discography of George Benson consists of the original releases of thirty-six studio albums and five live albums on Prestige Records, Columbia Records, Verve Records, A&M Records, CTI Records, Warner Bros. Records, GRP Records, Concord Records, and Provogue Records, as well as two music DVDs.
Albums Studio albums Year Title Label Chart positions Certifications US US R&B US Jazz US Blues CA UK 1964 The New Boss Guitar of George Benson (with the Brother Jack McDuff Quartet) Prestige — — — — – — 1966 It's Uptown (as The George Benson Quartet) Columbia — — — – — — 1967 The George Benson Cookbook (as The George Benson Quartet) — — — — — – 1968 Giblet Gravy Verve — — — — – — Shape of Things to Come A&M — 38 11 — – — Goodies Verve — — — — – — 1969 Tell It Like It Is A&M 145 43 16 — – — 1970 The Other Side of Abbey Road 125 — 18 — – — 1971 Beyond the Blue Horizon CTI — — 15 — — – 1972 White Rabbit — — 7 — — – 1973 Body Talk — — 10 — – — 1974 Bad Benson 78 — 1 — — — 1976 Good King Bad 51 18 3 — – — Benson & Farrell (with Joe Farrell) 100 27 3 — – — Breezin' Warner Bros. 1 1 1 — 20 — RIAA: 3× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Silver 1977 In Flight 9 2 1 — 10 19 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver 1979 Livin' Inside Your Love 7 4 1 — 13 24 RIAA: Gold 1980 Give Me the Night 3 1 1 — 9 3 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum 1983 In Your Eyes 27 6 1 — 56 3 RIAA: Gold BPI: Platinum Pacific Fire CTI — — — — — — 1984 I Got a Woman and Some Blues A&M — — — — – — 1985 20/20 Warner Bros. 45 20 3 — 70 9 RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold 1986 While the City Sleeps... 124 21 8 — – 13 BPI: Gold 1987 Collaboration (with Earl Klugh) 59 28 1 — – 47 RIAA: Gold 1988 Twice the Love 76 17 10 — – 16 BPI: Silver 1989 Tenderly 140 — 1 — – 52 1990 Big Boss Band (with the Count Basie Orchestra) — — 3 — – — 1993 Love Remembers — 50 1 — – — 1996 That's Right GRP 150 33 1 — – 61 1998 Standing Together — 47 1 — — — 2000 Absolute Benson 125 24 1 — – 77 2003 Irreplaceable 195 22 5 — — 58 2006 Givin' It Up (with Al Jarreau) Concord 58 14 1 — – — 2009 Songs and Stories 96 15 1 — – — 2011 Guitar Man 109 — 2 — – — 2013 Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole 89 — 2 — – 80 2019 Walking to New Orleans Provogue — — — 2 – — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Reissued as Take Five in 1979. Reissued as Cast Your Fate to the Wind in 1982.
Live albums Year Title Label Chart positions Certifications US US R&B US Jazz UK 1976 In Concert-Carnegie Hall CTI 122 43 6 — 1978 Weekend in L.A. Warner Bros. 5 1 1 47 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver 1981 Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon Vol. I (with George Duvivier, Al Harewood, Mickey Tucker) Accord — — — — Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon Vol. II (with George Duvivier, Al Harewood, Mickey Tucker) — — — — 1982 Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon Vol. III (with George Duvivier, Al Harewood, Mickey Tucker) — — — — 1989 Round Midnight (with McCoy Tyner) Jazz Door — — — — 2005 Best of George Benson Live GRP — — 4 — ARIA: Gold (DVD) 2007 Live from Montreux IMC — — — — 2020 Weekend in London Provogue — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Reissued as In Concert – Summertime in 1982. Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon (Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III) was reissued many times with such titles as: Lil Darlin' , Masquerade, The Masquerade Is Over, Live at Casa Caribe, All Blues, Blue Bossa, After Hours, Golden Legends Live, Jazz After Hours with George Benson, and others. Video album available as Absolutely Live on DVD (2000). Video album available as Live at Montreux 1986 on DVD (2005).
Compilation albums Year Title Label Chart positions Certifications US US R&B US Jazz UK 1976 Benson Burner Columbia — — — — Blue Benson Polydor — — — — 1977 Summertime (UK and Netherlands release) CBS — — — — 1978 Space CTI — — — — Mr. Mellow George Benson Greatest Hits (Japan release) King — — — — 1981 The Best A&M — — — — The George Benson Collection Warner Bros. 14 5 33 19 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum 1985 The Love Songs (UK, Germany, Netherlands and Japan release) — — — 1 BPI: 2× Platinum 1987 Exclusive Benson (UK release) Connoisseur Collection — — — — 1989 The Best of Benson CBS Associated — — 14 — 1990 Grand New World - Greatest Love Songs (Japan release) Warner Bros. — — — — 1991 Midnight Moods (Europe release) — — — 25 BPI: Gold 1994 Jazz Masters 21: George Benson Verve — — — — 1995 The Best of George Benson Warner Bros. — — 14 — 1997 The Best of George Benson: The Instrumentals — — — — 1997 Talkin' Verve: George Benson Verve — — — — 2000 Best of George Benson in the CTI/Kudu Years (Japan release) CTI — — — — 2003 The Greatest Hits of All Rhino 138 74 3 — The Very Best of George Benson: The Greatest Hits of All (Europe, Brazil and Indonesia release) Warner Bros. — — — 4 BPI: Platinum 2004 Jazz Moods – Hot: George Benson Columbia/Legacy — — — — 2006 The Essential George Benson Columbia/Legacy — — — — 2010 Classic Love Songs Rhino — — — 13 BPI: Silver 2011 The Essential Collection Music Club Deluxe — — — — 2015 The Ultimate Collection Rhino — — — 37 BPI: Silver "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Compilation containing previously unreleased material. Compilation containing all compositions released for the first time on DVD-audio. The very first DVD-audio release of George Benson. Compilation containing previously unreleased on CD material.
Original recordings for motion picture soundtracks Rel. Title Song titles Label Formats 1977 Muhammad Ali In The Greatest (Original Soundtrack) The Greatest Love of All, I Always Knew I Had It in Me (version 1), I Always Knew I Had It in Me (version 2) Arista LP, CD 1979 Boulevard Nights (Original Soundtrack) Street Tattoo Warner Bros. LP, CD 1992 Freddie as F.R.O.7 (Original Soundtrack) I'll Keep Your Dreams Alive (with Patti Austin) Great Pyramid CD
As sideman