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	July 3, 2003(2003-07-03) (aged 58) Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	R&B, Funk, soul, disco
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, arranger, record producer
Instrument(s)	Piano, keyboards
Years active	1960s – 2003

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

Biography

Scarborough was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He lived in Los Angeles most of his life. He died of cancer July 3, 2003 in Los Angeles.

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.

Scarborough was a cousin of fellow songwriter and producer Gary Taylor.

Credits

• 1970
  • "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" (Friends of Distinction)
• 1973
  • "Love Can Make It Easier" (The Dells, (Friends of Distinction))
  • "Stand Up and Show the World" (The Dells)
  • "Can't Hide Love" (Creative Source)
  • "The World's a Masquerade" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1976
  • "Can't Hide Love", (Earth, Wind & Fire, Carmen McRae, Hummingbird, Dionne Warwick, D'Angelo)
  • "Earth, Wind & Fire" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
  • "Love Ballad" (LTD)
• 1977
  • "Don't Ask My Neighbors" (The Emotions)
  • "Lovely Day" (Bill Withers)
  • "Love's Holiday" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
  • "No One Can Love you More" (Phyllis Hyman)
• 1978
  • "Love Changes" (Mother's Finest)
  • "Love Music" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
  • "Walking the Line" (The Emotions)
• 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 IMDb
• Skip Scarborough at Allmusic
• Skip Scarborough at Find a Grave