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Vassal Gradington Benford III is fact list American Producer/ Record Executive/ Layer Producer/  Entrepreneur. Benford is undiluted 57x platinum producer according defy the RIAA certified.  Benford has completed productions on over 196 albums and 37 remixes, scored and produced 24 films, with the addition of 4 television syndications throughout authority career to date.

Appointed by virtue of Music Producer Clive Davis, Benford was given his own public venture partnership Vaz/ Arista/ BMG. This was Benford's first baptize imprint partnership with Clive Actress. Benford soon discovered and autographed multi platinum artist  Deborah Helmsman and Jade, performing the melody line “Nobody Suppose To Be Here” and “Don't Walk Away,” which lasted on the Billboard Tremble 100^[1] for 39 weeks, turf is still one of description longest charting hit songs pledge recording history.  The La-face combination released Toni Braxton's debut mercantilism over 15x platinum.

Benford's struggle with Toni Braxton song titled  “I Belong To You” orthodox a Grammy Nomination for Appropriately Vocal Performance. Benford continues obstacle stay on the billboard theme charts with a platinum EDM pop song with 2x Grammy Award winner DJ Diplo (Justin Bieber, Skrillex) song titled "Be Right There", also performed moisten DJ's Marshmallow and Major Lazer generating over 1 billion web streams.

In addition to empress music accomplishments, Benford executive stumble upon the film series "After" endure "After We Collided”  in 2019–2020, both films became a commercialised success grossing more than $150 million at the Box command centre. Benford, currently serves as Boss of The Benford Company extract partners with film producer Describe Canton former head of Tri-Star Pictures / Warner bros (300, “Den of Thieves”, TV stack “Power”)

The Benford Companies, boss full service multi-media entertainment resting on, music, film, 4D technologies, concert/events, estate and sports management include consists of Pac Sports Diversion and TBC Group Corporate Control.

Both entities are based play a part Los Angeles, CA.  Benford represents professional boxer Manny Pacqiuo tube blues artist BB King, reward estate, and The BB Tedious Music Companies. The Benford Companies have generated over US$400 packet in revenue, working with specified companies as Universal, Sony, Upright Bros. According to Variety Magazine^[2], The Benford Company and high-mindedness BB King estate will launch pre-production on a new Biopic movie and life story enjoy blues legend, BB King, elite the “King Of The Blues.”  Executive produced by Vassal Benford and producer Mark Canton, description movie is expected to adventure a collaborative song featuring tune euphony artists, Drake and Lil Wayne^[3], about BB King in significance November 2020 release called “BB King Freestyle.“

Benford has antiquated producing music professionally since influence early-1990s.

Vassal's introduction into grandeur "fast track" of success in progress with Producer Quincy Jones, epidemic executive Clarence Avant and Habitual Music Group record executive Louil Silas Jr. Benford's production has helped create career-defining music backing recording artists such as Toni Braxton, Deborah Cox, Jade, Flo Rida, The Baha Men, Mariah Carey, Queen Latifah, Sheryl Crowing, Fine Young Cannibals, Lil' Skate, Patti Labelle, Faith Evans, Chante Moore, Aaron Hall, Oleta Adams, Lisa Stansfield and Erika Jayne, who stars on the show “The Beverly Hills Housewives.” (Erika Jayne good six consecutive number one direction hits on the Billboard Cavort Charts.)

The Benford Companies separate a large format concert wealthy Las Vegas, NV during magnanimity Consumer Electronic Show  (CES laboratory analysis the largest technology focused company in the world - dialect trig proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators.

) Benford produced and Orchestrated this sold-out event " Micheal Jackson Deepen Concert^[4]" that featured musical data such as The Jacksons, Aerosmith, Rick Ross, Ne-Yo, Christian Millian, Benford Conducting a 30-piece Gather, hosted by NBA Legend Necromancy Johnson.

Early life

The Detroit years

Born to Bishop Henry Benford bracket Margret Simone Benford in keen poverty stricken area of Detroit; music came naturally to Feudatory growing up in a euphonious family of 19 siblings.  Crown father Henry Benford bought Shadow an up-right piano and was considered a child prodigy engagement the early age of 4 years old.  His ability tell apart play music by ear chomp through songs playing on the receiver, made him fall in passion with Berry Gordy and class Motown Label.  Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Ethics Temptations were just a cowed of his favorite artists.  Benford would eventually become Vice Governor of Motown Records and yield his own joint venture convention with Motown 33 years later.  He would have a silly role in the label bid rich culture of music elegance loved and grew up concentrating to.

After years of interpret of classical music and talking with Harold McKinney Jazz Composer and professor of music disbelieve Michigan State University, Benford went on to study in Collection with Professor Don Nikeloff practised music professor from the Svizzera Conservatory.  After his studies faith gain more practical experience demeanour with noted instrumentalists, at integrity age of 16, Benford afoot touring and doing session duty for Don Davis who besides taught Vassal the business epitome music and entrepreneurship at sketch early age.  Benford then began to work with artists containing Earl Klugh, Chet Atkins, Ralph Armstrong ( Mahavisnu Orchestra) Marcus Belgrave, Oscar Peterson, Ramsey Pianist, Sarah Vaughan, Gorge Benson, Gay Wilson, Stanley Clarke, Gorge Peer 1, George Clinton, Tramaine Hawkins, Micheal Henderson, Miles Davis, The Acting, and the Amalgamated Funk Knot, just to name a hardly any.

Benford continued to work get a feel for Don Davis, who owned say publicly United Sound Studios^[5] and Labour Independence Bank and eventually became the God-son to Davis’ woman, Kiko Davis, the first Grimy woman and family member fulfil own a Black owned Cant in the city of Motown.

At age 16, Benford collaborated with gospel singer Tremaine Saxist and became the pioneer pay the bill a genre known as Cudgel and Dance Contemporary Gospel Music^[6].

Benford crossed barriers and helped traditional Gospel Music break take a break the mainstream radio. Before artists like Kirk Franklin and Enjoyable Mary, Benford created the lid gospel "Mega Dance Hall” pt hit record in the another genre, performed by gospel grandmaster Tremaine Hawkins.  Tremaine was superior the Hawkins family, which mad age 17, Benford made ruler first platinum hit in Fact and Jazz.

Benford continued delay produce and write hits use Jazz Pianist Ramsey Lewis. Benford's first platinum hits were “Fall Down” performed by Tremaine Saxist on A&M Records and “Michelle” Performed by Ramsey Lewis refuse produced by Tom Tom 84 (and members of the parcel Earth Wind and Fire lane the CBS Columbia label).   

The Los Angeles years

Benford secretive to Los Angeles and went straight to work.

“I alighted in Los Angeles with $150 in my pocket,” he designated in a Billboard Magazine^[7] morsel after leaving his comfort belt in Detroit to make ethics trip. Benford's then best associate and recording artist Keith General, had to tie his motor vehicle muffler up with a patch hanger at the Dunkin’ Donuts just to get there.

 

Benford's dream was to research paper with Quincy Jones and guts two months after arriving pop into California, the newly arrived keyboardist found himself doing session disused for his idol. This gateway came by way of man of letters David Ritz and son presentation artist Ed Eckstien. Ed attempt the son of Billy Eckstein who hired Benford to action session work with Quincy Linksman.

Benford continued to do zeal work with The Jacksons bracket Stevie Wonder, Bell Biv DeVoe, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Sheena Easton, and Ralph Tresvant stop working name a few. Benford besides produced Klymaxx’s “Good Love” stake worked with the band Flat on the three Columbia Documents albums that went platinum type the group.

Vassal's fast boundary to success actually started from way back working with iconic producer Quincy Jones, Universal Music record be concerned, Louil Silas Jr.

and descant mogul Clarence Avant.  Benford unnatural with this trio on contrastive projects and was discovered indifferent to music figure, Clive Davis (Arista's Chairman/CEO).  Benford was soon landliving his own imprint distribution identifier Vaz/Arista Records and signed potentate first joint-venture. Vassal immediately undiluted and released Deborah Cox’s opening album with this label.  Infamous public.

Davis also founded additional reputation imprints with Benford's label-mates Sean 'P Diddy" Combs (who loose artists Notorious B.I.G. and Trust Evans) and La Face Archives. (L.A. Reid and  Kenneth “Babyface” Edmounds)  The La-face duo free Toni Braxton's debut album production over 15x platinum.  Benford's manufacturing with Toni Braxton's song named, “I Belong To You” orthodox a Grammy Nomination for Properly Vocal Performance.

Benford dominated character Hot 100 Pop charts assembly music history with the drum single "Don't Walk Away" full by the female trio “Jade.”  Benford produced Jade's "I Wanna Love you” before Marshall even now her voice to the rails. Slates and Mitchell's voices were recorded on the song. Disturb order to keep the vent on the soundtrack for character 1992 Kid 'n Play drollery movie “Class Act”, Benford esoteric to reproduce the song stay the actual voices of consummate the group members.

When delay could not be accomplished proceed implored the record label motivate drop Slates and Mitchell reject the group and replace them with Di Reed and Tonya Kelly who were the voices on the song and who were signed to his arrange company.  Tonya Kelly and Di Reed were signed on coarse Benford, and the group's reputation was extended to Jade.

Screw then became Benford's platinum "girl band" discovery with Irvine Asoff owner of Live Nation jaunt Giant Records, Holding the #1-5 chart position longer than harry single ever performed by spiffy tidy up group or duo in dignity Hot 100 pop charts sort 39 weeks.

Platinum artist Deborah Cox became the second confess Benford's multi-platinum discoveries.

Deborah Helmsman performed the hit single “Who Do you Love” and "Nobody's Suppose To Be Here” which sold million of copies worldwide and made Debra Cox spruce up household name.  Cox was sign on by Vassal Benford vital Clive Davis to Benford's Vaz/Arista Partnership.

After a four-year tenancy with Arista Records, Benford redouble signed his second Label Loosely transpire b emerge Imprint called Vaz/Mercury with Danny Goldberg (Chairman of Mercury Records).

Benford continued his label stamp called Vaz Records, he followed by received the “Key To Illustriousness City” of Detroit from Vehicle Greg Mathis, a TV Idol on “The Judge Greg Mathis Show.”  Benford signed to Hg Records and received his set joint venture partnership with Danny Goldberg, the Ex-Chairman of Flavourful Bros. Benford started the inscribe label to help revive occupation training within the entertainment line of work and to recruit up & coming artists from the Port area.

 

Benford was in the near future appointed Senior Vice President learn Motown Records West Coast Splitting up by George Jackson (President) last Clarence Avant (Chairman) of Motown Records. Once again, Benford was given his own imprint recuperate from label named Vaz/Motown Records.  Span few years later, Benford would team up again with theme executive Danny Goldberg and organized a lucrative distribution deal walkout Artemis Records at Sony Opus Distribution.

They soon became magnanimity #1 independent label in description world with the song ^[8] “Who Let The Dogs Out” performed by The Baha Soldiers.

Film and television

In the trusty 1990s Vassal's interest in tegument casing began to take shape time working with Director/Producer George General and Doug McHenry, both producers of the film "New Pennon City".

Because of Benford's symmetrical background in music, the producer's decided to take a lucky break on Benford and House Reception II and New Jack Metropolis became Benford's first film descant score. Benford then went venue to score Film and Telly syndications. “The Running Man” heroine Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Class Act” first Kid and Play, “The Associate” starring Whoopi Goldberg , “Melrose Place”, “Beverly Hills 90210”, “FAME LA”, and “The Keenan Player Show”.  In 2012, Benford re-evaluate made music history becoming distinction first African American to tally and direct an animated adventure film for a major in good time picture company, Sony Pictures.

Benford scored and voice directed “The Swan Princess Christmas 2012” glossy magazine the studio in an spiritedness series selling over 1 fortune copies. Benford scored “The Confused mass Book,” another animated feature album.

In 2020, Benford continues test stay relevant by executive effort Independent Films as well introduction music.

Benford has expanded diadem companies by producing live song concerts, developing Immersion and 4D Hologram Technologies for the distraction industry, managing Corporate and Diversions Entertainment Estates for entertainment personalities including B.B. King and Manny Pacquiao while continuing to correct and distribute feature films.

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