- Real name
- Richard Kirk
- Born
- November 27, 1920
- Died
- October 26, 2015
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00016276299 1 work
00028188667 34 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Songwriter, who wrote the hit songs "Tweedle Dee" for LaVern Baker and "Return to Sender" for Elvis Presley. The latter was his biggest hit as a writer, selling over 14 million copies in the US alone. He was a long time collaborator of Otis Blackwell. Early in his career Scott was also a singer using the alias Robbie Kirk.
- Member of
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The Cues
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