Efrén Eugene Benita (born ; 31 January 1951), also known as Dave Benton, is an Aruban-born Estonian pop musician.

As a drummer and a backing vocalist, he worked with The Drifters, Tom Jones, Billy Ocean, José Feliciano and The Platters.

On 5 December 1981, he participated in the 10th edition of the OTI Festival held in Mexico City representing the Netherlands Antilles with the song "Vaya un amigo".

He speaks eight languages: English, Spanish, Papiamento, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, and Estonian[citation needed].

He performed in the German production of the musical City Lights, after which he was asked to replace Engelbert Humperdinck on his Australian tour.