Scott English

Scott English (born Scott David English, 10 January 1943, Brooklyn, New York) is an US-American singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the composer (with Richard Kerr) of "Brandy", which became a hit for Barry Manilow under the title "Mandy". English had a single release of "Brandy", making the charts in March, 1972. In 1964 English had a regional doo-wop hit called "High On a Hill", written by Frank Cariola and A. Mangravito.[1] "High On a Hill" has consistently been voted an all-time top song on oldies radio stations in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metro. With Larry Weiss, he wrote "Bend Me, Shape Me," which became a hit for the Illinois band, The American Breed, reaching number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968; it was also a hit in the UK for Amen Corner. (The song had been recorded a year earlier by the Outsiders, but only as an album track). English and Weiss also penned "Help Me Girl" (a hit for Eric Burdon and the Animals, and also released as a single in the same time period by the Outsiders), "Ciao Baby" (a hit for Lynne Randell) and "Hi Ho Silver Lining" which English also produced for Jeff Beck. He later produced Thin Lizzy’s first album, Thin Lizzy[2]. In 1998, English was listed as co-writer (with Simon Stirling and Phil Mankiza) on the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, "Where Are You?". The song was performed by Imaani, and at the time, the songwriters were producing her album.[3] However, that album was never released as Imaani and her record label, EMI, parted company.