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“ Harvey Scales is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer. Scales has been active in the music industry since the 1960s, and has composed songs for groups such as The Dells, The Dramatics and The O'Jays. He is particularly notable for his co-authorship of the songs "Love-Itis" and "Disco Lady".

History
Once called Milwaukee's "Godfather of Soul" by a local reporter, Scales credits James Brown and the sound of "funk" for influencing his music career.
Scales, an Osceola, Arkansas native, grew up in Milwaukee and attended Roosevelt Middle School and North Division High School.
Scales was well known in his home town of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before his big break as a national songwriter. He was known as "Twistin' Harvey", in the early 1960s.
In 1961, he and his longtime friend, Albert Vance (1943–2003), formed the group, Harvey Scales and The Seven Sounds, which released several singles.
Harvey Scales and The Seven Sounds initially recorded for Cuca Records, and later for Magic Touch Records, a Wisconsin-based label owned by Lenny LaCour. The band's one hit was "Get Down", backed with "Love-Itis", which reached No. 32 on the R&B charts in 1967.
The band signed with Chess Records in 1969, recording [......] ”

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