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Benjamin Orr (born Benjamin Orzechowski, September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000) was an American musician.He was best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band the Cars.
The Cars were an American rock band who recorded 89 songs during their career, of which included 86 originals and 3 covers.Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, the group consisted of singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter Ric Ocasek, bassist and singer Benjamin Orr, lead guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson.
Before forming the Cars, members of the band performed together in several different groups. Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr met in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1960s after Ocasek saw Orr performing with his band the Grasshoppers on the Big 5 Show, a local musical variety program. The two were members of various bands in Columbus, Ohio and Ann Arbor ...
Orr was born Benjamin Orzechowski in Lakewood in 1947 and grew up in Parma, attending Valley Forge High School in the 1960s, where my future wife would graduate more than 20 years later.
The song is sung by bass player Benjamin Orr and was written by Ric Ocasek. "Just What I Needed" was released as the band's first single in 1978, reaching number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and charting in several other countries. Appearing on numerous compilation albums, it has become one of the band's most popular songs and has been ...
The Lace is the only solo studio album by American rock and roll singer Benjamin Orr, best known for his work with the Cars. It was released on October 6, 1986, by Elektra Records and features his only solo hit, the song "Stay the Night", which reached the top 40 in 1987. Follow-up single "Too Hot to Stop" was also released but failed to chart.
The discography of the American rock band the Cars includes seven studio albums, eight compilation albums, four video albums and 26 singles. Originating in Boston in 1976, [1] the band consisted of singer/guitarist Ric Ocasek, singer/bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson.
"Bye Bye Love" is one of The Cars' oldest songs, dating back to the mid-1970s. The song was first performed, and recorded as a demo, by the band Cap'n Swing, which featured Ocasek, Orr, and guitarist Elliot Easton as members. In this early version, the recurring keyboard theme between the verse lyrics was significantly different.