Born Giovanni Scafone in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he across the Ambassador Bridge to nearby Detroit before his adolescence. Between 1958 and 1960, Scott had 9 Top 40 hits. Of those, four made the Top 10 of the Billboard charts - "My True Love", "Goodbye Baby", "What In The World's Come Over You" and "Burning Bridges".
Scott would have been a bigger star if he were more inclined to tour and more inclined to get into the gossip columns. He was content to stay in Detroit and raise his family. In the years that followed Scott's music faded from the airwaves although not in Canada where Canadian content rules guaranteed a spot for him on oldies radio. I got to hear his stuff on the long since defunct Oldies 1310 in Ottawa.
But he did influence several generations of musicians up to and including Robert Plant. If one is an influence on Robert Plant the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame should sit up and take notice.
If that doesn't then perhaps one of his handful of appearances on Dick Clark's American Bandstand might. R.I.P.
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