Skip Scarborough

Skip Scarborough
Birth name	Clarence Alexander Scarborough
Born	November 26, 1944 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Origin	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Died	July 3, 2003 (aged 58) Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	R&B, Funk, soul, disco
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, arranger, record producer
Instruments	Piano, keyboards
Years active	1960s – 2003
Associated acts	L.T.D., Earth, Wind & Fire, The Emotions, Creative Source, Anita Baker, Con Funk Shun

Clarence Alexander "Skip" Scarborough (November 26, 1944 – July 3, 2003) was a songwriter, best known for romantic ballads.

Biography

Scarborough was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He lived in Los Angeles most of his life.

A prolific songwriter, Scarborough wrote songs performed by L.T.D., 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.^[1]

Credits

• 1970
  • "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" (Friends of Distinction)
• 1973
  • "Can't Hide Love" (Creative Source)
• 1976
  • "Can't Hide Love", (Earth, Wind & Fire, Carmen McRae, Hummingbird)
  • "Love Ballad" (LTD)
• 1977
  • "Don't Ask My Neighbors" (The Emotions)
  • "Love's Holiday" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1978
  • "Lovely Day" (Bill Withers)
  • "Love Changes" (Mother's Finest)
  • "Love Music" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1979
  • "It's Alright with Me" (Patti LaBelle)
  • "Love Ballad" (George Benson)
• 1982
  • "Love Notes" (Deniece Williams)
• 1983
  • "They Say" (Deniece Williams) & (Phillip Bailey)
• 1988
  • "Giving You the Best That I Got" (Anita Baker)
• 1990
  • "Don't Ask My Neighbors" (Nancy Wilson)
• 1992
  • "Sacrifice of Praise" (Edwin Hawkins)
• 1995
  • "Feel the Funk" (IMx)

References

1. Hogan, Ed. "Skip Scarborough". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-12-13.

External links

• Skip Scarborough at the Internet Movie Database
• Skip Scarborough at Allmusic
• Skip Scarborough at Find a Grave