Scatman Crothers 46 motion pictures including “The Shining”, “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”, “Bronco Billy”, “Aristocats”, “Hong Kong Phooey”, “The Shootist”, “Silver Streak”, “The Lady Sings The Blues”, “Scavenger Hunt”, “Twilight Zone-The Movie”, “Transformers-The Movie”, 65 episodes of “Chico and the Man”, 18 appearances on “The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson” Dozens of other TV shows including “Harlem Globe Trotters”, “Dragnet” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, “Bonanza”, “Bewitched”, “The Magical World of Disney”, “Love American Style”, “Kojak”, “Ironside”, “Mannix”, “McMillan & Wife”, “Sanford and Son”, “Starsky and Hutch”, “Roots”, “Laverne & Shirley”, “The Love Boat” and “Charlie’s Angels”. Scatman has also recorded four albums. TRACKS 1, 2, 3, 8 Bass: Ray Brown Drums: Earl Palmer Guitar: Arthur Adams Guitar: Al Ciner Piano / Hammond B3: Mike Melvoin Background Vocals: Dianne Brooks, Clydie King, Grace Cosgrove
“Tonight Show” Horn Section Reeds: Tommy Newsom, Bill Green Trumpets: Snooky Young, Oscar Brashear, John Audino, Jimmy Zito Trombones: Chauncey Welsh, Ernie Tack
Recorded at Music Recorders Inc., Hollywood, CA October 1977 Engineer: Garry Ulmer Mixed at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA October, 1977 Engineer: Terry Brown
TRACKS 4, 5, 6 Bass: Dennis Belfield Drums: Ralph Humphrey Guitar: Al Ciner Piano, Vibes & Percussion: Victor Feldman Background Vocals: Sherlie Mae Matthews
Recorded at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA August 1979 Engineer: Joe Laux Mixed at Kendun Recorders, Burbank CA August 1979 Engineers: Joe Laux and Andrew A. Melzer
TRACK 7 Recorded in A.A. Melzer’s den, Beverly Hills, CA May 1978 RAY BROWN- Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra
EARL PALMER- Fats Domino, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, B.B. King, The Beach Boys
MIKE MELVOIN- Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Beach Boys, John Lennon, Tom Waits, Barbra Streisand, The Jackson 5
ARTHUR ADAMS- Nina Simone, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, The Jackson 5, Lou Rawls, Henry Mancini, Nancy Wilson
AL CINER- Member of the groups: (American Breed, Three Dog Night, Rufus & Chaka Khan), Quincy Jones, Flora Purim, Brenda Russell, K C & The Sunshine Band, Candi Stanton, Tina Turner
DENNIS BELFIELD- Member of the groups: (Three Dog Night, Rufus & Chaka Khan), Neil Young, The Monkees, Candi Stanton, Michael Franks, Thelma Houston, Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, Vanessa Williams
RALPH HUMPHREY- Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, The Manhattan Transfer, Tierney Sutton, Kenny G, Wayne Shorter, Al Jarreau, Michael Bubble, Barbra Streisand, Randy Crawford, Captain & Tennille
VICTOR FELDMAN- Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, George Shearing, Cannonball Adderley, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Henry Mancini, Hubert Laws, Lee Ritenour
DIANNE BROOKS- Bette Midler, Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens, Anne Murray, Funkadelic, Dusty Springfield, Motherlode, Brenda Russell, Pure Prarie League, King Biscuit Boy, George Clinton, Dutch Mason
CLYDIE KING- Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Phil Spector, B.B. King, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Lynyrd Skynyrd
GRACE COSGROVE- Laura Nyro, Burt Bacharach
SHERLIE MAE MATTHEWS- The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Barbra Streisand, B.B. King, Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, Neil Diamond, Paul McCartney, Ella Fitzgerald
TOMMY NEWSOM- Benny Goodman, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Skitch Henderson, Woody Herman, Kenny Rogers, Rosemary Clooney, J.J. Johnson, Charlie Byrd, John Denver, Beverly Sills, The Tonight Show “Starring Johnny Carson”.
BILL GREEN- Gerald Wilson, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nancy Wilson, Dionne Warwick, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Lionel Hampton
SNOOKY YOUNG- Count Basie, Quincy Jones, Gerald Wilson, Lionel Hampton, Tony Bennett, Wes Montgomery, Sarah Vaughan, The Band
OSCAR BRASHEAR- Count Basie, Quincy Jones, Woody Herman, Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gordon, Oliver Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Earth Wind and Fire, Carole King, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder
JOHN AUDINO- Ray Anthony, Les McCann, Gerald Wilson, The Everly Brothers, Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, Elvis Presley, Milt Jackson, Paul Williams, Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra
JIMMY ZITO- Tommy Dorsey, Les Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Benny Goodman, Doris Day, Teresa Brewer, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, June Christy, Frank Zappa, Hoagy Carmichael CHAUNCEY WELSH- Benny Goodman, Morgana King, Carmen McRae, Quincy Jones, Barry Manilow, Ashford & Simpson, Roberta Flack, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Dr. John, Manhattan Transfer, Rosemary Clooney, Henry Mancini, John Pizzarelli
ERNIE TACK- The Beach Boys, Rita Coolidge, Harry James, Oliver Nelson, Nancy Wilson, Frank Zappa, Gerald Wilson, Sam Cooke, Gene Krupa, Jimmy Smith, Doc Severinsen, Ray Conniff
ANDREW A. MELZER- Scatman Crothers, Norm Amadio, Dianne Brooks, Doug Riley, Joey Laci, Don Scardino, Jackie Richardson, Debbie Fleming, Pinky Dauvin, Moira Connelly, Bev D’Angelo, Alan Paul, Darlene Koldenhoven, Ray Brown, Peter Cardinali, Guido Basso, Phil Dwyer, Marc Jordan, Jo Thompson, Don Grusin, The Hot Club of San Francisco, Confederation Centre Youth Choir
PETER CARDINALI- Anne Murray, Rick James, Teena Marie, The Boomers, Norm Amadio, Joey DeFrancesco, Hilario Duran, David Clayton Thomas, The Dexters, Michael Kaeshammer, Monkey House
GARRY ULLMER- George Shearing, Julie Andrews, Paul Williams, T Rex, The Muppet Movie
TERRY BROWN- Rush, Kenny Rogers, The Who, Donovan, Barbra Streisand, Dr. Music, April Wine, Cirque du Soleil
JOE LAUX- Dionne Warwick, Locomotive GT, Average White Band, Lamont Dozier, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Manhattan Transfer
ADAM GALLANT- Paper Lions, Kinley Dowling, The National Film Board, Sorrey, Dennis Ellsworth, Coyote, Golden Cinema, Logan Richard
PETER J. MOORE- Oscar Peterson, Bob Dylan, Garth Hudson, Bruce Cockburn, Holly Cole, Emmylou Harris, Diana Krall, Norm Amadio, Joe Strummer
Additional mixes and edits at The Hill Sound Studio Charlottetown, PE - November 2020 Engineer: Adam Gallant
Mastered at The E Room Toronto, ON - December 2020 Engineer: Peter J. Moore
Scatman Oil Portrait: Bernadette Kernaghan
Graphic Design: Kevin Smith
Photographs: Tony Miller
Licensing
We are placing much effort into getting our catalog of recordings in front of the music supervisors who chose the music for major motion picture studios, television networks, independent film makers, documentary producers and advertising agencies. Our music has been licensed for various motion pictures, documentaries, television shows as well as for advertising.