Ronnie Scott was a British

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promoter, group manager and

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; known primarily for hit songs co-written with

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in the 1960s, and Steve Wolfe in the 1970s.

With Marty Wilde

In 1966, Scott was working for The George Cooper Agency, whose artists roster included The Bystanders (who Scott also managed) and Marty Wilde. Scott wrote a number of songs, some on his own, but most co-written with Wilde,

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s of which were recorded by The Bystanders. One solo effort "Royal Blue Summer Sunshine Day" (1967) and two joint efforts "Have I Offended The Girl" (1966) and "When Jesamine Goes" (published under the

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s of Frere Manston and Jack Gellar) (1968) were issued as singles, but all failed.

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the last song and issued it simply as "

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", which reached No. 2 in the

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in late 1968. Scott and Wilde songs were used by a wide range of musicians including

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: "

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" "Elizabeth Dreams" and "Paradise Flat" (all on their first album '' Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo'');

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"I'm a Tiger" (1968) and Wilde himself with "Abergavenny" (1968) (also credited to Manston and Gellar, and reissued by Wilde under the pseudonym "Shannon" in 1969) Wilde and Scott also wrote the words and music to ''

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'' version of ''

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'' an

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play, broadcast on 18 March 1970. When The Bystanders evolved into

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, Scott remained their manager, and they recorded up to three demo sessions a week for him, including "

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" which Scott suggested to Status Quo when they asked for his help. Man left Scott's management in 1969.

With Steve Wolfe

By 1976 Scott was working with Steve Wolfe as a songwriting and producing team, when they spotted

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in "The Townsman Club" in

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, and they became Tyler's managers, songwriters, and producers.Bonnie Tyler Official Biography
Retrieved 17 September 2009 Scott and Wolfe wrote eight out of the ten songs on Tyler's first album ''

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'' (1977), which they also produced. The album included "

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", which reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart, and "

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" which reached No. 27. Tyler's second album ''

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'' (released as ''It's a Heartache'' in the US) (1978) included five Scott/Wolfe songs including the track "

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" which reached No. 4 in the UK, and No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the

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, a

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cover charted in April 1978 . This song has since been covered by several different musicians, including

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, and

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. Scott and Wolfe wrote eight of the ten songs on Tyler's ''

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'' album (1979), and also six of the ten songs on her ''

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'' album (1981), including "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean", which won the "Grand Prix" at the 1979

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in Japan. Bonnie Tyler did not renew her contract with Scott and Wolfe, since she perceived that they "were trying to take her further into country music".

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