1. Scott Mathews was born on July 25,1955 and is an American music producer, composer, performer, and entrepreneur.
20 Facts About Scott Mathews
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Scott Mathews has appeared as a musician, songwriter or producer on recordings with sales of more than 50 million units which earned more than 30 gold and multi-platinum RIAA Certification awards.
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Nagle and Scott Mathews teamed up and began to write and record material in Nagle's garage studio in San Francisco.
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Scott Mathews soon began producing radio and television jingles for various ad agencies.
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Scott Mathews convinced an advertising agency he could get Orbison to license his biggest worldwide hit, Oh, Pretty Woman for Tone, a women's body soap manufactured by The Dial Corporation.
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The campaign was such a success that Scott Mathews followed it up with Johnny Cash on Victoria Station radio ads.
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In Nitzsche, Scott Mathews found his mentor in the music business and high-profile projects followed soon after.
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Scott Mathews asked to meet with the two composers and the three began writing together in a bungalow at The Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Scott Mathews assisted Nitzsche in writing the arrangements for the album.
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Also in 1977, Scott Mathews played drums and dobro on Glen Campbell's album Southern Nights on Capitol Records and worked with Nitzsche on the arrangements of several songs.
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Robin Williams contacted Scott Mathews to help with a musical finale for his shows in San Francisco at The Boarding House.
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Scott Mathews urged Williams to record some shows, which led to a record deal with Casablanca Records.
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Scott Mathews was a studio musician on the Beach Boys album Keepin' the Summer Alive.
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Scott Mathews starred as Fluke Starbucker in the 1977 Star Wars parody Hardware Wars.
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In 1989, Scott Mathews recorded vocals on Todd Rundgren's Nearly Human and joined Rundgren on tour.
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Scott Mathews performed multi-instruments and vocals on Todd Rundgren's Live in Chicago '91.
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Van Morrison was one of the first artists Scott Mathews brought into the studio and he loved it so much he set up an entire large room as a gym so he could work out while there.
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In December 2011, Scott Mathews signed on as executive producer with the Hong Kong-based, Far West Entertainment.
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On January 24,2014, Scott Mathews helped arrange for his longtime friend, Hal Blaine to be inducted at the 29th annual TEC Awards Hall of Fame at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California.
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Scott Mathews serves as Chairman of the San Francisco Bay Area Council of Little Kids Rock which provides a nationwide program of free musical education and instruments to impoverished public schools.