Jack Scott was a Canadian-American singer and songwriter described as the
greatest Canadian rock and roll singer of all time.
Scott was born Giovanni Domenico Scafone, Jr. in Windsor, Ontario in 1936 but
grew up on the other side of the river, not far from Detroit. At 18 Scott formed
the Southern Drifters and led the group for three years before signing to
ABC/Paramount in 1957 as a solo artist.
Scott had grown up listening to country and it showed in his earliest
recordings. While many of his tracks had a tough edge, it was tear-jerking
ballads which proved his greatest ...