Skip Scarborough

Skip Scarborough
Birth name	Clarence Alexander Scarborough
Born	(1944-11-26)November 26, 1944 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Origin	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Died	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 Grammy Award-winning 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.

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)

External links

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