At age 12, Michael began his professional music career on Mercer Island, as lead singer/lead guitarist in a rock ‘n roll band called “Spring Fever.” The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & The Family Stone, The Doors, and Chicago all provided the earliest inspiration for Michael. The band played together for five years at local dances. At the tender age of 14, Michael and “Spring Fever” were picked to join other selected bands from around the nation at a week-long pop music seminar for music educators in Madison, Wisconsin. That was July ’69, the summer of Woodstock. There, his band shared the concert billing with four other bands, including The Bob Seger System.
An interest in jazz led him to study with noted jazz pianist Jerry Gray in his junior year of high school. Jazz became his new passion, and while going on to earn his B.A. in Music Education at the UW School of Music, Michael formed a jazz quintet, for which he composed and arranged. This quintet eventually led to the establishment of The Michael Benson Band in 1975.
From ‘78 to ‘90, Michael Benson was a high school jazz and concert choir director in Seattle and Shoreline. He also taught Afro-Cuban percussion, stage band, and guitar…a truly multi-ethnic experience! His students kept feeding him current dance hits of the day, in all styles, and this cemented his passion for the wide range of music he now loves to perform. During the Ingraham, Chief Sealth, Shoreline and Shorewood High School years, he arranged and composed over 60 songs for choral ensembles. In ’87, he earned a Master’s in Secondary Choral Music Education from the UW, which he put to good use for the remaining years of his high school teaching career.
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In June 1990, Michael took a leave of absence from Shorewood in order to complete his debut album release, “SUNLIGHT OF THE HEART,” currently available from Whitecap Records. The album was released throughout the U.S. and northern Europe, where it was played on over 120 radio stations. Despite fan support in radio markets around the country, distribution problems with the CD resulted in modest sales. Listen to Michael’s Original Album, “Sunlight of the Heart” here.
In 1993, Michael helped co-write and produce, with then rising star Loni Rose, a Christmas single for the Northwest titled “Evergreen Christmas”. Her song played on 22 Northwest radio stations and sold briskly in it’s debut year. Today it is a top-ten Northwest Christmas hit. “Evergreen Christmas” launched a career for Loni (http://www.lonirose.com/fr_home.cfm) that has long since gone into overdrive, with recording contracts, songwriting agreements, nationwide collaboration and concerts. Oh, and Loni was also one of Michael’s guitar and choir students at Shorewood H.S.!
In 1995, Michael helped co-produce, along with his former Shorewood student Oman Quijano, Seattle based R & B group “Second Nature”, who was first recorded on his label, Whitecap Records. They were later released on Intermix Records and toured nationally for two years.
In the fall of 1992, Michael continued his teaching career, but this time at the elementary level, where he delivered vocal and general music instruction to Syre Elementary students aged 5-9. He continued this on a part-time basis until June 2007, when the MB Band became his sole professional focus. Today, The Michael Benson Band is the single most sought-after band in the Northwest, playing about 100 non-club dates a year, many of them booked over a year in advance.
Six times Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress and TV presenter, Rebecca Budig came to the limelight after her performances on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light as Michelle Bauer from 1995 to 1998. More that, she gained later worldwide popularity after starring as Greenlee Smythe on the ABC soap opera All My Children from 1998 to 2005 and from 2008 to 2011. Also, she was cast on General Hospital in the role of Hayden Barnes in 2015.
Budigwas born on June 26, 1973, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the United States as Rebecca Jo Budig. She is the youngest of eight children of George Budig, a businessman, and Mary Jo, a homemaker. He has five older sisters and two brothers. She is a graduate of Cincinnati Public Schools School in Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA). Also later she studied at Miami University in Ohio in the major subject zoology.
Blissful Married Life With Third Husband, Michael Benson
Rebecca Jo, aged, 47, got married for the third time to her fiance, Michael Benson after dating for one year. Budig's beloved husband Benson serves as a President and Cheif Marketing Officer for CBS.
They exchanged wedding vows in the year 2012 in a very private ceremony following their two years of engagement. Before saying Yes I Do, the pair became engaged on Christmas Day on December 25, 2010.
Benson proposed to his girlfriend, Rebecca with a 1935 vintage ruby and diamond ring from Platt Boutique Jewelry. Two years out of their wedlock, the couple revealed that she had five-month pregnant with their first baby, on May 1, 2014.
On September 8, 2014, Budig and her spouse, Michael officially become parents when they gave birth together to their daughter Charlotte Jo Benson. “Welcome to the world, Charlotte Jo Benson,” the proud dad Benson wrote on his Instagram post by sharing the photo of his actress wife and their new baby girl.
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Her First and Second Marriage Details
Previously, the General Hospital star was married twice before Michael. His first matrimony was with Dr. Daniel Geller, whom she wedded in 2000. But their split after several months.
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Then she went to marry a Bachelor star Bob Guiney, aged 49. After the first meeting on the show, The Bachelor on ABC Family, the couple tied the knot in July 2003 at his own apartment in Long Lake, Michigan. But after being together for seven years, they announced their separation on January 13, 2010.
Rebecca filed a divorce petition in April 2010 and their divorce was finalized on July 23, 2010, without requesting spousal support or any other financial support. Similarly, in the final season of The Bachelor, Bob chose Estella Gardinier, but they split soon after the show aired.
Net Worth In Million Dollars
Since the beginning career in 1993, Rebecca is earning a huge amount of money within herself. Meanwhile, her exact amount of net worth has not been disclosed anywhere but some sources reported it is around $3 Million. She has amassed her worth working as a television presenter and actress.
Budig has reportedly paid about $57,000 in a year from the CBS soap opera show, Guiding Light. Similarly,Rachel Mineris another Guiding Light star with a net value of $3 Million. Apart from the show, she has also acted in various TV series such as All My Children, Hope & Faith, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Blue Bloods, General Hospital, etc.
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On the other hand, her first appearance on film was with Joel Schumacher's superhero movie Batman Forever, released on June 16, 1995. And the film has successfully earned $336 million worldwide against the budget of $100 million and became the 6th highest-grossing film worldwide of the year.
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Asides from acting, Rebecca has presented various TV programs such as Better, The Sports Illustrated for Kids Show, and Sunday Night Heat. In 2010, she won the first and only season of the ABC show Skating with the Stars, which aired from November 22 to December 21, 2010.
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