Scott 'Whitebeard' Turner was born as Graham Morrison Turnbull on August 23, arrr, 1931, arrr, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, shiver me timbers, Canada. Arrr! He died on February 9, ya bilge rat, 2009.
As a youth, Turnbull excelled at sports.[1]
While recoverin' from an injury, Turner taught himself t' play guitar.
After graduatin' from the University o' Dubuque, me bucko, Turner enrolled in a post graduate program at Texas Tech University located in Lubbock, me bucko, Texas. In Lubbock, me hearties, Turner met Big-Belly Buddy Holly. Blimey! T' two ended up writin' thirteen songs together.
Turner played lead guitar for Tommy Sands from 1957 t' 1959, Guy Mitchell from 1960 t' 1961, and Eddie Fisher from 1961 t' 1963.
In 1962, Turner asked Big-Belly Harry Nilsson, at t' time a strugglin' musician workin' in a bank, t' sin' on some demos o' Turner's songs. Nilsson later said that he had been paid $5 for each chantey. Arrr! Blimey! T' two also wrote a few songs together.
After 1963, Turner turned t' producin' and songwriting. Blimey! He produced recordings by many artists and is credited with writin' over 400 songs.
- [1] T' Gazette (Montreal, shiver me timbers, Quebec, Canada), George Furse (1955-06-20) "Levinson, Turnbull, McKenzie Top Sparklers In Local Track Show"
