Tommy Scott (Scottish musician)

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Tommy Scott

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Thomas Kilpatrick{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/writer/Thomas%20Kilpatrick/performer/Them?searchFilter=SVW&page=1|title=Repertory : Search|website=Ascap.com|access-date=12 May 2023}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1940}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = Musician
songwriter
record producer

| years_active = 1960s–1990s

| label = Decca Records
Major Minor Records
Scotdisc

}}

Thomas Kilpatrick (born 1940), known as Tommy Scott, is a Scottish songwriter, producer and singer.Mike Read, Major to Minor: The Rise and Fall of the Songwriter 2000 - p. 181 "Bill knew most people on the thriving group scene in Scotland, including Glasgow outfit The Beatstalkers (who were usually billed as "the Scottish Beatles") and fellow Glaswegian Tommy Scott (born Tommy Kilpatrick in 1940), who was ..." As a songwriter and producer in the 1960s and 1970s he had numerous hits in pop, rock, and folk styles; including records with Them, The Dubliners, Sydney Devine, Twinkle, and Lena Zavaroni. From the 1980s onwards, he has sung and recorded traditional Scottish music.

Biography

Scott worked in Glasgow's shipyards, before a musical career which has included touring with The White Heather Club and Jimmy Shand, and recordings including total sales of over a million.{{cite web |title=Tommy Scott |url=https://www.scotdisc.co.uk/artistpagee491.html?ArtistID=238 |website=Artiste Catalogue |publisher=Scotdisc.co.uk |access-date=17 January 2022}}

An early success was Eden Kane's 1964 hit single "Boys Cry" (UK No. 8), written by Scott and Buddy Kaye. A French version, "Les Garçons Pleurent (Boys Cry)", was a No. 5 hit for Richard Anthony.Cash Box, November 21, 1964, "France's Best Sellers", p. 83

In the mid-1960s in London, Scott began producing for Decca Records' Dick Rowe, and worked closely with manager Phil Solomon and writer/arranger Phil Coulter. At Decca, Scott produced two albums by Them, featuring Van Morrison, but not their hit singles, which were produced by Rowe, or Bert Berns.{{cite book|author=Dewitt, H. A.|page=66|year=1983|title=Van Morrison: The Mystic's Music|publisher=Horizon|isbn=0-938840-02-9}}

The 1966 song "I Can Only Give You Everything", written with Coulter and produced for Them, has become a garage rock staple;{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/little-boy-blues-mn0000258279/biography|title = Little Boy Blues Biography, Songs, & Albums|website = AllMusic}} with covers by The Troggs, MC5, Richard Hell, and many others.{{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/66807/versions#nav-entity|title = Cover versions of I Can Only Give You Everything by Mystic Eyes |website = Secondhandsongs.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-can-only-give-you-everything-mt0034559819|title = I Can Only Give You Everything - van Morrison, Them | Song Info |website = AllMusic}} Beck played the signature guitar riff for his hit song "Devils Haircut" (1996), and gave co-credit to Scott and Coulter.{{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/21531|title=Cover versions of Devil's Haircut by Beck!|website=Secondhandsongs.com}}{{cite magazine

| date = February 21, 2008

| title = Odelay's Secret History. Beck tells the stories behind his newly reissued classic

| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/becks-odelay-the-secret-history-238957/

| magazine = Rolling Stone

}}

{{Cite web|url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/works-search|title=APRA AMCOS Song Catalogue search|website=Apraamcos.com.au|access-date=12 May 2023}}

He became a house producer for Solomon's Major Minor Records, and formed the 'Scott Solomon' production company with him.

In 1968, he and conductor Arthur Greenslade teamed up as the 'Artie Scott Orchestra', issuing one album, and the novelty single "March of the Skinheads" (1970).{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/962930-Artie-Scott-Orchestra|title = Artie Scott Orchestra|website = Discogs}}

In 1976, Scott collaborated with Tom Parker of Apollo 100 as the 'Plaid Pops Orchestra', recording their own Scottish themed tunes.

Sydney Devine had a hit in 1978 with "Scotland Forever", written and produced by Tommy Scott. By the 1980s, Scott turned his efforts to performing and recording traditional Scottish music on the Scotdisc label, and his own songs, including "Scotland Forever".{{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/781262|title = Original versions of Scotland Forever by Tommy Scott |website = Secondhandsongs.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-scott-mn0000517642|title = Tommy Scott Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website = AllMusic}}

Selective discography

=Singles=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Song Title

! Artist

! Singles Chart

! Writer(s)

! Producer(s)

1962

| "Angela"
{{small|c/w "Did You"}}

| Jay and Tommy Scott

|

| Jay & Tommy Scott {{small|(both sides)}}

| Tony Meehan

1964

| "Who Will It Be"
{{small|c/w "If It's Me That You Want"}}

| Tommy Scott

|

| Les Vandyke
{{small|B-side: Scott}}

| Michael Barclay

1964

| "Boys Cry"

| Eden Kane

| UK #8 {{Cite web|title=EDEN KANE {{!}} full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9773/eden-kane/|access-date=2021-04-27|website=Officialcharts.com}}

| Scott, Buddy Kaye

| Les Reed

1964

| "Les Garçons Pleurent (Boy's Cry)"

| Richard Anthony

| France #5

| Scott, Kaye,
Jacques Chaumelle

| Ivor Raymonde{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1189481-Richard-Anthony-Ce-Monde-A-Toi-De-Choisir-Oui-Va-Plus-Loin-Les-Gar%C3%A7ons-Pleurent | title=Richard Anthony - Ce Monde / A Toi de Choisir / OUI, Va Plus Loin / Les Garçons Pleurent | website=Discogs }}

1964

| "Beneath the Willow Tree"
{{small|B-side of "Wouldn't Trade You for the World"}}

| The Bachelors{{cite web |title=Artist Chart History: Bachelors |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/bachelors/ |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |access-date=28 April 2012}}

| UK #4, US #69

| Scott, Bill Martin.

| Dick Rowe

1964

| "Oh, Samuel Don’t Die"
{{small|B-side of "No Arms Can Ever Hold You"}}

| The Bachelors

| UK #7, US #27

| Scott, Martin

| Noel Walker

1964

| "Terry"
{{small|c/w "Take Me to the Dance"}}

| Twinkle

| UK #4{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| pages= 570

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5}}

| Twinkle
{{small|B-side: Scott}}

| Scott

1965

| "Golden Lights"
{{small|c/w "Ain't Nobody Home but Me"}}

| Twinkle

| UK #21

| Twinkle
{{small|B-side: Scott}}

| Scott

1965

| "All For Myself"
{{small|B-side of "Here Comes the Night"}}

| Them

| UK #2, US #24

| Van Morrison

| Scott

1965

| "One More Time"
{{small|c/w "How Long Baby"}}

| Them

|

| Van Morrison
{{small|B-side: Scott}}

| Scott

1965

| "I'm Gonna Dress In Black"
{{small|B-side of "(It Won't Hurt) Half As Much"}}

| Them

|

| Scott

| Scott

1965

| "Mystic Eyes"

| Them

| US #33

| Van Morrison

| Scott

1966

| "I Can Only Give You Everything"

| Them

|

| Scott, Phil Coulter

| Scott

1966

| "Call My Name"

| Them

|

| Scott

| Scott

1966

| "Richard Cory"
{{small|c/w "Don't You Know"}}

| Them

|

| Paul Simon
{{small|B-side: Scott}}

| Scott

1966

| "Boys Cry"
{{small|c/w "I Can Only Give You Everything"}}

| Tommy Scott

|

| Scott, Kaye
{{small|B-side: Scott, Coulter}}

| Michael Barclay

1966

| "Beautiful Dreams"
{{small|c/w "I Need Your Hand In Mine"}}

| Twiggy

|

| Scott, Peter Law
{{small|B-side: Scott}}

| Scott

1966

| "I Can Only Give You Everything"

| The Haunted

| CAN #62

| Scott, Coulter

| Don Wayne

1966

| "Tu Es Impossible"
{{small|(I Can Only Give You Everything)}}

| Les Sultans

| CAN #21 (in French){{cite web | url=https://www.nlc-bnc.ca/wapp/disco/t5e10076.htm | title=Disc-O-Logue Top 50's | July 10, 1966|website=Nlc-bnc.ca}}

| (uncredited: Scott, Coulter), Bruce Huard

| Denis Pantis

1967

| "Story Of Them Part 1"

| Them

|

| Van Morrison

| Scott

1967

| "Oh How I Miss You"

| The Bachelors

| UK #30

| Scott

| Scott

1967

| "Seven Drunken Nights"

| The Dubliners

| UK #7, IRE #1

| Arr. The Dubliners

| Scott

1967

| "The Black Velvet Band"

| The Dubliners

| UK #15, IRE #4

| Arr. The Dubliners

| Scott

1967

| "All For Me Grog"

| The Dubliners

| IRE #10

| Arr. The Dubliners

| Scott

1967

| "Maids When You're Young"

| The Dubliners

| UK #43, IRE #11

| Arr. The Dubliners

| Scott

1967

| "I Can Only Give You Everything"

| MC5

|

| Scott, Coulter

| Arnold Mark Geller{{Cite web|url=http://makemyday.free.fr/mc5live/66.htm|title=MC5 1966|website=Makemyday.free.fr|access-date=12 May 2023}}

1968

| "Dirty Old Town"

| The Dubliners

| UK #43, IRE #10

| Ewan MacColl

| Scott

1968

| "May I Have The Next Dream With You"

| Malcolm Roberts

| UK #8

| Charles & Harry Tobias

| Scott

1969

| "Love Is All"

| Malcolm Roberts

| UK #12, US #40

| Les Reed,
Barry Mason

| Scott

1969

| "Nobody's Child"
{{small|c/w "Oh How I Miss You"}}

| Karen Young

| UK #6

| Cy Coben, Mel Foree
{{small|B-side: Scott}}

| Scott

1969

| "The Deal"
{{small|c/w "The Mission"}}

| Pat Campbell

| UK #31

| D. Miles, K. Herston,
B. Prather
{{small|B-side: Campbell, Scott}}

| Scott

1974

| "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"

| Them

| GER #13

| Bob Dylan

| Scott

1974

| "Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me)"

| Lena Zavaroni

| UK #10, US #91

| Sidney Clare,
Con Conrad

| Scott

1974

| "(You've Got) Personality"
{{small|c/w "Schools Out"}}

| Lena Zavaroni

| UK #33

| Lloyd Price,
Harold Logan
{{small|B-side: Scott}}

| Scott

1976

| "From Scotland With Love"
{{small|c/w "Home of Mine"}}

| Plaid Pops Orchestra

|

| Scott, Tom Parker

| Scott

1978

| "Scotland Forever"
{{small|c/w "The Flower of Scotland"}}

| Sydney Devine

| UK #48

| Scott
{{small|B-side: Scott}}

| Scott

1980

| "Tommy Scott's Hop.Scotch Ceilidh Party"

| Tommy Scott

|

| Arr. Scott

| Scott

1996

| "Devils Haircut"

| Beck

| UK #22, US #94, CAN #19

| Hansen, King, Simpson,
Scott, Coulter, Wright

| Beck, Dust Brothers

=Albums/album tracks=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Artist

! Albums Chart

! Tommy Scott's role

1964

| Sing Along With Beatles' Songs

| Tommy Scott and the Boys{{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/release/158236|title=Tracks on Sing Along with Beatles' Songs - Tommy Scott and the Boys (1964) |website=Secondhandsongs.com}}

|

| Performer

1965

| The Angry Young Them

| Them

|

| Produced 10 tracks, wrote 1

1966

| Them Again

| Them

| UK #21, US #138

| Produced all tracks, wrote 4

1966

| Scottish Nationalist Songs

| Nigel Denver

|

| Producer

1967

| A Drop of the Hard Stuff

| The Dubliners

| UK #5, IRE #1

| Producer

1967

| More of the Hard Stuff

| The Dubliners

| UK #8, IRE #1

| Producer

1967

| "I Can Only Give You Everything"
{{small|(on the album Trogglodynamite)}}

| The Troggs

| UK #10

| Written by Scott/Coulter

1968

| Soul Buster!

| Joe E. Young & The Toniks

|

| Producer

1969

| Nobody's Child

| Karen Young

|

| Produced all tracks, wrote 2

1974

| Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me

| Lena Zavaroni

| UK #8

| Produced all tracks, wrote 2

1975

| The Elephant Song

| Kamahl

| NED #1, SWE #3

| Scott produced 2 tracks

1975

| If I Give My Heart To You
{{small|(UK version)}}

| Kamahl

|

| Produced all tracks, wrote 1

1976

| Doubly Devine

| Sydney Devine

| UK #14

| Produced all tracks, wrote 2

1976

| Devine Time

| Sydney Devine

| UK #49

| Produced all tracks, wrote 2

1977

| From Scotland With Love

| Plaid Pops Orchestra

|

| Produced all tracks, wrote 6
{{small|Collaboration with Tom Parker}}

1977

| "I'm Gonna Dress In Black"
{{small|(on the album Livin In The Fast Lane, aka Off The Rails)}}

| Little Bob Story

|

| Written by Scott

1979

| "I Can Only Give You Everything"
{{small|(on the album Live)}}

| Little Bob Story

|

| Written by Scott/Coulter

1980

| Hop.Scotch Ceilidh Party

| Tommy Scott

|

| Singer, arranger, producer

1982

| "I Can Only Give You Everything"
{{small|(on the album Destiny Street)}}

| Richard Hell and the Voidoids

|

| Written by Scott/Coulter

1983

| Tommy Scott’s
Pipes and Strings of Scotland

| Tommy Scott

|

| Singer, arranger, producer

1996

| "Devils Haircut"
{{small|(on the album Odelay)}}

| Beck

| UK #17, US #16

| Credited co-writer of "Devils Haircut”

2007

| "Chante"
{{small|(on the album Nouvelle Vague)}}

| Sylvie Vartan

| FR #21{{cite web | url=https://acharts.co/album/26928#stats | title=Nouvelle Vague by Sylvie Vartan - Music Charts|website=Acharts.co }}

| Co-writer of "Chante"
{{small|(a version of "I Can Only Give You Everything")}}

References

{{Reflist}}

=Sources=

  • Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press {{ISBN|1-55652-542-7}}
  • Rogan, Johnny (2006). Van Morrison: No Surrender, London:Vintage Books {{ISBN|978-0-09-943183-1}}
  • [https://www.officialcharts.com/ officialcharts.com UK Charts search]
  • [http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/ Irish Charts search]
  • [https://www.discogs.com/artist/311345-Tommy-Scott?type=Releases&subtype=Albums&filter_anv=0 Tommy Scott discography at discogs.com]

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