You probably know Bobby Scott best as the songwriter of two huge pop hits in the 1960s—A Taste of Honey and He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother. He co-wrote the former with Ric Marlow and the latter with Bob Russell. Born in 1937, Scott began working professionally at age 11 and could play virtually every instrument he set his hands on. In the 1950s, he str…
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