George Benson is a jazz guitarist born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on … Read Full Bio ↴George Benson is a jazz guitarist born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on 22 March 1943. He started out playing straight-ahead instrumental jazz with organist Jack McDuff. Benson got his first experience playing with his several-year stint with McDuff's group. In 1964, at the age of 21, Benson recorded his first album as leader, The New Boss Guitar, with Brother Jack McDuff on organ.

Benson's next recording was It's Uptown with the George Benson Quartet with Lonnie Smith on organ and Ronnie Cuber on baritone sax. This album showcases Benson's talent in constructing swinging bebop lines at blistering tempos. Benson followed it up with "The George Benson Cookbook," also with Lonnie Smith and Ronnie Cuber.

One of his major hits is the song "This Masquerade", which is included in the top-selling album Breezin' . This album represents a shift to more commercially oriented music which brought Benson a wider audience but alienated some jazz fans. Other singles that have made the Billboard Hot 100 charts include "On Broadway" (1978), "Love Ballad" (1979), "Give Me The Night" (1980) and "Turn Your Love Around" (1982).

Benson continues to play outstanding jazz guitar, as evidenced on recordings such as Jimmy Smith's Off the Top, Benson's own live album Par Excellence, and Tenderly, on which Benson is accompanied by McCoy Tyner on piano.

For his contribution to the recording industry, George Benson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7055 Hollywood Blvd.

You Are the Love of My Life
George Benson Lyrics

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You are the love of my life
I knew it right from the start
The moment I looked at you
You found a place in my heart

You are the love of my life
You give me reason to live
You taught me how to be strong

With you is where I belong

No one's ever touched me
Quite the way you touched me
People search a lifetime
To find what we have

You are the love of my life
One thing that's good in this life
I'll spend the rest of my days
Just loving you

You are the love of my life
The heart and soul of my life
Once I was lost and alone
With you at last I am home

You give me so much of you
And leave me room to be free

No one's ever touched me
Quite the way you touched me
People search a lifetime
To find what we have

You are the love of my life
One thing that's good in this life
And in a world full of change
One thing I'm sure of

You are the love of my life
The one thing that makes sense in this life
I'll spend the rest of my days
Just loving you

You are the love of my life
And I thank god I'm alive

To spend my lifetime with you
You are the love of my life

Overall Meaning

George Benson’s song “You Are the Love of My Life” expresses how the singer has found true love and is deeply grateful for it. The singer knew from the beginning that the person he/she looked at would be the love of his/her life. This love gives him/her a sense of purpose in life and teaches the singer how to be strong. The love that is shared between the singer and the other person is one of a kind and is not comparable with any other. The lyrics suggest that people spend a lifetime to search for love, and not everyone finds it. Finally, the singer assures the other person that he/she is the love of his/her life and will spend the rest of his/her days loving that person.

Line by Line Meaning

You are the love of my life
You are the person that I love the most in my entire life

I knew it right from the start
I realized it immediately when I met you

The moment I looked at you
When I first saw you

You found a place in my heart
You occupied a special place in my heart from that moment on

You give me reason to live
You are my reason for living

You taught me how to be strong
You taught me how to be emotionally strong and resilient

With you is where I belong
Being with you is where I feel I truly belong

No one's ever touched me
No one has ever affected me emotionally in the way that you have

Quite the way you touched me
You have touched me in a profoundly deep and meaningful way

People search a lifetime
Many people spend their entire lives

To find what we have
Trying to find what we have together