Scotty Turner will be greatly missed…

 About Scotty Turner

Record 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. His last two recording sessions were for country recording artists Lacey D http://www.myspace.com/laceydcountry and Little Memphis http://www.myspace.com/littlememphiscountry

Mr. Turner owned Treasure Music, Captain Kidd Music, and Scott Turner Productions.

 

Dan LaPorte and Scotty Turner

Scott Turner left this earth to eternal life on February 9th, 2009.
May he rest in peace.