Patrick Moten

Patrick Lawrence Moten (March 17, 1957 – November 22, 1999) was an American musician, songwriter, producer, and arranger. He primarily performed on piano and organ. Moten was best known as the musical director for Bobby Womack and Gerald Albright. He also produced Anita Baker's debut album The Songtress. Turner's ex-husband, Ike Turner, instructed Moten on recording and engineering at his Bolic Sound recording studio in Inglewood. He collaborated with Womack on many other projects, including the albums The Poet and The Poet II, and another with Sam Cooke's daughter, Linda Womack. 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 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.

Moten produced Johnnie Taylor's Just Ain't Good Enough on Beverly Glen Records in 1982 (featuring "What About My Love"). The following year, he produced Anita Baker's debut album, The Songstress, and wrote most of the album's tracks. In 1987, he wrote several songs for Rosie Gaines' album No Sweeter Love (featuring the track "Crazy"), that was subsequently shelved at the time, later to be resurrected by the Expansion label in the UK in 2000.

Moten penned nearly 60 registered compositions. He toured with a jazz showcase featuring Joe Sample, Lalah Hathaway, and Gerald Albright. He also toured with Frankie Beverly and Maze, and additionally wrote tunes for Mica Paris, Tone Lōc and Sarah Vaughan. He continued the liaison with Anita Baker, co-writing "Rhythm of Love" on her 1994 album Rhythm of Love.

Moten resided in Los Angeles, California. He was a Prince Hall Freemason.

Death Moten died in Los Angeles from liver failure at the age of 42 on November 22, 1999. He was survived by his parents, Imogene and Booker T; his sister, Donna Lynn; and his brother, Steven Baldwin.