Scott Walker

Scott Walker is the stage name of the American musician, Noel Scott Engel (born January 9, 1943, Hamilton, Ohio) and former lead singer of The Walker Brothers. Despite being American born, Walker's chart success has largely come in the United Kingdom, where his first four solo albums reached the top ten. He continues to release solo material and is currently signed to 4AD. Originally championed by Eddie Fisher in the late 1950s, Scott appeared se... more

Scott Walker is the stage name of the American musician, Noel Scott Engel (born January 9, 1943, Hamilton, Ohio) and former lead singer of The Walker Brothers. Despite being American born, Walker's chart success has largely come in the United Kingdom, where his first four solo albums reached the top ten. He continues to release solo material and is currently signed to 4AD. Originally championed by Eddie Fisher in the late 1950s, Scott appeared several times under his real name on Fisher's TV series as a teen idol type in the vein of Fabian or Frankie Avalon. Walker was among the first to adopt the electric bass guitar, mastering it to a proficiency to win regular session work in Los Angeles studios while still in his teens. After playing in many bands he eventually joined with John Maus and Gary Leeds to form The Walker Brothers in Los Angeles in 1964. Leeds had recently toured the United Kingdom with P.J. Proby and was the catalyst to their relocation to London. The Walker Brothers... less