S-K-O, originally known as Schuyler, Knobloch and Overstreet, was an American
country music
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vocal group consisting of
Thom Schuyler
Thomas James Schuyler (born June 10, 1952, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American songwriter. Schuyler wrote songs recorded by more than 200 various artists including "16th Avenue" for Lacy J. Dalton, "Love Will Turn You Around" for Kenny Ro ...
,
J. Fred Knobloch, and
Paul Overstreet
Paul Lester Overstreet (born March 17, 1955) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' country charts, including two ...
.
The original line-up recorded one album for
MTM Records
MTM Records was an American independent record label specializing in country music. It was founded in 1984 as a subsidiary of the production company of the same name owned by actress Mary Tyler Moore.
Howard Stark was the label's President, and ...
and charted three country hits, including the number one "
Baby's Got a New Baby
"Baby's Got a New Baby" is a song written by J. Fred Knobloch and Dan Tyler, and recorded by American country music
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".
After Overstreet departed in 1987 for a solo career, he was replaced with
Craig Bickhardt
Craig William Bickhardt (born September 7, 1954) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His musical career includes co-writing credits for The Judds, Steve Wariner, Kathy Mattea and others. He was also a member of S-K-B, formerly S ...
, and the group was renamed Schuyler, Knobloch, and Bickhardt, or S-K-B for short.
The renamed group released one album and four singles before disbanding in 1989.
Biography
Thom Schuyler, J. Fred Knobloch and Paul Overstreet were three well-known songwriters who got together to form a band, Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet.
After the release of their first single, they shortened their name simply to S-K-O.
When Overstreet left the group in 1987 to pursue a solo career, he was replaced by Craig Bickhardt (who had almost joined the country-rock band Southern Pacific early that same year) and they changed their name to Schuyler, Knobloch & Bickhardt.
The similarly shortened S-K-B disbanded when their record label, MTM Records, shut down in 1989.
Since then, Thom Schuyler became the vice president of
RCA Nashville
RCA Nashville is an American country music record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is distributed by Sony Music Nashville which is part of Sony Music.
Current artists
*Kane Brown
*Andrew Jannakos
*Miranda Lambert
*Niko Moon (RCA/River Hou ...
(a position from which he retired in 1994), while Knobloch and Bickhardt continued their songwriting careers.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Music videos
References
External links
Thom Schuyler's official websitePaul Overstreet's official websiteCraig Bickhardt's official websiteJ Fred Knobloch's official website
{{Paul Overstreet
Country music groups from Tennessee
Musical groups established in 1986
American musical trios
MTM Records artists
1986 establishments in Tennessee