Scott English

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Scott English (born Scott David English, 10 January 1943, Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the composer (with Richard Kerr) of "Brandy", which became a hit for Barry Manilow under the title "Mandy". English had a single release of "Brandy", making the charts in March, 1972.

In 1964 English had a regional doo-wop hit called "High On a Hill", written by Frank Cariola and A. Mangravito.^[1] "High On a Hill" has consistently been voted an all-time top song on oldies radio stations in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metro.

With Larry Weiss, he wrote "Bend Me, Shape Me," which became a hit for the Illinois band, The American Breed, reaching number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968. (The song had originally been recorded but not released by The Outsiders; it was also a hit in the UK for Amen Corner).

English and Weiss also penned "Help Me Girl" (a hit for The Animals), "Ciao Baby" (a hit for Lynne Randell) and "Hi Ho Silver Lining" which English also produced for Jeff Beck. He later produced Thin Lizzy’s first album, Thin Lizzy^[2].

In 1998, English was listed as co-writer (with Simon Stirling and Phil Mankiza) on the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, "Where Are You?". The song was performed by Imaani, and at the time, the songwriters were producing her album.^[3] However, that album was never released as Imaani and her record label, EMI, parted company.