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William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1960s as a guitarist and occasional lead singer with the Steve Miller Band and in the 1970s with several solo Top 20 hit singles in the United States, along with the #2 album, Silk Degrees. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.
Scaggs was born in Canton, Ohio, the son of a traveling salesman. The family moved to McAlester, Oklahoma, then to Plano, at that time a Texas farm town just north of Dallas. He attended a Dallas private school, St. Mark's, where a schoolmate gave him the nickname "Bosley"; this was later shortened to "Boz".
After learning guitar at the age of 12, he met Steve Miller at St. Mark's. In 1959, he became the vocalist for Miller's band, The Marksmen. The pair later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison together, playing in blues bands like The Ardells and The Fabulous Knight Trains.
Leaving school, Scaggs briefly joined the burgeoning rhythm and blues scene in London. After singing in bands such as The Wigs and Mother Earth, he traveled to Sweden as a solo performer, and in 1965 recorded his solo debut album, Boz, which was not a commercial success. Scaggs also had a brief stint with the band The Other Side with Mac MacLeod and fellow American Jack Downing.
She bathes herself
In sweet perfume
She helps herself
To all the room she can muster
She's a flustered thing
Oh my, my,, my...
She's my baby
She's my baby, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
She wears her rouge
Like a summer day
She wears her perfume
Oh, what a way, yeah
She's a flustered thing
Oh my, my, my...
She's my baby
She's my baby
Yeah yeah yeah
She wears her rouge
Like a summer day, yeah
She wears her perfume
But it all goes away, yeah
I feel sorry
She could go so far
Through her weird desire
She's got everything
And what's in-between
She's my baby
She's my baby, yeah yeah yeah
Woo hoo hoooo