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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1946-11-09
- Active to
- 2020-06-29
Discography
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Benny Mardones (born Ruben Armand Mardones in Cleveland, Ohio, on 9 November 1946; died 29 June 2020) was an American pop singer and songwriter known for his hit single "Into the Night," which hit the Top 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart twice, in 1980 and again in 1989. The story behind "Into the Night" charting twice is this: In 1989, KZZP, a radio station in Arizona, ran a segment titled "Where Are They Now?" The most popular question was <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Benny+Mardones
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Armand
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- Menifee
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- blue-eyed soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Polydor
- Image
- Benny Mardones 2010 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1946-11-09
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-06-29
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- pseudonym
- Benny
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Ruben Armand Mardones Smith
- social media followers
- 1985
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