Moody Scott

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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

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Simply Soul

Groovin' Out On Life

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Sample My Funky Groove

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The Best Of Blaxploitation

Funk Soul Brothers

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Simply Funk

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Bustin out of the Ghetto

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The Best of Blaxploitation Disc 3

Soulful Moods - [The Dave Cash Collection]

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The Best Of Blaxploitation [Disc 3]

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Funk 45 Sessions

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This Is Funk 3

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