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Teenager Releases 1960s and 1970s Inspired Album

By Lauren Gilger
Published: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 4:18pm

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Nineteen year old Ben Cortez wrote and sung a song called Arizona, but it's not the state anthem that you might be used too.

Cortez has been performing music since he was 5-years-old, and now he’s released his first full length album called “In Your Hands.

Ben Cortez
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19-year-old Ben Cortez.

The Show sat down with Ben to talk about this collection of original songs that he says were inspired by music of the 1960s and 1970s — even though that was decades before his time.

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