IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART AND A BROKEN HEART THAT JANE AND I WANT ALL OUR FRIENDS AND FANS AROUND THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT OUR SWEET AND PRECIOUS  5 YEAR OLD GRANDSON FINN HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH LIVER CANCER.....THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL AND WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS AND GOOD ENERGY TO COME HIS WAY...HIS CONDITION AND MEDICAL UPDATES CAN BE FOUND ON CARINGBRIDGE.ORG...JUST TYPE IN FINN GREEN OR CLICK ON THIS LINK:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/finngreen/mystory
PLEASE DEAR FRIENDS...WE NEED YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT...
BENNY

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 11 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER'S LANDMARK TWIN TOWERS.
OF COURSE IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WOULD PLOT SUCH A HEINOUS ATTACK.
ON A BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY, TUESDAY MORNING 19 AL-QAEDA-AFFILIATED TERRORISTS HIGHJACKED  FOUR PASSENGER PLANES...AND FLEW TWO BOEING 767 JETS INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER COMPLEX...ONE INTO EACH OF THE TOWERS.  THEY ALSO CRASHED ONE JET INTO THE PENTAGON IN WASHINGTON, DC AND ANOTHER CRASHED INTO A FIELD IN PENNYSYLVANIA AFTER THE PASSENGERS ATTEMPTED TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE PLANE FROM THE HIGHJACKERS.
NEARLY 3,000 PEOPLE DIED IN THE ATTACKS INCLUDING THE 19 TERRORISTS.
NEARLY 3,000 PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE...AMERICANS, CANADIANS AND MANY OTHER NATIONALATIES.
3,000 PEOPLE WHOSE FAMILIES WILL NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN...JUST DEVASTATING.
I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY...BUT THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THIS:  LIFE IS SHORT...LIFE IS PRECIOUS.
THE PEOPLE WHO BOARDED THOSE PLANES THAT DAY, THE PEOPLE IN THE WTC THAT DAY AND THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED TO THE ATTACKS (POLICE, FIREMEN, PARAMEDICS, RESCUE WORKERS) HAD NO IDEA WHEN THEY WOKE UP THAT MORNING AND SAID GOODBYE TO THEIR FAMILIES THAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE LAST TIME.
TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT...PRAY FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES.  TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS YOUR GRATITUDE TO GOD THAT YOU ARE STILL ALIVE.
DON'T PUT OFF TELLING THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE THAT YOU LOVE THEM. 
PICK UP THE PHONE, KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR...IF YOU LOVE 'EM, TELL 'EM.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.

SUMMER IS BEAUTIFUL HERE ON THE WEST COAST...WEATHER-WISE IT HAS BEEN GREAT AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO BE IN THE U.S. RECENTLY.

MY NEW SONG "I'VE GOT YOU" IS GETTING SOME MAJOR ATTENTION AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

94.7 THE WAVE - IN L.A. - HAS BEEN PLAYING THE SONG NIGHTLY AND THEY ARE GETTING LOTS OF REQUESTS FOR IT AND GREAT FEEDBACK.

LAST SUNDAY NIGHT I WAS A CALL-IN GUEST ON "ROCK ON RADIO" WITH HOST DANNY COLEMAN (www.wifiam1460.com).  MY PAL MIKE MATISA WAS IN THE STUDIO WITH DANNY AND IT WAS GREAT TO SPEAK WITH THEM BOTH AGAIN AND TELL THEM THE STORY BEHIND "I'VE GOT YOU"...MORE ON THAT IN A SEPARATE BLOG.

I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A WONDERFUL 4TH OF JULY. TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE ADOPTION OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 236 YEARS AGO. I HOPE THAT TODAY YOU THANKED GOD FOR THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY IN THIS COUNTRY & ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE THIS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. I HOPE THAT YOU GAVE THANKS FOR THE MEN & WOMEN WHO SERVE THIS COUNTRY UNSELFISHLY...AND PRAYED FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO ARE NEVER COMING HOME. I HOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS & ENJOYED TODAY IN WHATEVER MANNER YOU FIND ENJOYABLE...WHETHER IT WAS HEADING TO THE BEACH, ENJOYING A BBQ OR JUST RELAXING.

I ALSO HOPE YOU WER

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

LOVE, BENNY

RIP ROBIN GIBB (December 22nd 1949 - May 20th 2012)

MY FIRST ALBUM "THANK GOD FOR GIRLS" WAS BEGINNING AND I WAS DOING A COVER OF "I STARTED A JOKE" BY THE BEE GEES...MY PRODUCER WAS ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM, THE ROLLING STONES' PRODUCER, AND THE DAY I WALKED INTO THE STUDIO TO RECORD IT I RECIEVED A TELEGRAM THAT SAID, "DEAR BENNY, GOOD LUCK WITH OUR JOKE, YOUR VERSION SIGNED MAURICE, ROBIN AND BARRY GIBB...STILL HAVE IT..THEY WERE ONE OF THE GREATS...MASTERS AT HARMONY AND BRILLIANT COMPOSERS...TOTAL CLASS...BENNY

HAPPY NEWS FIRST...LAST NIGHT, MY NEW SINGLE "I'VE GOT YOU" DEBUTED ON 94.7 THE WAVE (KTWV) IN LOS ANGELES.  I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS NEW SONG AND, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, EVERYONE IS LOVING IT.  I'M GETTING A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR TAKING THE TIME TO NOT ONLY TUNE IN AND LISTEN....BUT TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. THEY ARE PLAYING IT AGAIN TONIGHT.  IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE L.A. AREA? CHECK OUT THE STATION ONLINE http://947thewave.radio.com.
A LITTLE HISTORY...IT WAS THE VERY LAST SONG WRITTEN BY THE GREAT LARRY BUTLER BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY.
AS SOON AS THE SINGLE IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE, THE DETAILS WILL BE POSTED HERE, ON MY WEBSITE, AND ON MY FACEBOOK PAGES.

SAD NEWS -  REST IN PEACE DICK CLARK NOV 30TH '29 - APR 18TH '12
I HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES OF DICK CLARK...AND I AM SHOCKED AND TRULY SAD.
 AMERICAN BANDSTAND WAS MY FIRST NATIONAL TV SHOW AND DICK WAS THE NICEST CAT I HAD EVER MET...WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON'S, THE VERY FIRST LETTER I RECEIVED WAS FROM DICK CLARK AND HE INVITED ME AND UNCLE TOMMY TO HIS HOME...TOMMY CRIED THAT NIGHT...HE COULDN'T BELIEVE WE WERE HANGIN' WITH DICK CLARK.
GOD BLESS DICK AND HIS LOVED ONES...HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED.

LOVE, BENNY