
Scott Snowden
(a vegetarian for over thirtyfive years) was born and raised in Detroit Michigan began singing with his siblings Norman, Robert and Gregory (C 1960). Heavily influenced by Gospel music at the Church he attended, he began his professional singing career in 1963 with his group then known as the "Highlighters" later known as the "Celebrities". Their first release on the Boss Record label was a tune called 'You Didin't Tell The Truth" (1964) written by Dennis Edwards of the "Temtations".The Celebrities consisted of (the late) Thomas Pennington, Lloyd Robinson and Scott Snowden.
Norman Dixon (his brother) and Michael Hemphill came aboard later. The Celebrities was managed by famed Detroit promoter Frank Brown and under the musical direction of Don Norman and the author of the song "Cool Jerk". In the past the Celebrities shared the stage with such artist as "The Impressions", "The Temptations", "Sir John Lee Hooker", "Stevie Wonder", "little Milton", "The Miracles", "Johnny Mae Mathews", "Jimmy Reed" and many many more.Also during this period Scott
was a member of "The Young Peoples Choir" at Ebenezer AME Church and a member of his high school choir (Northern High). Later he was to become a member of the United States Navys famous "Blue Jackets Choir" and taped a CBS television special. On board the USS Willis A Lee, Scott was the featured vocalist with a band called "The Leesiders". After his Naval career he became a member of "LA City College Concert Choir" culminating with a performance at the LA Music Center in downtown Los Angeles.In 1967 Kitty Stevens (wife of Motown producer Mickey Stevens) auditioned the Celebrities before Marvin Gaye who was very impressed with the group, he noted that each member of the group could not only sing lead but also all of the harmony parts.
In 1970 Motown moved to Los Angeles and so did Scott. There he enrolled in the world renowned Sherman School Of Music and Arts and studied drama, dance (tap dance), performance evaluation etc., and was personally tutored by the famous broadway musical conductor Milton Greene. (Fiddler On The Roof, Annie, The Rothchilds), and many more.
Over the years Scott performed at night clubs coast to coast. But many of you know Scott from the television series "Tour of Duty" where he regularly appeared as "Scotty The Radio Man".
Scotts style of singing included Country Western, R&B, Pop, Jazz and Classical. To this day Scott continues to share his magnificent voice with us. Scott Snowden is a singers singer ..........listen to Scott.
P.S. Scott Snowden is the nephew of the ex-heavyweight boxing champion
Joe Louis known as the "Brown Bomber". A True American Hero!