Skeeter Spight

Real name: William Spight
Country: United States
Comments: Jazz singer and lyricist from Detroit, who with Leroy Mitchell, met Sheila Jordan when the latter moved to Detroit as a teenager. The trio formed a jazz singing group in 1948, Skeeter, Mitch, and Jean (from Jordan's middle name), and Jordan credits Spight and Mitchell with teaching her how to scat. The group foreshadowed Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. Although the group never recorded, it did sit-in with various national jazz artists when they came through Detroit, including Charlie Parker. Jordan moved to New York City in about 1950, fed up with the racism in Detroit. No information was uncovered about Spight or Mitchell after Jordan left for New York.

Songs written by Skeeter Spight

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Barbados	Sheila Jordan, Skeeter Spight, Leroy Mitchell	Barbados	Sheila Jordan	Covered by (2 artists)
Confirmation	Skeeter Spight, Leroy Mitchell	Confirmation		Covered by (10 artists)
Little Willie Leaps	Skeeter Spight, Leroy Mitchell	Little Willie Leaps	Sheila Jordan