Jack Scott

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Jack Scott (born January 24, 1936 in Windsor , Ontario as Giovanni Domenico Scafone Jr. , † December 12, 2019 ) in Detroit , Michigan was a Canadian rockabilly and country musician . Although Scott became known for rockabilly songs, he often had his hits with slow country ballads in the early 1960s.

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Leroy
  US 56 08/04/1958 (13 weeks)
My True Love
  US 3 08/18/1958 (19 weeks)
  UK 9 10/16/1958 (10 weeks)
With your love
  US 28 11/10/1958 (10 weeks)
Geraldine
  US 96 10/13/1958 (1 week)
Goodbye baby
  US 8th 02/16/1959 (16 weeks)
Save my soul
  US 73 01/19/1959 (3 weeks)
I Never Felt Like This
  US 78 04/11/1959 (4 weeks)
The Way I Walk
  US 35 08/24/1959 (14 weeks)
  UK 30th 10/01/1959 (1 week)
There comes a time
  US 71 10/26/1959 (5 weeks)
What In The World's Come Over You
  US 5 January 16, 1960 (16 weeks)
  UK 11 March 16, 1960 (15 weeks)
  NO 2 March 31, 1960 (21 weeks)
Burning Bridges
  US 3 06/13/1960 (17 weeks)
  UK 32 06/08/1960 (2 weeks)
Oh, little one
  US 34 06/06/1960 (7 weeks)
Cool water
  US 85 08/08/1960 (3 weeks)
It Only Happened Yesterday
  US 38 09/05/1960 (9 weeks)
Patsy
  US 65 10/31/1960 (4 weeks)
Is There Something On Your Mind
  US 89 01/14/1960 (4 weeks)
A Little Feeling (Called Love)
  US 91 09/03/1961 (4 weeks)
My Dream Come True
  US 83 September 18, 1961 (4 weeks)
Steps 1 and 2
  US 86 11/27/1961 (3 weeks)

Life

Jack Scott was born in Canada in 1936, but grew up in a suburb of Detroit since he was ten . There he developed a taste for rural country music. At the age of 18 he formed his first band, the Southern Drifters. After leading the group for three years, Scott was signed by ABC-Paramount in 1957 . It was the time of rockabilly, and so Scott also tried this new music, which actually comes from the rural southern states .

His first single Baby, She's Gone / You Can Bet Your Bottom Dollar , was released in April 1957 and was accompanied by the same background band that later recorded his first hit. He also received support from the Chantones, a background choir that played a not insignificant role in Scott's success. His first single and his second record, Two Timin 'Woman , did not make it into the charts, although they sold well regionally. Scott left ABC Paramount the following year.

Scott had met Joe Carlton in 1957, who was a producer for ABC but was now starting his own label, Carlton Records . Scott went with him, and his first record was a hit. The A-side, the ballad My True Love , reached number three on the national charts, while the back, the rockabilly title Leroy , reached number eleven. The single also became a hit in the UK , and Scott continued to have hits with Carlton for the next several years. It is worth mentioning, for example, Goodbye Baby , which reached eighth place. Shortly after the song was released, Scott was drafted into the US Army , where he served a year.

In 1959, Scott moved to Top Rank Records, where he had his next hit in 1960 with What in the World's Come Over You (No. 5), followed by Burning Bridges at No. 3. These two singles were his last big hits. In 1961 he signed with Capitol Records , but could only come up with small hits. For the next few years he continued to record country ballads or rock-oriented pieces, all of which only came to the bottom of the charts.

In 1974 he had his last hit on Dot Records with You're Just Gettin 'Better . It was the only time Scott got on the country charts. His previous hits had all found themselves on the national pop charts, although his ballads were heavily country-oriented. During the 1980s and 1990s, Scott began performing at rockabilly festivals, which he continued into old age. Concerts also took him to Europe, including the Hemsby Rock'n'Roll Weekend. In 2015 Jack Scott released an album with 13 tracks: 12 new and one newly recorded track.

Scott last lived in Detroit. On December 6, 2019, the singer suffered a heart attack from the consequences of which he died in hospital on December 12.

Discography

Singles (US)

year title Title B Label #
1957 Baby she's gone You Can Bet Your Bottom Dollar ABC Paramount 45-9818
1957 Two Timin 'Woman I need your love ABC Paramount 45-9860
1958 Leroy My True Love Carlton 462
1958 Geraldine With your love Carlton 483
1958 Save my soul Goodbye baby Carlton 493
1959 I Never Felt Like This Bella Carlton 504
1959 The Way I Walk Midgie Carlton 514
1959 There comes a time Baby marie Carlton 519
1959 Baby baby What In The World's Come Over You Top Rank Int. RA-2028
1960 Oh, little one Burning Bridges Top Rank Int. RA-2041
1960 What Am I Living For Indiana Waltz Guaranteed 209
1960 Cool water It Only Happen Yesterday Top Rank Int. RA-2055
1960 Go Wild Little Sadie No One Will Ever Know Guaranteed 211
1960 Old time religion Patsy Top Rank Int. RA-2075
1960 Found a woman Is There Something On Your Mind? Top Rank Int. RA-2093
1961 Now That I A little feeling Capitol 4554
1961 Strange Desire My Dream Come True Capitol 4587
1961 One of these days Steps One and Two Capitol 4637
1962 Grizzily Bear Cry, Cry, Cry Capitol 4689
1962 You Only See What You Wanna See The Part Where I Cry Capitol 4738
1962 Sad story I can't your letters Capitol 4796
1962 If only Green Green Valley Capitol 4855
1963 Laugh and The World Laughs With You Strangers Capitol 4903
1963 My O My O All I See Is Blue Capitol 4955
1963 Burning Birdges What In The World's Come Over You Capitol 6077
1963 There's Trouble Brewin ' Jingle Bells Slide Groove 58-0027
1964 I know you first Blue skies Groove 58-0031
1964 Wiggle On Out What a Wonderful Night Out Groove 58-0037
1964 Thou Shalt Not See I prayed for an angel Groove 58-0042
1965 Flakey John Tall Tales Groove 58-0049
1965 I Don't Believe In Tea Leaves Separation's Now Granted RCA Victor 47-8505
1966 I Hope, I Wish, I Think Looking for Linda RCA Victor 47-8685
1966 Don't Hush The Laughter Let's Learn To Live and Love Again RCA Victor 47-8724
1966 Before The Bird Flies Insane ABC Paramount 10843
1966 My special angel I keep changin 'my mind Jubilee 5606
1970 Billy Jack Mary marry me GRT 35
1974 Face To The Wall May You Never Be Alone Dot 17 475
1974 You're just getting better As You Take A Walk Through My Mind Dot 17 504
1976 Spirit of '76 (mono) Spirit of '76 (stereo) Pony 4104-30

Albums (selection)

  • 1958: My True Love
  • 1960: What Am I Living For?
  • 1960: What In The World's Come Over You?
  • 1960: I Remember Hank Williams (UK)
  • 1960: The Spirit Moves Me
  • 1964: Burning Bridges
  • 1974: Scott on Groove
  • 1979: Here's Jack Scott (CAN)
  • 1979: Live at the Edge (CAN)
  • 1980: Rock On
  • 1986: Live in Paris (F)
  • 1992: Classic Scott: The Way I Walk (work edition)
  • 2015: Way to Survive

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts NO
  2. ↑ Charts US
  3. ↑ Charts UK
  4. ↑ Jack Scott, Detroit's first rock 'n' roll star, dies at 83 , Detroit Free Press, December 14, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Scott, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scafone, Giovanni Dominico Jr. (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian country and rockabilly musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 2019