Dave Benton
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OverviewAI-generated
Dave Benton is a male artist from the United States who began his work period in 1970. Born on January 31, 1951, he is associated with genres including country soul, pop, r&b, rhythm & blues, and rhythm and blues. His musical activity has been tagged with descriptors such as estonian, dutch, and Eurovision.
In addition to his musical career, Benton is an author with two recorded works. These include *Benghazi : Know Thy Enemy* and *Splatterpunk Fighting Back*. A separate source lists a total of five works for him. His profile is referenced by 397 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- Efrem Eugene Benita , ( 1951-01-31 ) 31 January 1951 (age 75) , Oranjestad, Aruba
- Genres
- Pop
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Oranjestad
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Estonian
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2001
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Dave Benton.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dave Benton
- date of birth
- 1951-01-31
- location of formation
- Aruba
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- name in native language
- Dave Benton
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Encyclopedic overview
Efrem Eugene Benita (born 31 January 1951), also known as Dave Benton, is an Aruban-born Estonian pop musician. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 along Tanel Padar and 2XL with the song "Everybody" representing Estonia; becoming the oldest singer ever to win the contest.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dave Benton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.