Skip Scarborough

Skip Scarborough
Skip Scarborough
Birth name	Clarence Alexander Scarborough
Born	November 26, 1944; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Origin	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Died	July 3, 2003 (aged 58); Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	R&B, funk, soul, disco
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, arranger, record producer
Instrument(s)	Piano, keyboards
Years active	1960s–2003

Clarence Alexander "Skip" Scarborough (November 26, 1944 – July 3, 2003) was an American songwriter, best known for romantic ballads.

Biography

Scarborough was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He lived in Los Angeles most of his life.

A prolific songwriter, Scarborough wrote songs performed by L.T.D., Anita Baker and Earth, Wind & Fire. He co-wrote "Giving You the Best That I Got", which won a Grammy Award in 1988 for Best R&B Song.^[1]

Scarborough was a cousin of fellow songwriter and producer Gary Taylor.^[2]

Scarborough died of cancer on July 3, 2003 in Los Angeles.^[3]

1970
- "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" (Friends of Distinction)
1973
- "Love Can Make It Easier" (The Dells, (Friends of Distinction))
- "Stand Up and Show the World" (The Dells)
- "You Can't Hide Love" (Creative Source)
- "The World's a Masquerade" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1976
- "Can't Hide Love", (Earth, Wind & Fire, Carmen McRae, Hummingbird, Dionne Warwick, D'Angelo)
- "Earth, Wind & Fire" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- "Love Ballad" (LTD)
1977
- "Don't Ask My Neighbors" (The Emotions)
- "Lovely Day" (Bill Withers)
- "Love's Holiday" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- "No One Can Love you More" (Phyllis Hyman)
1978
- "Love Changes" (Mother's Finest)
- "Love Music" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- "Walking the Line" (The Emotions)
1979
- "It's Alright with Me" (Patti LaBelle)
- "Love Ballad" (George Benson)
1982
- "Love Notes" (Deniece Williams)
1983
- "They Say" (Deniece Williams) & (Phillip Bailey)
1988
- "Giving You the Best That I Got" (Anita Baker)
1990
- "Don't Ask My Neighbors" (Nancy Wilson)
1992
- "Sacrifice of Praise" (Edwin Hawkins)
1995
- "Feel the Funk" (IMx)