(1942-08-12) 12 August 1942 (age 81) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Pop
Occupation(s)
Singer, bank public relations officer
Instrument(s)
vocals
Years active
1960–1967
Labels
W&G
Allstar
Raven
Rebel
Canetoad
Musical artist
Merv Benton (born Mervyn Bonson, 12 August 1942) was an Australian pop singer from the mid-1960s. His most popular singles were "Baby Let's Play House" (1964), "I Got Burned", "Yield Not to Temptation", "Don't Destroy Me" (all in 1965) and "You've Got What it Takes" (1966). For the 1966 Go-Set pop poll he was listed third most popular male vocalist. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described him as, "the epitome of the good-looking, clean-cut pop idol." In late 1966, Benton was diagnosed with laryngeal polyps; the resulting treatment and recovery curtailed his music career. He became a real estate agent, and later organised the building of child care centres both in Queensland (until 1990) and in Phoenix, Arizona after relocating there in 1991.
MervBenton (born Mervyn Bonson, 12 August 1942) was an Australian pop singer from the mid-1960s. His most popular singles were "Baby Let's Play House"...
recruited Mick Rogers (ex-Procession) and Les Stacpool (ex-Chessmen, MervBenton and the Tamlas) each alternating on bass and lead guitars. By February...
trumpet, Ron Freeman on saxophone and Les Stacpool on guitar (ex-Chessmen, MervBenton and the Tamlas). The ensemble released a single "Love Power" (1968) via...
Jays), Ron Gilby on rhythm guitar, Dennis Tucker on bass guitar (both MervBenton and the Tamlas), and later in 1968, they toured Vietnam performing for...
Lynne Randell The Easybeats 2 Ronnie Burns Dinah Lee The Twilights 3 MervBenton Denise Drysdale Purple Hearts 4 Mike Furber Little Pattie Steve & the...
the Rhythm Aces, the La De Da's) and Les Stacpool on guitar (Chessmen, MervBenton and the Tamlas). The Browns also backed Bernadette O'Neill, another singer...
technically created by Merv Griffin, but his agent Murray Schwartz actually conceived the idea of a pilot which piggybacked on a special Merv Griffin Show salute...
left Benton & Bowles in 1965 to partner with the Mirisch Co. and form Mirisch-Rich Productions. There he produced The Rat Patrol. In 1969, he, Merv Adelson...
The Doris Day Show (1968-1973; 128 episodes) Golden Globe nomination. The Merv Griffin Show (1970; 1 episode) The Governor & J.J. (1970; 1 episode) The...
2012 42 years Zimbabwean footballer car Victoria Falls Airport, Zimbabwe Merv Neagle 1958 2012 54 years Australian footballer truck Tharbogang, New South...
three members of her family were in a private plane owned by media mogul Merv Griffin when it lost power and rejected takeoff, slamming into a parked aircraft...
Lord Wokingham Wokingham Lucy Demery Monica Hamidi Clive Jones Colin Wright Merv Boniface Conservative John Redwood Earley and Woodley Pauline Jorgensen Yuan...
known as Warner Bros. Television Studios). It was founded by Irwin Molasky, Merv Adelson, and Lee Rich. The company's name was a portmanteau of the name of...
Johnny Marvin Johnny Mathis Julius La Rosa Lucho Gatica Matt Monro Mel Tormé Merv Griffin Mike Douglas Nat King Cole Neil Diamond Nick Lucas Pat Boone Paul...
Sheldon (2008), which features interviews with Clint Eastwood, Billy Crystal, Merv Griffin, Chris Botti, Dave Frishberg, Tierney Sutton and others. The film...
in America as a trailblazer for women in television. Bolen was born in Benton, Illinois. Her father was a United Mine Workers union organizer. Her sister...
Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence, Robyn Douglass, Merv Griffin, Joyce Brothers, Julie K. Payne, Roger Robinson, Nicholas Mele, Loni...
episode The Mike Douglas Show (1964, 1967, 1970, 1970, 1977) 5 episodes The Merv Griffin Show (1967) 1 episode Personality (1968) 1 episode The Hollywood...
Dave Thomas playing Liberace. In the first, Liberace was a guest on The Merv Griffin Show. In the second, a Christmas episode, Liberace performs "Good...
television's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Johnson was born January 20, 1929, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the son of Abraham Lincoln and Edythe Mackenzie (Goldberg/Golden)...
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