Walter Scott, a co-founding member of the R&B group the Whispers, has died, the Los Angeles Sentinel reviews. Scott had been residing with most cancers for six months, and he died within the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, in accordance with the report. Scott was 81 years previous.
Scott and his twin brother, Wallace “Scotty” Scott, co-founded the Whispers, in California, with Nicholas Caldwell, Marcus Hutson, and Gordy Harmon within the early Sixties. The group launched its first singles in 1964 via Doré Data, however an album didn’t materialize till 1969 within the type of Planets of Life, launched through Soul Clock.
Regardless of a prolific output, the Whispers didn’t discover business success till the late Nineteen Seventies once they joined Dick Griffey’s SOLAR Data. The group’s 1979 self-titled album, specifically, was massively widespread and contained the band’s signature tune, “And the Beat Goes On.” Subsequent albums, like 1980’s Creativeness, 1982’s Love Is The place You Discover It, and 1987’s Simply Will get Higher With Time, solidified the Whispers as a dependable power within the worlds of soul, R&B, and disco.
The Roots’ Questlove eulogized Walter Scott on Instagram, calling him “one of the trusted voices in 70s soul music.”
