Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Just a brief note to say thanks for ALL you do in keeping us A&M-ers consistently in the know. My years there were so wonderful and filled with fond memories. Thanks for keeping that alive. -- Miriam Heiman

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

This is a great web site on A&M. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Thanks for all the work you do for the website. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

I've just discovered your web site. Holy smoke!!!!! -- Geoffrey B. Schulman, Director of A&R Administration, Los Angeles

Thank you for sharing with us and for your dedication to A&M Records. It's so wonderful to have a connection to my past. -- Sherry Jones Levy, A&M NYC

Thank you so much for all of your help. It is a great site. Thank you for helping to keep these bands relevant. -- Andrea Bricklin (Bricklin)

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Wow Leslie!! Lots of great work here... Love what you did! -- Randy Alpert (Captain Badazz)

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Great site....brings back a lot of memories. -- Aaron Jacoves, Director of A&R

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

Congratulations Leslie on all the good work you do for the A&M community. -- Al Cafaro, President and CEO, A&M Records

What a great site - Thank you for organizing it. You have continued the family spirit that Herb and Jerry worked so hard to create - and that is so hard to find otherwise. -- Sharon Steeley, Music Video Promotion

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records. -- Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios

You're right about the specialness of A&M. It's so hard to explain, but it really was unique. A Camelot, if you will. Thanks for your efforts -- Richard Pachter, Promotions

Kudos to you for recognizing possibly the ultimate artist/people friendly label. -- Ed Rivadavia, Northern Midwest Promotion Manager

It is great to have a site for the A&M family. -- Mary (Sukkestad) Mack, Executive Secretary, International Dept.

Thanks for this site--best of luck with it! -- David Bradstreet

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Thanks so much for all you do for all of us!!!! -- Monique Augusta

Keep up the great work on the site. -- Don Rodgers, Promotion Manager, Mid-Western Region, Canada

Glad to know that you have set up this site. What a neat way to stay in touch. Great job! -- Xander Smith (Other Star People)

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, CEO, A&M Records

Great site...thanks Leslie. -- J. B. Brenner

I'm always amazed every time I spend time on the site and imagine the enormous amount of work and time it has taken you to build this. It's a smorgasboard of history... -- Frann Altman

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

It's good to see someone reminding us of the special organization A&M was -- John Hawkins (Edenstreet)

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

A friend forwarded the link to your site, it's amazing! -- Monique McGuffin, Graphics Coordinator

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Thanks for all your hard work in gathering this fantastic web resource of one of the greatest companies that ever existed. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

What a great site, lots of memories. -- Paul McKenna

Pretty cool site. Nice to see that the history of the label - which was its greatest asset - has not been forgotten. -- Brandon Costas, Sales Coordinator

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

Thanks the site is awesome! -- David Abrahams, Audio Librarian

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

I came across the site by co-incidence - congratulations! A great initiative and nicely done. -- Russ Curry, VP European Operations

What a fabulous site! It certainly brings back a lot of memories… -- David Browde, College Promotions

Thanks for all your amazing work with keeping us all connected. -- Doria Leong

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

You have made me feel like I have come home safely to family, exactly what the A&M spirit was all about. -- Babs Stock

Congratulations on a great web site. Thanks for all your efforts in making this site. -- Bill Morgan, Director, Technical Engineering, A&M Studios

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

I'm so delighted to see it! Many of us have incredible memories and ongoing great comraderie from those years on The Lot....and I am so glad to see this happen now! -- Cheryl McEnaney, National Artist Development Manager

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I am genuinely so happy to see this site--my daughter's picture is on the cover of one of those catalogs -- Rob Gold, Executive Director of Advertising and Merchandising, A&M Records

This is great to see all the names of all of the friends of such a very special place. Thank you! -- Leigh Jackson, Artist Development

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

Thanks Leslie for doing this. It's great to have this resource. You're awesome for keeping it going. -- Carmen DeVida

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

I just saw the A&M website, very impressive. -- Larry Weintraub, Vice President of A&R

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

I have enjoyed the A&M website you created and visit it often. -- Chuck Beeson, Art Director

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

Thanks Les, I've spoken with more old friends from A&M in the last week than in the last decabe. All because of your site -- Alan Oken

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

Thanks, Les! It's so wonderful that you are so involved with the website. I have such fantastic memories of my time spent at A&M. It was definitely a magical place. -- Stacie Surabian, A&M Sales

Thanks, this is a great site. -- Barbara West, Sr. Director of Business / Legal Affairs

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

This site is AMAZING! THANK YOU! As a fan...and as someone humbled and honored to be ON this list. Outstanding. -- Monte Warden

I had such a good time at A&M, so it's nice to still feel part of it. Keep up the good work with the website. -- Alex Hutchinson, A&M Records, Ltd., Art Department

A&M Records was home to me in the '70s. Chuck, Brenda, Gil, Marsha, Rita Ross and family gave me my first intro to the music business and put me on the right track to my own family and an historic artistic career. Love to all. -- Ron Artis, Almo/Irving Music

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Tell It Like It Is - George Benson

George Benson: Tell It Like It Is US CD album

Stock Number

602517 808102

Matrix

B001195602

Label

A&M Records

Country

United States

Format

CD album, eAlbum.

Released: 2008-10 -21

Recording Notes

CD deleted 10/7/2016

Track Sort descending	Track Title	Track Time
1	Soul Limbo	00:00:00
2	Are You Happy	00:00:00
3	Tell It Like It Is	00:00:00
4	Land Of 1000 Dances	00:00:00
5	Jackie All	00:00:00
6	Dontcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya	00:00:00
7	Water Brother	00:00:00
8	My Woman's Good to Me	00:00:00
9	Jama Joe	00:00:00
10	My Cherie Amour	00:00:00
11	Out In the Cold Again	00:00:00

Credit Sort descending	Role
Andy Kman	coordination
Angel Allende	percussion
Arthur Clarke	sax
Bob Bushnell	bass
Bob Porcelli	alto sax
Bob Porcelli	flute
Bob Porcelli	sax
Creed Taylor	producer
George Benson	guitar
Gerry Jenmott	bass
Harry Weinger	reissue producer
Hollis King	reissue art direction
Hubert Laws	sax
Isabelle Wong	reissue design
Jerome Richardson	flute
Jerome Richardson	sax
Jerry Dodgion	flute
Jim Fielder	bass
Joe Farrell	sax
Joe Henderson	sax
John Snyder	digital producer
Johnny Pacheco	percussion
Kevin Reeves	reissue mastering
Leo Morris	drums
Lew Soloff	trumpet
Marty Sheller	arranger
Marty Sheller	conductor
Paul Alicea	percussion
Pete Turner	photography
Richard Tee	piano
Rodgers Grant	piano
Rudy Van Gelder	engineer
Rudy Van Gelder	remastering
Sam Antupit	design
Sonny Fortune	alto sax
Sonny Fortune	sax

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