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producer, musician, songwriter, publisher....
a man of many hats who comes to us from
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, ..Scott Turner..
born as Graham Turnbull, is no stranger
to the music biz. He was the lead guitarist
and writer for Tommy Sands and the Raiders,
Guy Mitchell, and Eddie Fisher, and joined
A&M Records as writer/producer in
1963. From that, he went on to be General
Manager of Central Songs and eventually
became executive producer of the country
division at Liberty/Imperial Records.
In 1968, Scott was transferred to Nashville
to take over the country division of Liberty/Imperial/United
Artists. He was also an independent producer
for Slim Whitman, Del Reeves, and Jimmy
Clanton. He's won Gold Records on four
of Whitman's LPs.
Scott
Turner has composed well over 350 recorded
songs and has co-written efforts with
Audie Murphy, Nilsson, Buddy Holly, Herb
Alpert, Mac Davis, John Marascalco, Alex
Harvey, Red Lane, Tommy Sands, Diane Lampert,
Charlie Williams, Doc Pomus, Guy Mitchell,
and Cliffie Stone. Mr. Turner's songs
have been recorded by Roy Clark, Eddy
Arnold, Slim Whitman, Jerry Wallace, Nilsson,
Tennessee Ernie Ford, Herb Alpert, The
Baja Marimba Band, Tijuana Brass, Dean
Martin, Charley Pride, Tammy Wynette,
Porter Waggoner, Jimmy Bryant, Robert
Gordon, Sonny Throckmorton, Jimmy Dean,
Larry Butler, The Del Vikings, Dave Dudley,
Wanda Jackson, Wynn Stewart, Skeets MacDonald,
Gene Vincent, Del Reeves, and many more.
He produced numerous albums, and has various
film and TV credits including three songs
in the film Shout. Mr. Turner owned Buried
Treasure Music, Captain Kidd Music, and
Scott Turner Productions.
Scott
Turner left this earth to eternal life
on February 9th, 2009. May he rest in
peace. |