Luther Dixon

Producer and songwriter Luther Dixon wrote many lasting pop hits that were successes for several late-'50s and early-'60s groups such as the Shirelles. He had already penned successful songs for artists, including the Platters, Perry Como, and the Crests when he was hired by Florence Greenberg in the early '60s to work for her small New Jersey label Scepter Records (originally named Tiara). Dixon was in charge of artist development (while Greenberg focused on promotion), starting with the young vocal group that attended high school with Greenberg's daughter, the newly renamed ...