Scott Mathews

Quick Facts

Full Name	Scott Mathews
Occupation	Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Jul 25, 1955(1955-07-25)
Age	69
Birthplace	Sacramento
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Cancer

Scott Mathews Biography

Scott Mathews is one of the most popular and richest Songwriter who was born on July 25, 1955 in Sacramento, California, United States. On May 22, following almost a year of discussions in negotiations with Capitol Records, Real Gone Music released the original Durocs album on CD as well as downloads. The Durocs agreed to release an exclusive vinyl collection which would release exactly 33 1/3 years (representing the RPMs on an album) after the release of the first record. Alongside the original LP include eight previously unheard Durocs “bone-us” tracks that were recorded soon following their Capitol release. Reviews from around the world on this re-release include: ‘one of the most enduring rock masterpieces “a wonderful discovery that isn’t dated at all”, “a lost treasure – completely devastating and melodies that are catchy’ “the mark of good music’, and has inspired further Durocs records to be made to be released.

In his time as a musician the artist made recordings at Capitol Records and created the department of video at Capitol shortly before MTV. He has been on an appearance on the Billboard Magazine Top 40 list in a variety of genres every year since the beginning in the year 1976.

Also in 1977, Mathews performed several major roles on Glen Campbell’s #1 crossover hit, Southern Nights which went #1 on the pop, rock and country charts. Mathews also worked on the album of the same name, Southern Nights on Capitol Records by not only performing multiple instruments on the sessions but also choosing material for the album (including the title song), rehearsing the material with Campbell and hiring the musicians for Nitzsche who did the arrangements.

In 1977, Barbra Streisand heard one of Mathews and Nagle’s songs at a meeting with Jack Nitzsche. She asked to meet with the two composers and they got along so well, the three immediately began writing together in a bungalow at The Beverly Hills Hotel. The end result was Mathews and Nagle landed two previously written songs on Superman, selling more than five million units upon release. Mathews also assisted Nitzsche in writing the arrangements for the album. Mathews and Nagle also wrote and published songs by The Tubes including the cult favorite, “Don’t Touch Me There”.

In 1973 Mathews met future long-time collaborator Ron Nagle. Nagle was already a well-known musician and songwriter working for Warner Brothers and had made the famous cult hit, ‘Bad rice’. Nagle and Mathews formed a band and began writing and record music in Nagle’s studio situated in San Francisco. When they turned 18 years old, Mathews relocated into Sausalito, CA, sharing the house along with David Jenkins (musician) of Pablo Cruise, making a living as a session artist while also writing and composing “blueprints” for records” together with Nagle.

Scott Mathews Net Worth

Scott Mathews is one of the richest Songwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Scott Mathews 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Scott Mathews (born July 25 1955) is a famous American music producer and performer, composer and businessman. With over 40 million copies and downloads He has won more than 20 multi-platinum, gold-plated and gold-plated RIAA Certification awards.

Ron Nagle’s producer on his solo record, Jack Nitzsche, heard the new music and hired them to collaborate on film scores and recording projects. Nitzsche was the convincing, creative musical wheel on the studio work from Phil Spector and the early to mid-period recordings of The Rolling Stones. His arrangements were used to accompany numerous hits of Jackie DeShannon, Gene Pitney, Darlene Love, The Crystals, The Righteous Brothers, Neil Young, etc. Although he had just one single hit under his own moniker, “The Lonely Surfer” which was made available in the year 1963. In later years, he was awarded an Oscar for co-writing “Up Where We Belong.” It was in Nitzsche, Mathews found his”godfather” and mentor in the business of music. High-profile projects soon followed.

As an actor, Mathews starred as Fluke Starbucker (parodying Luke Skywalker) in the 1977 Star Wars parody Hardware Wars. It is considered to be the most profitable short film of all time, grossing in excess of $1,000,000 on a paltry $8,000 budget; its relative profit margin was even better than Star Wars. George Lucas said in a 1999 interview on the UK’s The Big Breakfast television show that Hardware Wars was his favorite Star Wars parody. In 2003, the film was honored by Lucasfilm when it was given the Pioneer Award at that year’s The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards. In August 2010, Time magazine listed it as one of the top 10 Star Wars fanfilms.

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In 1993 Mathews and music journalist Joel Selvin met with Dick Dale in Twentynine Palms, CA. Their meeting convinced Dale to come out of retirement and record with Mathews. Dale experienced a renewed interest in his music and earned the #1 college radio record for his Tribal Thunder comeback LP.

Facts & Trivia

Scott Ranked on the list of most popular Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Scott Mathews celebrates birthday on July 25 of every year.

On January 24, 2014, 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, CA. The evening also provided for a reunion with Todd Rundgren who won the Les Paul Award for his musical innovation.