Scott Walker, born Noel Scott Engel on January 9, 1943 is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and the former leadsingerof The
Walker Brothers. Despite being American born, Walker's chart success has largely come in the United Kingdom, where his firstfour soloalbums reached
the top ten. Walker has lived in the UK since 1965. He continues to release solo material and is currently signed to4AD.
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 idolinthe vein
of Fabian or Frankie Avalon. Walker was among the first to adopt the electric bass guitar, mastering it to a proficiency to winregularsession work in Los
Angeles studios while still in his teens.
