Winfield Scott (songwriter)

Winfield Scott (also known as Robie Kirk) was an American 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 longtime 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.

Scott died 26 October 2015 at age 95.

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
• "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
• "Mister Moon" (Pat Boone) 1963

References

External links

• Interview with Winfield Scott
• Lost Elvis Song I'm a Roustabout