Winfield Scott (songwriter)

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Winfield Scott (also known as Robie Kirk) was a songwriter who 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 has sold about 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 a Presley flim for the film Roustabout. The film was release in (1964) but the recording of the song "I'm a Roustabout" by Presley was never used. In 2003 a remark made to a reporter by Scott started a search for the lost song recording of the Elvis song which was eventually found and now has been released.[2]

Another Scott and Blackwell collaboration is the R&B classic "Home In Your Heart".[3]

[edit] Partial song list

  • "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)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Interview with Winfield Scott. Retrieved on 2006-11-13.
  2. ^ Lost Elvis Song I'm a Roustabout. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.
  3. ^ The Derek Trucks Band. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.

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