Single: 1967, “Con Alma”,”Never Again”:Mercury Records,Producer: Dizzy Gillespie

Album: 1971,”Rock Requiem”:Verve Records(V6-8801)Lalo Schifrin(Vocals (Benard Ighner),Benard used an alias(Alexander Saint Charles)

Album:1974,”Nobody Does It Like Me”,Shirley Bassey

Album 1974: UK: United Artists UAS 29621, USA: United Artists UA-EA214-G-Benard Ighner composes and duets with Bassey on "Davy,"

Germany: United Artists UAS 29 621 I; Spain:(1975) Ariola/Eurodisc 88.720-I

Album: 1975,Body Heat:A&M Records,Producer: Quincy Jones:Benard Ighner Vocal on his Original  “Everything Must Change”(Gold & Platinum) 

Album:1975,Magic Lady:Elektra Records,Sergio Mendes,Benard Ighner composed(2) Songs

“Davy” and “You’ve Been Away Too Long”, Benard also played Guitar on “Davy”.

Album: 1977,”Who Is This Bitch Anyway”, Marlena shaw, Produced By Benard Ighner .

Benard also wrote(4) of the songs on the album,arranged and played piano on some of the cuts.

Album: 1979,”Little Dreamer”: Recorded in Tokyo Japan, Composed,Co-,Produced ,Vocals

Piano, Guitar,Percussion.

Album: 1984,”The Planet Is Alive,Let It Live”

  THE PLANET IS ALIVE -- LET IT LIVE
Sarah Vaughn sings Pope John Paul II
Live at Tonhalle; Dusseldorf, West Germany: June 30, 1984
Sarah Vaughn (vcl) acc by Benny Bailey, Rick Kiefer, Idrees Sulieman, Art Farmer, Rolf Ericson, Klaus Osterioh (tp); Bart Van Lier, Henning Berg, Otto Bredl, Jiggs Wigham, Eric Van Lier (tb); Ferdinad Povel, Tony Coe, Sal Nistico, Gianni Basso, Sahib Shihab (sax,woodwinds); Bobby Scott or Francy Boland (p); Jimmy Woode, Chris Lawrence (b); Sadi, Hans-Joachim Schacht (perc); Thomas Baumgartel, Andrea Joy, Ludwig Raft, Hubert Stale (frhn); Edmund Thigpen (d); Clas Boden, Andreas Bossler, Bernd Holz, Karin Levin, Jonel Radonici, Michel Riessler, Harold Rodde, Markus Strohmeyer (woodwinds); Mischa Salevic, Hans Buttner, Christoph Bujanowski, Kurt Collinet, Andreas Heuschke, Burkart Heuschke, Albert Juny, Mari Jelmer, Joachim Krist, Bruno Klepper, Jurgan Kachel, Michael Kurkowski, George Lindermann, Silvia Menn, Rainer Platte, Gudman Pasz, Ines Pasz, Heins Pens, Annette Read, Ludwig Rast, Uwe Schmeisser, Jerzy Szopinski, Ismene Then-Bergh, Siegfried Thuning (strings); Cary Wilson, Ken Barrie, John Evans, Joan Baxter, Lee Gibson, Norma Winstine (chorus); Karol Wojtyla [Pope John Paul II] (poetry/lyrics -- translated by Gene Lees); Tito Fontana, Sante Palumbo (comp); Francy Boland (arr); Lalo Schifrin (cond).

a. The Mystery of Man (Boland/Lees) - 4:08
b. The Mystery of Man (Instrumental) (Boland/Lees) - 0:48
c. The Actor (Fontana/Palumbo) - 3:56
d. The Mystery of Man (Instrumental) (Boland/Lees) - 0:26
e. Girl Disappointed in Love (Fontana/Palumbo) - 4:24
f. The Mystery of Man (Instrumental) (Boland/Lees) - 1:09
g. The Madeleine (Fontana/Palumbo) - 2:10
h. The Mystery of Man (Chorus/Instrumental) (Boland/Lees) - 3:15

same or similar, add Benard Ighner (vcl).

i. The Black (Fontana/Palumbo) - 2:58

same or similar, (Benard Ighner)

j. The Mystery of Man (Instrumental) (Boland/Lees) - 0:48
k. The Children (Fontana/Palumbo) - 4:27
l. Let it Live (Instrumental) (Lalo Schifrin) - 1:01
m. The Armaments Worker (Fontana/Palumbo) - 5:14
n. Toward the Light (Instrumental) (Boland) - 0:34
o. Let it Live (Lalo Schifrin/Gene Lees) - 3:28

Note: A 32-minute television recording titled ONE WORLD, ONE PEACE of this event was broadcast on German TV (WDR program) on April 20, 2003 (thanks to Jordan Jurtschak).

Issues: a-o on Jazzletter JLR1 titled THE PLANET IS ALIVE - LET IT LIVE, Five (Fr) FM13535 titled LET IT LIVE: SARAH VAUGHN SINGS ONE WORLD ONE PEACE - A SUITE OF OF SONGS BASED ON POEMS OF KAROL WOJTYLA JOHN PAUL II, Telemak (Au) TMAK 152 titled SARAH VAUGHAN SINGS 'ONE WORLD ONE PEACE' - THE POEMS OF POPE JOHN PAUL II (aka A SUITE OF SONGS BASED ON POEMS BY POPE JOHN PAUL II), Kokopelli KOKO1301 [CD] titled THE MYSTERY OF MAN (THE POETRY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II) (issued 1995) and Dejavu Retro (Eu) R2CD 42-06 [CD] titled SARAH VAUGHN (aka THE GOLD COLLECTION - which also includes songs from a 1961 Vaughn performance, without Schifrin).
Producer: Gigi Campi
Engineer: Wolfgang Hirschmann
Notes: Gene Lees

Album: 1993, Sum Serious Blues,Milestone Records,Jimmy Smith,(guest artist, duet w/Marlena Shaw on “I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water”

During the early 70’s, Benard was signed as a staff writer to Almo Publishing Company, owned by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, who also formed A&M Records.  During his six and half years tenure there as staff writer, Benard’s reputation as a composer grew tremendously. His compositions have been recorded by artist all over the world, the likes of; Les McCann,Carmen McRae,Sergio Mendes,Marlena Shaw,Dom Minasi,Waters,Jon Lucien,Sonny Burke,Ester Satterfield,Jerry Butler,John Handy,Freddie Hubbard,The Facts Of Life,Hodges,James and smith,Mike Cambell,Sarah Vaughan,Morgana King,Peggy Lee,Judy Collins,Willie BoBo,Milt Jackson,Billy Paul,Randy Crawford,The Crowns,Good Bread Alley,Walter Jackson,George Benson, Geri Aristone,James Cleveland,Eva Svobodova,James Ingram,Nina Simone,Atlantic Family,Johnny Little,Gene Puerling,The Stony Island Band,Rev. Isaac Douglas,Yvonne Ellman,Quincy Jones,Jon Faddis,Anita O’Day,Anita Kerr, Jackie Paris,David Sanborn,Tom Scott,Groove Holmes,Minako,Kimiko Kasai,Barbra Streisand, Harry VanHoof,David Newman,Joe Williams,Oleta Adams,Arthur Prysock,Michael Lington,Johanne Blouin,Lynette Smith,Jeanette Butler,June Christy,Nils Landgren,AWB,Donald Andrew,Gli Scapoli,Shirley Horn,Berki Tamas,Montreal Jazz Club,LadyKim,Shirley Bassey,David Lasly,Anvi,Yuki Takesita,Jerry Butler,Ethel Ennis,Susan Osbourn,Jaye P. MorganJean Carne,Lee Gibson,Minako,and many more. In the late 70’s, Benard produced an album for singer Marlena Shaw, on the Blue Note Record  Label.The album “Who Is this Bitch Anyway” became one of Marlena’s most popular albums. Benard has performed Commercial jingles for companies as Chevron,Inglenook Winery,Schlitz,Colt 45 liquor and Toyota.

Benard scored Geoffrey Holder’s Ballet”Ballet Blues And The Bible”.  He was also the Musical Director and performed in the Ballet, but not as a dancer.  He had a Cameo spot, singing his “Everything Must Change”

From appearances in Jazz Festivals all over Europe, Japan and the U.S. he has become a seasoned performer.

Benard has received a Special Senatorial Resolution, recognizing his talents and contributions to the arts, presented to him by:

Senator Diane Watson of California and the late Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles California.

He has appeared on the T.V. sit-com”227” starring Marla Gibbs.

Benard can also be seen and heard in the Jack Nicholson film “The Two Jakes”

Benard Has received (4) Gold and(4) Platinum Albums/CD’s awards for his Classic “Everything Must Change” which he wrote in 1974. It has become a standard, a modern day Classic. It is still being recorded by artists today.

Believe it or not, Benard has only one album to his credit, an album he recorded in Japan in the late 70’s.  It was never officially released in America. The Album”Little Dreamer” is soon to be

released again worldwide.  After living abroad over the years in Paris, Italy, and Greece, Benard Is now back in the States. Released this year is his CD “Keys To The City” on his own Label, TRU Records.

                                                                                                        

  Gold And Platinum Awards_Presented to Benard Ighner

                                           For

                     “EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE”

                        GOLD For Quincy Jones’ “Body Heat”                       

                     GOLD & PLATINUM  For George Bensons’ “In Flight”

                          GOLD  For  Oleta Adams’ “Circle Of One”

      GOLD  & TRIPLE  PLATINUM  For  Barbra Streisands’ “Higher Ground”