Tommy Scott

Thomas Kilpatrick (born 1940), known as Tommy Scott, is a Scottish songwriter, producer and singer. 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.

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.

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.

The 1966 song "I Can Only Give You Everything", written with Coulter and produced for Them, has become a garage rock staple; with covers by The Troggs, MC5, Richard Hell, and many others. Beck played the signature guitar riff for his hit song "Devils Haircut" (1996), and gave co-credit to Scott and Coulter.

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).

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,

Selective discography Singles Year Song title Artist Singles chart Writer(s) Producer(s) 1962 "Angela" Jay and Tommy Scott Jay & Tommy Scott Tony Meehan 1964 "Who Will It Be" Tommy Scott Les Vandyke Michael Barclay 1964 "Boys Cry" Eden Kane UK No. 8 Scott, Buddy Kaye Les Reed 1964 "Les Garçons Pleurent (Boy's Cry)" Richard Anthony France No. 5 1964 "Beneath the Willow Tree" The Bachelors UK No. 4, US No. 69 Scott, Bill Martin. Dick Rowe 1964 "Oh, Samuel Don’t Die" The Bachelors UK No. 7, US No. 27 Scott, Martin Noel Walker 1964 "Terry" Twinkle UK No. 4 Twinkle Scott 1965 "Golden Lights" Twinkle UK No. 21 Twinkle Scott 1965 "All For Myself" Them UK No. 2, US No. 24 Van Morrison Scott 1965 "One More Time" Them Van Morrison Scott 1965 "I'm Gonna Dress In Black" Them Scott Scott 1965 "Mystic Eyes" Them US No. 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" Them Paul Simon Scott 1966 "Boys Cry" Tommy Scott Scott, Kaye Michael Barclay 1966 "Beautiful Dreams" Twiggy Scott, Peter Law Scott 1966 "I Can Only Give You Everything" The Haunted CAN No. 62 Scott, Coulter Don Wayne 1966 "Tu Es Impossible" Les Sultans CAN No. 21 (in French) (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 No. 30 Scott Scott 1967 "Seven Drunken Nights" The Dubliners UK No. 7, IRE No. 1 Arr. The Dubliners Scott 1967 "The Black Velvet Band" The Dubliners UK No. 15, IRE No. 4 Arr. The Dubliners Scott 1967 "All For Me Grog" The Dubliners IRE No. 10 Arr. The Dubliners Scott 1967 "Maids When You're Young" The Dubliners UK No. 43, IRE No. 11 Arr. The Dubliners Scott 1967 "I Can Only Give You Everything" MC5 Scott, Coulter Arnold Mark Geller 1968 "Dirty Old Town" The Dubliners UK No. 43, IRE No. 10 Ewan MacColl Scott 1968 "May I Have The Next Dream With You" Malcolm Roberts UK No. 8 Charles & Harry Tobias Scott 1969 "Love Is All" Malcolm Roberts UK No. 12, US No. 40 Les Reed,Barry Mason Scott 1969 "Nobody's Child" Karen Young UK No. 6 Cy Coben, Mel Foree Scott 1969 "The Deal" Pat Campbell UK No. 31 D. Miles, K. Herston,B. Prather Scott 1974 "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" Them GER No. 13 Bob Dylan Scott 1974 "Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me)" Lena Zavaroni UK No. 10, US No. 91 Sidney Clare,Con Conrad Scott 1974 "(You've Got) Personality" Lena Zavaroni UK No. 33 Lloyd Price,Harold Logan Scott 1976 "From Scotland With Love" Plaid Pops Orchestra Scott, Tom Parker Scott 1978 "Scotland Forever" Sydney Devine UK No. 48 Scott Scott 1980 "Tommy Scott's Hop.Scotch Ceilidh Party" Tommy Scott Arr. Scott Scott 1996 "Devils Haircut" Beck UK No. 22, US No. 94, CAN No. 19 Hansen, King, Simpson,Scott, Coulter, Wright Beck, Dust Brothers

Albums/album tracks Year Title Artist Albums Chart Tommy Scott's role 1964 Sing Along With Beatles' Songs Tommy Scott and the Boys Performer 1965 The Angry Young Them Them Produced 10 tracks, wrote one 1966 Them Again Them UK No. 21, US No. 138 Produced all tracks, wrote four 1966 Scottish Nationalist Songs Nigel Denver Producer 1967 A Drop of the Hard Stuff The Dubliners UK No. 5, IRE No. 1 Producer 1967 More of the Hard Stuff The Dubliners UK No. 8, IRE No. 1 Producer 1967 "I Can Only Give You Everything" The Troggs UK No. 10 Written by Scott/Coulter 1968 Soul Buster! Joe E. Young & The Toniks Producer 1969 Nobody's Child Karen Young Produced all tracks, wrote two1974 Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me Lena Zavaroni UK No. 8 Produced all tracks, wrote two 1975 The Elephant Song Kamahl NED No. 1, SWE No. 3 Scott produced 2 tracks 1975 If I Give My Heart To You Kamahl Produced all tracks, wrote one 1976 Doubly Devine Sydney Devine UK No. 14 Produced all tracks, wrote two 1976 Devine Time Sydney Devine UK No. 49 Produced all tracks, wrote two 1977 From Scotland With Love Plaid Pops Orchestra Produced all tracks, wrote six 1977 "I'm Gonna Dress In Black" Little Bob Story Written by Scott 1979 "I Can Only Give You Everything" Little Bob Story Written by Scott/Coulter 1980 Hop.Scotch Ceilidh Party Tommy Scott Singer, arranger, producer 1982 "I Can Only Give You Everything" Richard Hell and the Voidoids Written by Scott/Coulter 1983 Tommy Scott’sPipes and Strings of Scotland Tommy Scott Singer, arranger, producer 1996 "Devils Haircut" Beck UK No. 17, US No. 16 Credited co-writer of "Devils Haircut” 2007 "Chante" Sylvie Vartan FR No. 21 Co-writer of "Chante"