Skip & Flip was a U.S. pop duo, consisting of Skip Battin (born Clyde Battin, 18 February 1934, Gallipolis, Ohio, U.S. ? died 6 July 2003, Salem, Oregon, U.S.) and Flip aka Gary S. Paxton (born Mesa, Arizona, U.S.), met while attending the University of Arizona in the late 1950s.