The people around them
Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.
Who makes their records
People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.
Engineered by
16 songs
Produced by
16 songs
Produced by
10 songs
Engineered by
7 songs
Engineered by
2 songs
Produced by
2 songs
Engineered by
2 songs
Produced by
2 songs
Written by
1 song
Written by
1 song
Written by
1 song
Written by
1 song
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Leroy Parkins produced 7 of Benny Carter’s top 10 songs
Gregory K. Squires is Benny Carter’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 16 songs
Benny Carter recorded most at Carlos I (7 songs)
Benny Carter wrote or co-wrote 4 of 39 songs on fono (10%)
Credited songs by Benny Carter span 69 years, 1938 to 2007 (38 songs)
Top songs
- 1
From Jazz Giant
- 2
1958
- 3
- 2
From Central City Sketches
- 4
- 5
1988
- 6
- 7
1988
- 8
- 9
1988
- 10
1988
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Where the songs were made
- Carlos I7 songs
- RCA Studios7 songs
- RCA’s Music Center of the World2 songs
Releases
Member of
- Benny Carter and His Orchestra
- Benny Carter & His Swing QuintetBC
- Benny Carter Quartet
- Benny Carter & The RamblersBC
- Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
- Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
- Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
- Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
- Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
- McKinney’s Cotton PickersMS
- Metronome All Stars
- Mezz Mezzrow and His Orchestra
- Spike Hughes and His Negro OrchestraSH
- Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
- The Benny Carter All-Star Sax Ensemble
- The Capitol JazzmenTC
- The Chocolate Dandies
- The Roy Eldridge–Benny Carter OrchestraTR
Elsewhere
Sources (21)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Benny Carter & His Swing Quintet
Benny Carter is a member of Benny Carter & His Swing Quintet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Benny Carter & The Ramblers
Benny Carter is a member of Benny Carter & The Ramblers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Benny Carter Quartet
Benny Carter is a member of Benny Carter Quartet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Benny Carter and His Orchestra
Benny Carter is a member of Benny Carter and His Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
Benny Carter is a member of Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Benny Carter is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
Benny Carter is a member of Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Benny Carter is a member of Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
Benny Carter is a member of Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
Benny Carter is a member of McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Metronome All Stars
Benny Carter is a member of Metronome All Stars
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Mezz Mezzrow and His Orchestra
Benny Carter is a member of Mezz Mezzrow and His Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra
Benny Carter is a member of Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
Benny Carter is a member of Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of The Benny Carter All-Star Sax Ensemble
Benny Carter is a member of The Benny Carter All-Star Sax Ensemble
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of The Capitol Jazzmen
Benny Carter is a member of The Capitol Jazzmen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of The Chocolate Dandies
Benny Carter is a member of The Chocolate Dandies
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz Benny Carter is a member of The Roy Eldridge–Benny Carter Orchestra
Benny Carter is a member of The Roy Eldridge–Benny Carter Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Benny Carter is from Harlem
20Wikidata The genre of Benny Carter is jazz
21Wikidata The genre of Benny Carter is swing