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Thread started 07/08/03 10:28am

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R&B songwriter Skip Scarborough dies

*The day before the passing of Barry White, black music lost another great. Songwriter/producer Skip Scarborough, who wrote or co-wrote such '70s hits as "Love Ballad," a hit for L.T.D., "Can't Hide Love" and "Love's Holiday" recorded by Earth, Wind and Fire, "Lovely Day" for Bill Withers and "Don't Ask My Neighbor" for the Emotions, lost his battle with cancer in Los Angeles.
A writer who specialized in writing sultry songs equipped with tasty, colorful chord structure, Scarborough, who played piano, kept a low profile as he crafted classic songs for artists as diverse as Mother's Finest ("Love Changes"), Phyllis Hyman ("The Answer Is You") and Anita Baker ("Giving You The Best That I've Got"), not to mention producing the 70s albums of the group Con Funk Shun.

Scarborough, who produced flutist Bobby Humphrey's 1977 LP "Tailor Made," also produced Patti LaBelle and Nancy Wilson. For a time the singer was married to singer Alton McClain. The two met when Scarborough wrote and produced McClain's group, Alton McClain and Destiny.

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Reply #1 posted 07/08/03 2:05pm

hjd	One of my favorite tunes: "lovely day". Sorry to hear this. May the man rest in peace.
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Reply #2 posted 07/08/03 2:10pm

Harlepolis	May God Mercy on Your Soul, Skip! Much love & grace! Love Changes & Love Balled are my fave from him.
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Reply #3 posted 07/08/03 2:10pm

UptownDeb	hjd said: One of my favorite tunes: "lovely day". Sorry to hear this. May the man rest in peace. My favorite Bill Withers song. I just assumed he wrote it. R.I.P. Mr. Scarborough.
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Reply #4 posted 07/08/03 5:49pm

ReeseStrongnig ht	This is depressing. We're just losing ALL the greats, aren't we? I hope we'll be lucky enough in our old age to see some of today's young music people make fantastic contributions to music like these guys did...
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