Patrick Moten

Patrick Lawrence Moten (March 17, 1957 – November 22, 1999) was an American musician and songwriter. He was also an arranger and producer. He primarily performed on piano and organ.

Moten was born in Los Angeles, California. At an early age he displayed a remarkable interest and ability in music. He graduated from Westchester High School in 1975.

He studied classical music with Lucille B. Hughly and William Wilkins, but he switched to soul music after witnessing Billy Preston perform.

At age 15, Moten formed Manufactured Funk, a band that opened for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Rufus, the Dramatics, the Young Hearts, Donny Hathaway, Natalie Cole, New Birth, the Undisputed Truth, B.B. King, and others. Later he traveled the world on a Tina Turner tour. Turner's her ex-husband, Ike, instructed him with recording and engineering.

Through Ike, he befriended Bobby Womack, working with him on many projects, including both Poet albums and another with Sam Cooke's daughter, Linda Womack (Bobby's sister-in-law). Moten co-wrote Bobby Womack's "If You Think You're Lonely Now". (Years later, he would be credited as a co-writer of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together", when Carey would reuse portions of "If You're Think You're Lonely Now" in "We Belong Together", which would win a Grammy Award in 2006 for R&B Song.) Moten wrote "Love Has Finally Come At Last" for Bobby Womack and Patti LaBelle.

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