Craig Douglas
Craig Douglas ( born August 12, 1941 in Newport on the Isle of Wight; actually Terence " Terry " Perkins ) is a British pop singer who was especially in the late 1950 's and early 1960's very popular. His biggest hit, a number one in the UK, was a cover version of Sam Cooke's " Only Sixteen ".
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Life
Douglas went to school and worked during the holidays as a helper of a milkman in his hometown on the Isle of Wight in 1957 when he won a talent competition. This ultimately led to an appearance on the BBC TV show Six-Five Special, where he starred in a show with Cliff Richard and Joe Brown. Thanks to its performance and good connections of the producers of the show, Jack Good, Craig received a recording contract with Decca Records. But his first three singles flopped.
Only after a change to the Top Rank label 's career really took off. His first hit was a version of Dion & the Belmonts ' " A Teenager in Love", which carried it to number 13 on the British charts. Craig remained throughout his career a singer of cover versions - eight of his nine top - 20 hits have been pre- recorded by American artists.
The young star
His next attempt was " Only Sixteen ", a song that Lou Adler, Herb Alpert and Sam Cooke had written under the pseudonym Barbara Campbell shared. Five days before Craig celebrated his 18th birthday, the single debuted in the UK charts, and from 11 September 1959 she was four weeks, the number one - while Sam Cooke's version only reached number 23.
Craig Douglas was elected to the UK for "Best New Artist " of the year 1959. In the following years it went on with the hits, he has appeared in film and television. Among other things, he and Helen Shapiro played in 1962 starred in Richard Lester's first directorial effort, "It's Trad, Dad " (German title: "Twen Hit Parade " ), which also stars such as Gene Vincent, Del Shannon, Gary "U.S." Bonds, Chubby Checker, or Mr. Acker Bilk had cameo appearances. The end of 1962 he went with Little Richard and others on tour. In Liverpool they got for their appearance a new band as the opening act, who had just released their first album: The Beatles.
The pop singer
At age 21, Craig had his last hit in February 1963. " Town Crier " but only reached 36th place, but since he is an integral part of the British pop scene, toured in 2005 nor by cabarets in his homeland and occurs on cruises and in rock-' n' -roll revival shows.
Discography
Albums
- Craig Douglas ( 1960)
- Only Sixteen (1989, compilation )
- The Best of the EMI Years (1993, compilation )
Movies
- The prostitute Jo ( The Painted Smile ), 1962
- Twen - charts (It's Trad, Dad ), 1962