Ben Peters
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Ben Peters | |
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| Birth name | Benjamin James Peters |
| Born | June 20, 1933 Greenville, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | May 25, 2005 (aged 71) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Songwriter |
Benjamin James Peters[1] (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.[2] Peters was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980.
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.[3]
- "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,[4] 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
- "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.[citation needed]
- "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.
