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Freddie Scott (April 24, 1933 - June 4, 2007) was a solo artist who began his career as a songwriter for Colpix Records, along with Carole King and Gerry Goffin. Scott recorded the chart-topping hit "Hey, Girl" and went on to chart a string of other Billboard Hot 100 singles between 1963 and 1971. His 1968 effort "(You) Got What I Need" was sampled for the 1989 Biz Markie hit, "Just a Friend". It was also sampled for Ghostface Killah's "Save Me Dear" in 2004. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Scott
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Providence
- Place of death
- Jamaica
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Image
- Freddie Scott 1966.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1933-04-24
- date of death
- 2007-06-04
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- Commons category
- Freddie Scott
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