Dave Benton (b. January 31, 1951) is a European pop musician and 2001 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). ...

Benton was born on the Caribbean island of Aruba in 1951 and in his 20s moved to the United States. As a drummer and a backing vocalist, he worked with The Drifters, Tom Jones, Billy Ocean, José Feliciano and the Platters. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This article is about the American vocal group. ... Tom Jones is the name of: A novel by Henry Fielding, see The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling A movie by Tony Richardson, based on the novel, see Tom Jones (movie) A singer and sex symbol, see Tom Jones (singer) A writer of musicals, see Tom Jones (writer) This... Billy Ocean (born Leslie Charles January 21, 1950) is a UK-based popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues tinged international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. ... José Feliciano (born September 10, 1945 in Lares), is a Puerto Rican singer. ... The Platters were a very successful doo wop group, formed in 1953. ...

While living in Holland in the 1980s, he met his future Estonian wife on a cruise ship, then settled in Estonia in 1997. He has had a varied musical career in Northern European countries. He now lives in Estonia with his wife and daughter. He performed in the German production of the musical 'City Lights', after which he was asked to replace Engelbert Humperdinck on his Australian tour. For the pop singer of this name, see Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) Engelbert Humperdinck (September 1, 1854 – September 27, 1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel (1893). ...

Though he has released and produced quite a few albums already, one of which in his native tongue, Papiamento, his career to date shows him to be more of a performing artist rather than a recording one. Papiamento or Papiamentu is a Creole language and it is the primary language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire. ...

In 2001 he performed with budding Estonian rock singer Tanel Padar and boyband 2XL to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with their song Everybody. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Tanel Padar (born October 27, 1980) is an Estonian singer. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 12, 2001 in Copenhagen. ...

Trivia

Benton won the Eurovision Song Contest for Estonia but at the time, he did not speak Estonian. Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). ...