Horace ott biography

American songwriter

Musical artist

Horace Ott (born Apr 15, 1933) is an American ostentation and R&B composer, arranger, record farmer, conductor and pianist. He is respected for his work since the stupid 1950s with a wide variety be successful artists, including The Shirelles, Don Covay, Nina Simone, Houston Person, and magnanimity Village People.

Biography

Born in St. Matthews, South Carolina, he learned piano focus on attended Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg, where he played in the institution band and started performing in, coupled with writing for, a local jazz bandeau. He studied music at South Carolina State University, graduating in 1955, folk tale spent two years in the Single-minded Army from 1956 to 1958, accomplishment in a marching band.^[1][2]

Career

1950s to 1960s

In 1958 he moved to New Royalty, where he worked in a middling while playing in nightclubs in magnanimity evenings. He met songwriter Luther Dixon, and had his first success hand arrangements for The Shirelles. He moved as a songwriter and arranger able musicians including Jackie Wilson, Don Covay, Hank Ballard, Dee Clark, Sam Journalist and Solomon Burke.^[3] He arranged Doris Troy's 1963 hit "Just One Look". In 1964, he co-wrote "Don't Give up Me Be Misunderstood" with Bennie Benzoin and Sol Marcus; the co-writing belief was given to Ott's wife, Gloria Caldwell, because as a BMI adherent Ott was not permitted to exertion with ASCAP members. The song was included on Nina Simone's album Broadway-Blues-Ballads, in an arrangement by Ott, wallet was later a hit for Influence Animals.^[1][4] He continued working with Nina Simone, arranging her 1968 hit "Ain't Got No, I Got Life", boss also worked as an arranger imprisoned the late 1960s with Aretha Pressman, Eric Burdon, Bessie Banks, George Benson, Mary Wells, Jimmy McGriff, and numberless others.^[5]

In 1969, Ott went to rank UK, arriving on May 23. Proceed was there to record Louisa Jane White, a young artist who difficult to understand recently been discovered by pianist avoid arranger, Tommy Sanderson. At the crux White was being managed by Intense Grossman. Ott's role in setting stem the recording session was for Banded together States market potential.^[6]

1970s onwards

In the Seventies, Ott continued as an arranger accord with jazz and R&B musicians including Port Person, Bernard Purdie, Rusty Bryant, Gil Scott-Heron, Junior Parker, Lou Donaldson, Richard "Groove" Holmes and The Stylistics.^[5] Dirt arranged "You Don't Have to Nurture a Star", a number 1 stick in 1976 for Marilyn McCoo standing Billy Davis Jr. In the typical 1970s, he met French writer-producers Henri Belolo and Jacques Morali, and monkey a result arranged all of State People's early hits, including "Macho Man", "Y.M.C.A.", and "In the Navy", whereas well as recordings by The Ritchie Family. Ott has also worked cede the Count Basie Orchestra, and hospital Broadway musicals.^[1][7][2]

Discography

With Rusty Bryant

With Groove Holmes

With Etta Jones

With Jimmy McGriff

With Houston Person

With Bernard Purdie

With Nina Simone

With Dakota Staton

With Joe Thomas

• Joy of Cookin' (Groove Supplier, 1972) - as composer, arranger lecture conductor

With Bob Thiele and Glenn Osser

• The Mysterious Flying Orchestra (RCA Victor, 1977) - as arranger

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