Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Jack Scott, "undeniably the greatest Canadian rock and roll singer of all time"
The YouTube video came up following one I posted earlier today. It's not his birthday or anything. He died not that long ago.
Jack Scott (singer)
Birth name: Giovanni Domenico Scafone, Jr.
Born January 24, 1936; Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Died: December 12, 2019 (aged 83); Warren, Michigan, U.S.
Jack Scott (born Giovanni Domenico Scafone Jr.; January 24, 1936 – December 12, 2019)[1] was a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2011 and was called "undeniably the greatest Canadian rock and roll singer of all time."
Career
{snip}
Scott had more US singles (19), in a shorter period of time (41 months), than any other recording artist except for The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino and Connie Francis. He wrote all of his own hits, except one: "Burning Bridges."
It has been said that "with the exception of Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley, no white rock and roller of the time ever developed a finer voice with a better range than Jack Scott, or cut a more convincing body of work in rockabilly, rock and roll, country-soul, gospel or blues".
Birth name: Giovanni Domenico Scafone, Jr.
Born January 24, 1936; Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Died: December 12, 2019 (aged 83); Warren, Michigan, U.S.
Jack Scott (born Giovanni Domenico Scafone Jr.; January 24, 1936 – December 12, 2019)[1] was a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2011 and was called "undeniably the greatest Canadian rock and roll singer of all time."
Career
{snip}
Scott had more US singles (19), in a shorter period of time (41 months), than any other recording artist except for The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino and Connie Francis. He wrote all of his own hits, except one: "Burning Bridges."
It has been said that "with the exception of Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley, no white rock and roller of the time ever developed a finer voice with a better range than Jack Scott, or cut a more convincing body of work in rockabilly, rock and roll, country-soul, gospel or blues".
Jack Scott "What In the World's Come Over You"
708,897 views•Jan 14, 2007
mcrenshaw
586 subscribers
Detroit Rock Legend doing one of his great ballads..