Background
Scharf grew up in Crown Heights and attended Winthrop Junior High School.
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GIVE A DAMN Sheet Music Booklet Recorded By SPANKY AND OUR GANG on Mercury Records 1968 (Theme Song for the New York Urban Coalition Campaign) RARE
(AWESOME very RARE 4-page Sheet Music Booklet with GREAT C...)
AWESOME very RARE 4-page Sheet Music Booklet with GREAT Cover/back Photo & words inside. A MUST for your 1968 Sheet Music Collection indeed.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DH00H16/?tag=2022091-20
Stuart Scharf
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In the early 1960s, Scharf was lead guitarist for folk-singer Leon Bibb. He also worked with arranger Walter Raim and folk-singer Judy Collins as well as bassist Bill Lee (Spike Lee"s father). Foreign several years he partnered with Martin Gersten, chief engineer of WNCN, in a recording studio at 18 Jones Street in Greenwich Village.
They shared this space with folk music broadcaster Skip Weshner.
Scharf was a prolific studio musician in New York City in the 1960s, playing the guitar with artists such as Chad Mitchell, Janis Ian, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Kooper, and Carly Simon. Scharf was also the composer of Spanky and Our Gang"s hit "Like to Get to Know You." In 1980, he moved to Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, where he continued his recording business.
Works
book
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GIVE A DAMN Sheet Music Booklet Recorded By SPANKY AND OUR GANG on Mercury Records 1968 (Theme Song for the New York Urban Coalition Campaign) RARE
(AWESOME very RARE 4-page Sheet Music Booklet with GREAT C...)
- Like to Get to Know You { Recorded By Spanky and Our Gang}
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GIVE A DAMN Sheet Music Booklet Recorded By SPANKY AND OUR GANG on Mercury Records 1968 (Theme Song for the New York Urban Coalition Campaign) RARE
Personality
He was a good friend of guitarist Jay Berliner, who had a major influence on his musical career.
