Brook Benton has been played on NTS in shows including Doing Time , featured first on 9 December 2018. Songs played include Hotel Happiness, Rainy Night In Georgia and Soft.

Brook Benton (born Benjamin Franklin Peay on September 19, 1931; died April 9, 1988) was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.

When Benton was young he enjoyed gospel music and wrote songs and in 1948 he went…