John Bennet was a composer of the English madrigal school. There are very few documents about his life but it is clear his work had considerable impact. He was born into a prosperous family, trained as a choirboy and educated at what is now Abingdon School. He was advanced in music by his early twenties when he published his first collection of madrigals. The influence of Thomas Morley’s work can be seen in Bennet’s compositions but current trends of English madrigals are also present. Many of his madrigals were written for festive occasions held at Court or in private residences of wealthy patrons in London which suggests connections in high places in society. "Eliza, her Name Gives Honour" was one of several madrigals written for Queen Elizabeth. Aside from madrigals his work includes religious songs for church choral performances.

Israel Brodsky, known as “Izzy,” who as an adult changed his name to Roy C. Bennett, is famous as half of the song-writing team Tepper and Bennett. He was born in Brooklyn into a Jewish Eastern European immigrant family. He began song writing at the age of eleven. His friend as a child was a boy named Sid Tepper, and the boys’ mutual interest in music led to a 25-year collaboration. Bennett studied music at City College of New York but dropped out to serve in the US Air Force intelligence. After the war both boys worked for Sydney Mills of Mills Music, Inc. Their songs were recorded by many top singers. Between 1945 and 1970, when Tepper retired to Florida after a heart attack, the team published some 300 songs. Forty-two of them were recorded by Elvis Presley. Among their best-known songs were “Red Roses for a Blue Lady” and “The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane,” the latter a humorous description of a nine-day old baby that was sung by the Ames Brothers. In his forties, Bennett returned to finish college as an example to his twin sons. The team was honoured in 2002 in Memphis by Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie, for the many songs they had written for her father. Bennett and Tepper died on the same day in 2015 in Queeens, New York and Miami Beach, Florida, respectively.

Born in 1883 in Waterloo, Quebec, S. J. Bennett trained as a physician at McGill's Faculty of Medicine. He is listed as a member of the class of 1908 according to the McGill yearbook. He also attended Tufts University in Boston from 1903-1904. He later resided in Cookshire, Quebec. He was the husband of Gladys Dickson.