Oscar Benton Blues Band 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.
Monica and Oscar Benton He recorded two hit singles with the Dutch singer Monica Verschoor as "Monica and Oscar Benton" in the 1970s.
Blue Eyed Baby Band In 1974, the band changed members and also the name by becoming Blue Eyed Baby. Oscar himself changed his stage name to Billy Boy Bishop. The "Blue Eyed Baby" released the LP
Blue Eyed Baby.
Solo Oscar released his 1981
homonymous album the
Bensonhurst Blues, written by
Artie Kaplan and
Artie Kornfeld, and produced by the
EMI Records. The Bensonhurst Blues, which is considered to be Oscar’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 (1981) 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. The single became a number one hit in France in December 1981, and the album was certified gold. ==Discography==