Freddie Scott
1 record in the archive · 1970
About the artist
Freddie Scott (born 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island; died June 2007 in New York City, aged 74) was an American soul singer and songwriter, best known for the 1963 top-ten hit 'Hey, Girl' and the 1967 R&B number one 'Are You Lonely for Me'; he also worked as a Brill Building songwriter and producer. "Johnny's Hill", which he co-wrote with Tommy Kaye and which describes a dead soldier being carried home by train for burial, was issued on Elephant V Ltd. 1 in 1970 backed with a version of Tommy James's 'Sugar on Sunday'. [Source: Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame; Wikipedia]