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Many of Golson's compositions have become jazz standards including "I Remember Clifford", "Blues March", "Stablemates", "Whisper Not", "Along Came Betty", and "Killer Joe". He is regarded as "one of the most significant contributors" to the development of hard bop jazz, [4] and was a recipient of a Grammy Trustees Award in 2021.
Benny Golson’s “Along Came Betty” first appeared as an instrumental work on Art Blakey’s “Jazz Profile” in 1954. The piece was named for and inspired by a woman named Betty who was dating Golson at the time. Jon Hendricks performed a vocal version in the mid-1950s.
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