A1 	I Ain't Got The Feeling 	2:43
A2 	Five Long Years 	4:59
A3 	How The Blues Got Me 	6:54
A4 	Five Hundred Miles 	2:50
B1 	Have You Seen My Wife 	2:28
B2 	I'm A Blue Blues Singer 	2:25
B3 	The Blues Is Gonna Wreck My Life 	4:51
B4 	Dedicated To Lofton (Part II) 	2:28
B5 	My Sweet Angel 	4:56

Oscar Benton (Ferdinand van Eif) — guitar, vocals
Barrelhouse Bailey (Hans van Dam) — piano
H.J.B. Hawkins (Peter van Kouteren) — bass
Lonesome Tanny Lant (Herman Souverein) — drums

Oscar Benton (born Ferdinand van Eis, 3 February 1949 in Haarlem ) is a Dutch vocalist. He is also the founder of the Oscar Benton Blues Band in 1967. The band rose to fame in 1968 by being a runner up in the Jazz Festival, Loosdrecht, the Netherlands.

In 1968, the Oscar Benton Blues Band released its first album, Feel so good. In 1969, they released the album The Blues Is Gonna Wreck My Life. In 1971, they released Benton ‘71.

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1 	Benjamin Wilder 	3:51
2 	I Am Back 	3:25
3 	Bensonhurst Blues (revisited) 	4:53
4 	Like A Howlin'Wolf 	3:53
5 	My Heart Skips A Beat 	3:16
6 	Fuzz'n Fight 	3:13
7 	I'll Come Ridin' 	2:28
8 	My Love, Why 	3:18
9 	Blue Blues Singer (remake) 	2:14
10 	Better Stop Cryin' 	2:09
11 	Brown Eyes 	4:15
12 	Old But Happy 	3:38

Blues Harp – Kim Snelten
Cello – Juna Schurman
Double Bass – Lut Luttik
Drums – Jaap Jan Schermer, Martijn Bosman
Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Banjo – Erik Schurman
Guitar, Executive Producer, Tambourine, Bass Guitar – John LaPorte
Keyboards – Nils Davidse, Rob van Donselaar
Keyboards, Arranged By – Leo Sienot
Lead Guitar – Ruben Hoeke
Lead Vocals – Oscar Benton
Washboard – Lonesome Tanny Lant 

It has been seven years since Oscar Benton said a final farewell to his musical career. In 2018, the 'white blues king' is making his comeback with a brand new album named I Am Back. The album was recorded together with Barrelhouse-guitarist Johnny Laporte at the nursery home Benton is living since he suffered serious brain damage in 2008.

The idea behind 'I Am Back' came as a surprise as Johnny Laporte reveals: "It's early February 2016 when Oscar is throwing his birthday party. People are talking, drinking and music is being made. Suddenly Oscar stands up and sings this beautiful version of Sinatra's My Way. I am speechless. Everybody is speechless and surprised he is still able to do this. After this party, I visited Oscar every week. We transformed a room in his nursery home to a studio where we recorded songs. Before we new it we recorded a full album together. It was amazing!"

The fire in Oscar Benton's heart is still alive and on his new album 'I Am Back' he shows that he is not ready to retire yet! If you want to download the lyrics of the album, you're welcome! ---revolvy.com

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01 - Please Love Me 03:44
02 - Home 03:01
03 - Live Your Life Today 03:26
04 - Still In The Game 03:31
05 - Vitta Bella 03:06
06 - How Could I Forget 04:09
07 - Eve Of Destruction 02:49
08 - Good Old Loving 03:27
09 - When I'd Rule The World 12:45
10 - Give It Up To Love 03:32
11 - Cold Cold Feeling 07:08
12 - Good Old Lovin' (Without Lead Vocals) 03:25

Oscar Benton (born Ferdinand van Eif on February 3, 1949) is a Dutch vocalist and the founder of the Oscar Benton Blues Band in 1967. The band rose to fame in 1968 by being a runner up in the Jazz Festival, Loosdrecht, Holland.

In 1968, the Oscar Benton Blues Band released its first album, Feel so good. In 1969, they released the album The blues is gonna wreck my life. In 1971, they released Benton ‘71. In 1974, the band changed members and also the name by becoming Blue Eyed Baby. Oscar Benton himself changed his stage name to Billy Boy Bishop. The Blue Eyed Baby released the LP Blue Eyed Baby… Oscar Benton began his solo career in 1981 Oscar Benton with the album Bensonhurst Blues which brought him to prominence in the world of blues.

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01-Bensonhurst Blues
02-Somebody's Love Will Do
03-Helpless
04-I Don't Know
05-Not The Same Dream Anymore
06-Took Me A Long Time
07-The Day I Got Rid Of The Blues
08-Lovin' C.M.B.H.
09-The Long And Winding Road
10-Busted
11-The Three Bells
12-It Ain't Nobody's Business
13-I Believe In Love
14-How Can I Just Start Again
15-Bensonhurst Blues (Ver2)

Musicians:
Oscar Benton [Ferdinand van Eis] (guitar, vocals), 
Hank 'Jay' Hawkins [Peter van Kouteren] (bass), 
Han van Dam (piano, keyboards, vocals), 
Tanny Lent [Herman Souverein] (drums), 
Gerard Van Doorn (bass)

Oscar Benton (born Ferdinand van Eif on February 3, 1949) is a Dutch vocalist and the founder of the Oscar Benton Blues Band in 1967. The band rose to fame in 1968 by being a runner up in the Jazz Festival, Loosdrecht, Holland. In his solo career, Oscar Benton released with his 1981 homonymous album the Bensonhurst Blues, written by Artie Kaplan & Artie Kornfeld, and produced by the EMI Records. The Bensonhurst Blues, which is considered to be Oscar Benton’s best hit, was part of the soundtrack of the 1999 movie La Bûche. Earlier it was on the soundtrack of the film Pour la Peau d’un Flic, 1.979, which features Alain Delon. The earliest version of that song is that of Artie Kaplan in his 1973 album Confessions Of A Male Chauvinist Pig produced by the Hopi Records. The Italian singer Adriano Celentano, in his 2004 album C’é Sempre un Motivo, included an Italian version, named Vengo del Jazz. A famous Romanian singer, Margareta Paslaru, sings it in Romanian under the title Spuneam Ca Nu-Mi Passa (Bui Bui Bui). The Romanian singer Aurelian Andreescu also recorded a Romanian language version of this song titled Îndrăgostitul. The song became the musical theme of the TV show Crazy Horse in the early 2000s.

In 1968, the Oscar Benton Blues Band released its first album, Feel so good. In 1969, they released the album The blues is gonna wreck my life. In 1971, they released Benton ‘71. In 1974, the band changed members and also the name by becoming Blue Eyed Baby. Oscar Benton himself changed his stage name to Billy Boy Bishop. The Blue Eyed Baby released the LP Blue Eyed Baby… Oscar Benton began his solo career in 1981 Oscar Benton with the album Bensonhurst Blues which brought him to prominence in the world of blues. Dans les années 2000 une partie du spectacle du Crazy Horse « Lay laser lay », se déroule sur sa reprise de Bensonhurst Blues. In 2011, Oscar Benton released his CD album, Oscar Benton is Still Alive.

Needless to add here, none of the other versions of the Bensonhurst Blues manages to catch up with Oscar Benton’s 1979 version. Oscar Benton is a unfairly underrated singer. Indeed, he’s a poetic vocalist who can be compared to the bard tradition of George Brassens, Charles Aznavour, and Enrico Macias. ---last.fm

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