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Tenderly
Tenderly
Studio album by George Benson
Released	1989
Genre	Pop; jazz pop;
Length	38:31
Label	Warner Bros
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
George Benson chronology
Singles from Tenderly
	"Here, There & Everywhere"; Released: 1993;

Tenderly is a 1989 studio album by George Benson, produced by long time collaborator Tommy LiPuma.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

In a review for AllMusic, Richard S. Ginell wrote that Benson has gotten the message by "giving up the fruitless search for decent contemporary material, he switched gears and recorded an album of old standards with top-grade jazz musicians".^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Don't Know What Love Is"	Don Raye, Gene de Paul	4:39
2.	"Stella by Starlight"	Ned Washington, Victor Young	5:13
3.	"Stardust"	Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish	6:02
4.	"At the Mambo Inn"	Frederick Lincoln-Guirty, Bobby Woodlen, Grace Sampson, Mario Bauzá	4:53
5.	"Here, There and Everywhere"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	5:04
6.	"This Is All I Ask"	Gordon Jenkins	5:35
7.	"Tenderly"	Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross	3:05
8.	"I Could Write a Book"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	4:00

Personnel

Musicians:^[3]

George Benson – guitar (1–5, 7, 8), vocals (1, 3–6, 8)
McCoy Tyner – acoustic piano (1–6, 8)
Ron Carter – double bass (1–6, 8)
Louis Hayes – drums (1, 6)
Herlin Riley – drums (2–5)
Al Foster – drums (8)
Lenny Castro – percussion (4, 5)
Marty Paich – horn and string arrangements

Production

Tommy LiPuma – producer
Elliot Scheiner – recording
Bill Schnee – mixing, additional recording
Steve Rinkoff – additional recording
Al Schmitt – additional recording
Peter Darmi – assistant engineer
Troy Halderson – assistant engineer
Roy Hendrickson – assistant engineer
Joe Pirrera – assistant engineer
Jim Shefler – assistant engineer
Bart Stevens – assistant engineer
Russ DeFilippis – technical assistant
Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Lu Snead – project administrator
Rosemarie Kraitz – production assistant
Angel Rangelov – production assistant
Pamela Byers – album package coordinator
Ph. D – art direction, design
Harris Savides – photography
Ken Fritz Management – direction

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	140
US Jazz Albums^[5]	1

References

^ ^a ^b "Tenderly - George Benson | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
^ as on album cover
^ "George Benson Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
^ Benson, George. Billboard Albums at AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-14.

[allmusic-1] "Tenderly - George Benson | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

[3] s on album cover

[billboard-4] "George Benson Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

[AllMusicCharts-5] Benson, George. Billboard Albums at AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-14.

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