Winfield Scott (songwriter)
Winfield Scott (also known as Robie Kirk) was a songwriter who wrote or co-wrote the hit songs "Tweedle Dee" for LaVern Baker and "Return to Sender" for Elvis Presley.[1] "Return to Sender", written for the Presley film Girls! Girls! Girls!, was his biggest hit, selling over 14 million copies in the U.S. alone.[1]
Scott was a long time collaborator of Otis Blackwell and together they were hired to write a song for the Elvis Presley film Roustabout. While the film was released in 1964, the song "I'm a Roustabout" was not used, producer Hal Wallis instead preferring "Roustabout", written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye, as the title song.[2] In 2003, a remark made to a reporter by Scott started a search for the lost recording of the Presley song, which was eventually found and released on the 2003 Elvis Presley compilation album, 2nd to None.[3][4] Another Scott and Blackwell collaboration is the R&B classic "Home In Your Heart".[5]
Scott also wrote "Many Tears Ago" for Connie Francis. Released in October, 1960, the song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
[edit] Partial song list
- "Burn That Candle" (Bill Haley)
- "Bop-Ting-a-Ling" with Blackwell
- "We’re Comin’ In Loaded" with Blackwell
- "Easy Question" with Blackwell
- "Return to Sender" with Blackwell
- "One Broken Heart For Sale" with Blackwell
- "Please Don’t Drag That String Around" with Blackwell
- "(You’re The) Devil In Disguise" with Blackwell
- "Long Legged Girl" with Leslie McFarland
- "Stranger In The Crowd"
- "Comfy'n Cozy" with Blackwell (Conway Twitty)
- "A Bucket of Tears" (Peggy Lee)
- "Sweetheart" (Peggy Lee)
- "That's Right" (Mills Brothers) 1956
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Interview with Winfield Scott". http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvisnews_qandawithwinfieldscott.shtml. Retrieved 2006-11-13.
- ^ "Press Release - "I'm A Roustabout"". http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/news/elvisnews_roustabout_pressrelease.shtml. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Lost Elvis Song I'm a Roustabout". http://www.elvis.com/news/full_story.asp?id=457. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r654295
- ^ "The Derek Trucks Band". Archived from the original on 2006-11-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20061112123819/http://www.derektrucks.com/music.html. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
