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
- "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
- ^ a b Interview with Winfield Scott. Retrieved on November 13, 2006.
- ^ Lost Elvis Song I'm a Roustabout. Retrieved on November 20, 2006.
- ^ The Derek Trucks Band. Retrieved on November 20, 2006.
