That has a lot of people wondering about his cause of death, especially because he died in the midst of a national crisis over coronavirus. [5], Scott soon found himself working with the Beatles again on their various solo projects, including John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" and "Cold Turkey", Ringo Starr's "It Don't Come Easy" and George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. At the behest of Zappa's wife Gail, Scott was asked to check out a demo featuring ex-members of Frank's band, Terry Bozzio and Warren Cuccurullo, along with Bozzio's wife Dale, who had formed a band eventually to be named Missing Persons. In the story line, Ringo, an expert gunslinger with a mysterious past seeks to lead a more respectable life.
His first orchestral recording session came a few days later when he recorded the strings, brass and choir for the band's song "I Am the Walrus". At other times, his models swirled down the runways wearing flower-print jersey in every shade of pink imaginable, from begonia, bougainvillea and poinsettia to lobster, raspberry, strawberry and watermelon. He died of lymphatic cancer, a family spokesman said. The album was also recorded at other studios besides Trident, including Studio D at A&M Records in Hollywood, the Who's Ramport Studios, and the now defunct Scorpio Studios. He was 72 years old. Ken Scott, a fashion designer known for his fabric designs and for developing fashion shows, died yesterday at his home in Eze, France. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Mr. Scott later showed leopard-printed suits for men and women and went on to design footwear to go with some of his creations. His fabrics also became wall coverings and bed furnishings. On the big screen, he appeared in films directed by Robert Wise, Stanley Kramer, John Huston, Blake Edwards and Ridley Scott. In late 1969, shortly after completion of the Procol Harum album A Salty Dog, he left Abbey Road for Trident Studios, at the suggestion of Elton John and producer Gus Dudgeon. [4] Among the notable songs from those albums that he worked on are "The Fool on the Hill", "Glass Onion", "Helter Skelter", "Birthday", "Back in the U.S.S.R.", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Not Guilty", the last of which was recorded for the White Album, but not included on it. He worked as a truck driver, an artist, an actor, a salesman and finally a TV announcer at WDSU-TV in New Orleans. Scott was born in South London, and grew up listening to 78 rpm records of artists like Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, and Eddie Cochran on a wind-up gramophone. After a short time as an assistant engineer, Scott was promoted to "cutting" (known as mastering today), where he spent approximately two years cutting not only acetates for artists, but the masters for many of the hits that EMI also distributed at the time, including the American Motown catalogue. Legendary singer Kenny Rogers has died. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. At times, some of his typical color schemes included Ban-Lon dresses in lemon yellow, pumpkin, hot pink and pepper green or mauve, purple, chalk white, electric pink and black. The album featured two songs that still get substantial radio play today:[citation needed] "Dreamer" and "Bloody Well Right."[10]. [4], After a short time he took over the mixing of Elton John's Madman Across the Water, after fellow Trident engineer Robin Geoffrey Cable suffered severe injuries in a traffic accident. In 2000, Scott reunited with former Beatle George Harrison to work on the reissue of his catalogue, included the huge hit All Things Must Pass. During his time with the Beatles, Scott also worked on the songs "Lady Madonna", "Hello, Goodbye" and "Hey Jude", as well as The Beatles and Magical Mystery Tour albums. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Kenneth “Ken” Scott (13 Oct 1928–2 Dec 1986), Find a Grave Memorial no.
Following his years at Fox he appeared as a guest star on numerous American television series, Scott was cast as Johnny Ringo in the 1963 episode, "The Melancholy Gun", of the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. Denver Pyle played a physician in this episode. Ken Swofford, the … Ken Scott, 72, Dies; A Fashion Designer Known for Fabrics. On Saturday, 18 January 1964, Scott wrote letters inquiring about recording engineer job openings and mailed them to several London recording studios. [13][14], Selected engineering and production credits:[18], Learn how and when to remove this template message, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Association of Professional Recording Services, "Classic Tracks: The Beatles 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps, "Interview: Abbey Road Engineer Ken Scott Discusses Recording The Beatles' White Album, Says Sessions Were a 'Blast, "Ken Scott Mix Interview: A Career of Classic Tracks", "Inside Abbey Road With Beatles Engineer Ken Scott", "Production legend Ken Scott on 10 career-defining records : Supertramp – Crime Of The Century (1974)", "Production legend Ken Scott on 10 career-defining records".