
Skip Scarborough
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Skip Scarborough was a Grammy Award
-winning songwriter, best known for romantic ballads.
, he lived in Los Angeles
most of his life.
A prolific songwriter, Scarborough has written songs performed by LTD
, Anita Baker
and Earth, Wind & Fire. He co-wrote "Giving You the Best That I Got
" which won a Grammy Award
in 1988 for Best R&B Song.
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
-winning songwriter, best known for romantic ballads.
Biography
Born Clarence Alexander Scarborough in Baton Rouge, LouisianaBaton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
, he lived in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
most of his life.
A prolific songwriter, Scarborough has written songs performed by LTD
LTD
- Business and finance :*Ltd. or Ltd, denotes a business incorporated under the laws of England, Wales, Scotland, Canada, other Commonwealth countries, the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Israel and some Anglophone countries in Africa, like Ghana or Nigeria....
, Anita Baker
Anita Baker
Anita Baker is an American R&B/soul jazz singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit....
and Earth, Wind & Fire. He co-wrote "Giving You the Best That I Got
Giving You the Best That I Got (song)
"Giving You the Best That I Got" is the title of a 1988 song by the American R&B / soul jazz singer Anita Baker. The song appears on Baker's album of the same name, which was released in the fall of that year...
" which won a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in 1988 for Best R&B Song.
Credits
- 1970
- "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" (Friends of DistinctionFriends of DistinctionThe Friends of Distinction are an American vocal group best known for their late 1960s hits, "Grazing in the Grass", "Love or Let Me Be Lonely", and "Going in Circles"...
)
- "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" (Friends of Distinction
- 1973
- "Can't Hide LoveCan't Hide Love"Can't Hide Love" was written by Skip Scarborough and was included on Earth, Wind & Fire's live album Gratitude . "Can't Hide Love" was released as a single by Columbia Records and reached #11 on the US Black and #39 on US Pop Singles charts...
" (Creative SourceCreative SourceCreative Source was an American R&B group from Los Angeles, who had several funk and disco hits in the middle of the 1970s.-History:Creative Source was formed in 1972 by several veterans of the West Coast recording studios. They were managed by Ron Townson, who was previously a member of The Fifth...
)
- "Can't Hide Love
- 1976
- "Can't Hide LoveCan't Hide Love"Can't Hide Love" was written by Skip Scarborough and was included on Earth, Wind & Fire's live album Gratitude . "Can't Hide Love" was released as a single by Columbia Records and reached #11 on the US Black and #39 on US Pop Singles charts...
", (Earth, Wind & Fire, Carmen McRaeCarmen McRaeCarmen Mercedes McRae was an American jazz singer, composer, pianist, and actress. Considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century, it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and her ironic interpretations of song lyrics that made her memorable...
, Hummingbird) - "Love BalladLove Ballad (L.T.D. song)"Love Ballad" is a hit song for R&B/Funk band L.T.D.. Released from their album, Love to the World, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in November 1976, and peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart....
" (LTDL.T.D.L.T.D. is an American R&B/funk band best known for their 1977 hit single, " Back in Love Again," as well as their many ballads, such as "Love Ballad," "We Both Deserve Each Other's Love," and "Where Did We Go Wrong?."-Career:L.T.D...
)
- "Can't Hide Love
- 1977
- "Don't Ask My Neighbors" (The EmotionsThe EmotionsThe Emotions are an American all female soul and R&B singing group. The group was formed in its current hometown of Chicago, Illinois originally consisting of the three Hutchinson sisters, all the children of Joseph and Lillian Hutchinson....
) - "Love's Holiday" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- "Don't Ask My Neighbors" (The Emotions
- 1978
- "Lovely Day" (Bill WithersBill WithersWilliam Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...
) - "Love Changes" (Mother's Finest)
- "Lovely Day" (Bill Withers
- 1979
- "It's Alright with Me" (Patti LaBellePatti LaBellePatricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...
)
- "It's Alright with Me" (Patti LaBelle
- 1988
- "Giving You the Best That I GotGiving You the Best That I Got (song)"Giving You the Best That I Got" is the title of a 1988 song by the American R&B / soul jazz singer Anita Baker. The song appears on Baker's album of the same name, which was released in the fall of that year...
" (Anita BakerAnita BakerAnita Baker is an American R&B/soul jazz singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit....
)
- "Giving You the Best That I Got
- 1990
- "Don't Ask My Neighbors" (Nancy Wilson)
- 1992
- "Sacrifice of Praise" (Edwin HawkinsEdwin HawkinsEdwin Hawkins is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir master, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He are best known for his arrangement of "Oh Happy Day" , which was included on the Songs of the Century list...
)
- "Sacrifice of Praise" (Edwin Hawkins
- 1995
- "Feel the FunkFeel the Funk"Feel the Funk" is the title of aN R&B single by IMx, formerly known as Immature. It was featured in the 1995 motion picture Dangerous Minds and appeared on the soundtrack and IMx's album We Got It. It was also a b-side to the UK release of the We Got It single....
" (IMxIMxIMx , are an American R&B group, managed by record producer Chris Stokes. Its members include Marques "Batman" Houston , Jerome "Romeo" Jones , and Kelton "LDB" Kessee , all natives of Los Angeles, California, where the group was formed...
)
- "Feel the Funk
External links
- [ Skip Scarborough] at Allmusic