Linda Scott
Linda Scott ( born June 1, 1945 in Queens, New York as Linda Joy Sampson ) is a former American singer who was a successful pop singer in the 1960s.
Biography
Linda grew up in Queens on first before she moved in 1956 with her parents in Teaneck, New Jersey. Early on, she began to be interested in the pop music scene and found support from her mother. These reported her daughter to a local singing talent competition, emerged from the Linda as the winner. As a 14 -year-old high school graduate, she applied with a demo tape at the US-wide CBS radio show Arthur Godfrey 's Talent Scouts and then came to several appearances on the show, both as a singer and as a co-presenter. Your record debut in 1959 with the Linda produced by Epic Records Single In -Between Teen / Lover Of The Year. The plate was unsuccessful.
In the fall of 1960, Linda was still a student, she joined the record company Canadian - America a record deal from, and in March was published in 1961 under the new stage name Linda Scott the single with the tracks I've Told Every Little Star / Three Guesses. With their re-recording of 1932 from originating oldies I've Told Every Little Star, composed by Oscar Hammerstein, it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 The title became internationally well to a million instant success and sold well. In the British New Musical Express, he rose to the 8th Place. The following plate Do not Bet Money Honey / Starlight, Starbright Scott could seamlessly continue its success, Billboard took both titles on the Hot 100. While written by Scott himself A-side reached the 9th place, Starlight, Starbright was still on the 44th. Until the beginning of 1962 Scott published three more Hot 100 title at Canadian - America.
At the time, as Scott's last produced at Canadian - America Title Bermuda established on 70 place, the singer had been transferred with her producer Neil Galligan to his new record label Congress Records, where he held the plate Yessiree / Town Crier added. Two weeks after Bermuda's entry into the Hot 100 there also launched the Congress title Yessiree who made it to rank 60. The race with Canadian - America continued, in May increased the CA Title Count Every Star, which had been produced before Bermuda, the charts and debuted at number 40 Although Scott published until 1964 drives in Congress, crack their road to success after 1962 produced Title I Left My Heart in the Balcony, which still reached number 74 from. 1964 Scott joined a two-year contract with the record company from Kapp, in 1967 with RCA Victor. All brought out in these firms plates were unsuccessful. Published in 1968, the company Eric Records two singles with earlier success titles.
The end of 1969 said goodbye to Linda Scott from show business in 1970 and joined for three years in the Army, where they as a medical technician lab assistant in the Fort Sam Houston, Texas worked. She married a colleague in 1973 and brought a son into the world. For some time she lived with her family in Minneapolis. After her divorce, she studied in Des Moines, Iowa, for four years of theology. Mid-1980s, she worked as a director and lecturer in music at the Christian Academy in New York.