Whatever Happened To Benny Santini - Chris Rea

Description: Genre: Rock - Pop Rock / Artist: Chris Rea / Audio CD released 1988-07-18 at Warner / Disc #1 Tracklisting 1 Wh ... more

Whatever Happened To Benny Santini - Chris Rea ... Whatever Happened To Benny Santini
2 Closer You Get
3 Because Of You
4 Dancing With Charlie
5 Bows And Bangles
6 Fool (If You Think It's Over)
7 Three Angels
8 Just One Of Those Days
9 Standing In Your Doorway
10 Fires Of Spring

Newest Review: ... although Chris Rea wasn't happy with the final cut, the album nevertheless went ahead. Michael Levy felt that the name Chris ... more

... Rea wasn't right for his new protégée & suggested Chris changed his name to Benny Santini. Needless to say the suggestion went down like a lead balloon & I couldn't repeat what Chris said at the time. Michael was concerned that the name Rea would be associated with diarrhoea & gonorrhoea but in the end decided to stick with Chris Rea. The album was named 'Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?' & was released in 1978. At the time in the UK, punk music was at its peak & it wasn't a great time for a ne...more

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	Whatever Happened to Benny Santini Release Date: 1988 - 07 - 18, Audio CD, Warner Last Update 28.11.2009 05:47	£ 66.94

Whatever Happened to Benny Santini
Release Date: 1988 - 07 - 18, Audio CD, Warner

Last Update 28.11.2009 05:47

£ 66.94

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Whatever Happened To Benny Santini - Chris Rea: Great debut album (848 words)
by - written on 11/08/09 (Very useful, 63 readings)
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Chris Anton Rea was born in Middlesbrough in North East England on 4th March 1951. Although he had a great interest in music he never played in local clubs, however thanks to a local club owner & promoter named John B. McCoy, Chris got a contract with Magnet records & McCoy became his manager. Magnet records were owned by Michael Levy (a.k.a. Lord Levy) who was impressed enough with Chris Rea to release his first single in 1974 called 'So much love'. The single didn't get much radio play & consequently failed to make any impression on the charts. However, that early set back didn't stop Chris Rea from writing fresh material & in 1977 he ... Read the complete review

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