Benny Sings

Infobox musical artist
Name = Benny Sings
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Background = solo_singer
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Born =birth year and age|1977
Dordrecht, Netherlands
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Origin = Netherlands
Genre = Pop
Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 1999–present
Label = Dox, Sonar Kollektiv
URL = [http://www.bennysings.com/ www.bennysings.com]

Benny Sings (real name Tim Berkestijn) is a Dutch pop artist who has released albums on the Dox label. Since 2003, he has produced three studio albums and one live album. His most recent album, "Benny. . . at Home", [cite web| title =Benny at Home by Benny Sings| publisher =allmusic
url =http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gvfwxzu5ldte
format =Album tracklist
accessdate =2008-01-07 ] has met critical acclaim outside of the Netherlands. Benny Sings has been invited to perform on Radio Nova.

Benny was born in 1977. He grew up in the town of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, where he founded his first band, The Loveboat, whilst in high school. Benny went to the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where he studied Sonology.

Since 1999, Benny has been playing the bass in the hip-hop band Abstract Dialect and composing and producing with the soul band Heavenly Social, featuring Miss Dee. Additionally he is a part of the Dutch-language hip-hop collective, De Toffen.

Discography

* "Champagne People" (2003)
* "I Love You" (2005)
* "Benny ...At Home" (2007)

References

* cite web | title = Discogs Biography | url = http://www.discogs.com/artist/Benny+Sings
accessdate = 1 January | accessyear = 2008
* cite web | title = Sonar Kollektiv | url = http://www.sonarkollektiv.com/artists/Benny%20Sings/
accessdate = 1 January | accessyear = 2008
* cite web | title = Official website | url = http://www.bennysings.com
accessdate = 1 January | accessyear = 2008