Benard Ighner (January 18, 1945 – August 14, 2017) was an American jazz singer, musician, songwriter and record producer.
He learned multiple instruments including piano, guitar and saxophone, and after his discharge in 1965 recorded with Dizzy Gillespie.
Though not issued as a single, it is claimed that "the haunting masterwork went a long way toward selling the full-length album.."[3] The song was later recorded as the title track of a 1976 album by Randy Crawford, as well as by Barbra Streisand, Peggy Lee, George Benson, Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Judy Collins, June Christy, Jean Carn, Oleta Adams, David Sanborn, and others.
[1][5] His compositions were recorded by musicians including Carmen McRae, Freddie Hubbard, Shirley Bassey, Jerry Butler and Sergio Mendes.
(also known as Let It Live - Sarah Vaughan Sings 'One World One Peace'), a series of settings of verse by Pope John Paul II.