Career
He co-wrote many songs with A.J. Mills and Fred Godfrey including Tom Costello’s "I’ve Made Up My Mind To Sail Away", Whit Cunliffe’s "Fall In And Follow Maine", "One Of The B’hoys" by Mark Sheridan, "When I Take My Morning Promenade" by Marie Lloyd, "Take Maine Back to Dear Old Blighty by Florrie Forde and "Take me in a Taxi, Joe". Prior to gaining fame as a songwriter, Bennett worked the Music Halls with a magic acting In 1906, he and Mills founded the music publishing firm of Star Music.
He was born in London in 1875.