Moody Scott
ENTERTAINMENT PROFILE OF LOUISIANA LEGENDARY MOODY SCOTT BIRTH PLACE A SMALL RURAL FARMING COMMUNITY OF HAMMOND LOUISIANA 60 MILES FROM NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HE BEGAN HIS MUSICAL CAREER AS LEAD SINGER AND VOCALIST OF THE STARLIGHTS GOSPEL GROUP FROM HAMMOND CONSISTING OF SOME OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS . AFTER SEVERAL YEARS WITH THE STARLIGHTS, MOODY DEPARTED THE GROUP AND EMBARKED ON A SOLO SINGING AND RECORDING CAREER THAT HAS SPANNED WELL OVER 45 EXCITING YEARS WITHIN THE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY . MOODY WAS DISCOVERED PERFORMING AT THE THEN WORLD FAMOUS DEW DROP INN NIGHT CLUB IN NEW ORLEANS BY NEW ORLEANS LEGENDARY SINGER GUITARIST SONGWRITERS EARL TRICK BAG KING AND NEW ORLEANS MUSICIAN RECORDING ARTIST ALVIN SHINE ROBINSON WHO INTRODUCED MOODY TO JOE YOU TALK TO MUCH JONES WHO AT THAT TIME HAD A MILLION SELLING HIT SONG . AND WAS A TALENT SCOUT FOR JERRY LEIBER AND MIKE STOLLER OF THEN REDBIRD DAISY RECORDS NEW YORK .MOODY SIGNED WITH LEIBER AND STOLLER IN 1963 AND RECORDED THE SONG EVERYBODY COME CLAP YOUR HANDS WRITTEN BY ICONIC LEGENDARY SONGWRITER ROCK N RLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE ELLIE GREENWHICH WHO HAD WRITTEN SCORES OF HIT SONGS ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND JEFF BARRY .LEADER OF THE PACK CHAPEL OF LOVE DIXIE CUPS AS WELL AS HITS FOR RECORD PRODUCER PHIL SPECTOR THE B SIDE OF MOODYS SINGLE WAS TITLE THE MONKEY CLIMB WRITTEN BY MOODY AND JOE JONES. THE RECORD WAS RELEASED IN THE YEAR 1964 ON THE RED BIRD LABEL AND TODAY IS CONSIDERED MOODYS FIRST RECORDING OF HIS CAREER .HE ONLY RECORDED ONE SINGLE RECORD WITH LEIBER AND STOLLER THE SONG ALTHOUGH NOT A MILLION SELLER IT DID HOWEVER ESTABLISHED MOODY WITHIN THE RECORDING INDUSTRY . AFTER DEPARTING RED BIRD RECORDS MOODY HOOKED UP WITH MONUMENT SOUND STAGE RECORDS RADIO PERSONALITY AT WLAC NASHVILLE TENN THE LEGENDARY JOHN RICBOUGH FROM THERE MUSICAL ASSOCIATION CAME ABOUT THE CLASSIC SONG WRITTEN BY MOODY MUSICIANS RICKY WILLIAMS AND TED ROBINSON. "BUSTING OUT OF THE GHETTO "THIS WAS THE FIRST ANTI DRUG ABUSE SONG IN AMERICA. AND RECIEVED VARIOUS RADIO STATION PICKS ACROSS THE USA ON R&B,SOUL FORMATTED RADIO STATIONS .TODAY BUSTING OUT OF THE GHETTO IS A HOT MUSIC COLLECTORS MUSIC ITEM WORLDWIDE . MOODY SCOTT NOW LIVES IN THE ENTERTAINMENT CAPITOL OF THE WORLD LAS VEGAS NEVADA. AND RUNS THE MUSIC PRODUCTION DUTIES AT CREOLE DOWN HOME RECORDS . HE CONTINUES TO PERFORM AND PUTS ON A HIGH ENERGY SHOW BACKED BY HIS RED HOT RETRO ALL STAR SHOW BAND BESIDES BEING A RECORDING ARTIST MOODY SCOTT HAS HAD SUCESSFUL RADIO BROACASTING EXPERIENCES AT WFPR FM HAMMOND KAJN RADIO SOUTHWEST CROWLEY LOUISIANA AND AT KLAV RADIO LAS VEGAS NEVADA. MOODY HAVE OPENED FOR OR PERFORMED ON STAGE WITH THE WHOS WHO OF AMERICAN SOUL BLUES R&B ARTIST THROUGHOUT HIS LONG CAREER SUCH AS RUTH BROWN ,CANNED HEAT, AARON NEVILLE THE NEW ORLEANS METERS , PHIL PHILLIPS JOE TEX, TYRONE DAVIS ,BUCHWHEAT ZYDECO, LAZY LESTER, KENNY NEAL, LITTLE MILTON CAMBELL, THE BIG BAD HOLDING COMPANY ,NAPPY BROWN, KOKO TAYLOR ,DIXIE CUPS ,MANHATTANS, OHIO PLAYERS, JUST TWO NAME A FEW ARTISTS THAT MOODY HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH THROUGHOUT HIS MUSIC CAREER . Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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