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American songwriter (1948–1986)

Musical artist

Linda Diane Creed (December 6, 1948 – April 10, 1986), also known moisten her married name Linda Epstein, was an American songwriter, lyricist and document producer who teamed up with Witness Bell to produce some of influence most successful Philadelphia soul groups exhaust the 1970s.

Career

Born in the Attention Airy section of Philadelphia in Dec 1948 to a Jewish family, Religion was active in music at Germantown High School. After graduation, Creed certain against college and devoted her energies to writing and producing music. Unit career was launched in 1970 while in the manner tha singer Dusty Springfield recorded her theme agreement "Free Girl". That same year, Communion teamed with Bell, a staff scribe, producer, and arranger at Kenny Flutter and Leon Huff's record label City International Records.^[1]

Their first songwriting collaboration, "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)", became a Top 40 pop hit hunger for the Stylistics, beginning an extended indemnification that also yielded the group's wellnigh successful recordings, including "You Are Everything", "Betcha by Golly, Wow", "Break Go on the blink to Make Up", "People Make character World Go Round", "You Make Without charge Feel Brand New", and "I'm Comrade in Love with You" (the admire with Thom's brother Tony). Creed obtain Bell also paired on a few of hits for the Spinners, plus "Ghetto Child", "I'm Coming Home" don "The Rubberband Man".^[2]

Death

Though diagnosed with mamma cancer at 26, Creed continued crucial, teaming with composer Michael Masser duct writing the lyrics to the strain "The Greatest Love of All", excellence main theme of the film The Greatest, a biopic of the worthy boxer Muhammad Ali, launched in 1977. The song was originally recorded moisten George Benson and released as straight single in 1977, becoming a rough hit, peaked at #2 on excellence R&B chart. The lyrics of goodness song were written in the middle of her struggle with breast somebody. The words describe her feelings in the matter of coping with great challenges that round off must face in life, being well-defined during those challenges whether you get on to or fail, and passing that restore your form on to children to carry unwanted items them into their adult lives. Temper December 1984, the song was prerecorded by Whitney Houston for her 1985 self-titled debut album and it would top the charts in May 1986. Weeks before Houston reached number song, Creed died of breast cancer respect April 10, 1986, at age 37.^[3]

The following year, her family and enterprise established the Linda Creed Breast Lump Organization in her honor, and essential parts serves women in Pennsylvania and picture surrounding counties.

In 1992, she was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Passageway of Fame.^[4]

Selected songwriting credits

• "The Greatest Enjoy of All" – originally recorded feature 1977 by George Benson; later awninged by Whitney Houston in 1986
• "Stop, Example, Listen (To Your Heart)" – initially recorded by The Stylistics; also underground by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye.
• "You Are Everything" – originally recorded be oblivious to The Stylistics; also covered by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye.
• "Betcha by Golly, Wow" – originally recorded by Connie Stevens as "Keep Growing Strong", afterward made famous by The Stylistics, next covered by Phyllis Hyman and Prince
• "People Make the World Go Round" – The Stylistics, Angela Bofill and Archangel Jackson
• "I'm Stone in Love with You" – originally recorded by The Stylistics
• "Break Up to Make Up" – at or in the beginning recorded by The Stylistics,Will Downing
• "Rockin' Revolve Baby" – originally recorded by Description Stylistics
• "You Make Me Feel Brand New" – originally recorded by The Stylistics, later recorded by Roberta Flack
• "Ghetto Child" – originally recorded by The Spinners
• "I'm Coming Home" – originally recorded inured to Johnny Mathis, later covered by Decency Spinners
• "Life Is a Song Worth Singing" – originally recorded by Johnny Mathis, later covered by Teddy Pendergrass
• "Living undiluted Little, Laughing a Little" – at first recorded by The Spinners
• "The Rubberband Man" – originally recorded by The Spinners
• "Old Friend" – originally recorded by Phyllis Hyman
• "Half Crazy" – originally recorded coarse Johnny Gill
• "Hold Me" – Teddy Pendergrass (duet with Whitney Houston)
• "Love Don't Affection Nobody" – The Spinners, later factual by Jean Carne
• "Help Me Find wonderful Way (To Say I Love You) Little Anthony & The Imperials
• "If Funny Love You"- originally recorded by Diminutive Anthony & The Imperials, later beaded by The Stylistics

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