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Chanteur Rock 'n' Roll
Britannique né Terence Perkins, le 12
Août 1941, originaire
de l'île de Wight.
England
during the late '50s had its equivalents to
Frankie Avalon and
Fabian, teenage boy singers whose sounds were specifically tailored to
appeal to the most romantic sides of the young female psyche and not offend
their parents. Craig Douglas was one of the better of these and has proved one
of the most enduring, still performing more than 40 years after cutting his
first record.
Born Terry Perkins on the Isle of Wight, he was one of a pair of twins (and
those twins were one of three sets among nine children). His mother sang well,
one of Douglas' sisters performed on the Isle of Wight, and he'd reportedly
begun trying to sing while still in the crib. An indifferent student, he
preferred athletics and being outdoors, which led to his volunteering during a
school holiday to help the milkman make his deliveries.
It was the latter brief diversion that got the boy labeled the Singing Milkman
at the outset of his career. At 16, his mother entered him in a local talent
contest and he won by singing "Love Letters in the Sand." He got to a final
round, where he specifically avoided doing the standard
Elvis Presley imitations that his competitors presented. This led to an
appearance at a variety show on the island, where he was seen by London agent
Bunny Lewis, whose wife was performing on the same bill. She, in turn, was
impressed with the boy's poise and professionalism. Lewis arranged for singing
lessons for the 16-year-old and began grooming him for a career on the stage in
London. He also acquired the name Craig Douglas.
His breakthrough came on The Six-Five Special, then the only real showcase for
rock & roll on British television. Douglas was booked on the show the same week
that
Cliff Richard and Joe Brown appeared, but he made an impression even in
their company: A few days later, he was presented with two huge sacks of fan
mail from the performance. The Six-Five Special led Douglas to a recording
contract and a string of successes. Much of Douglas' career was spent at EMI,
for which he had a number one hit with his version of "Only Sixteen," but also
charted very high with "A Teenager in Love," "The Heart of a Teenage Girl," "Pretty
Blue Eyes," and "When My Little Girl Is Smiling."
Douglas wasn't really a rock & roll singer, his diction being too good and his
delivery too straight-ahead for that designation. His early records call up
images of
Ricky Nelson but, like a lot of young British singers of his era, he quickly
aimed for a more mature audience. His singing was very emotive but also very
clean. He was obviously more comfortable with dignified pop music, such as
"Time," than with the more rocking numbers like "Ring-A-Ding" that he was
occasionally called upon to record, with its slurred lyrics, honking saxes, and
loud electric guitars (although Douglas acquitted himself well in that setting).
He made the usual moves, appearing on film soundtracks (Two and Two Make Six)
and in movies (It's Trad, Dad; A Painted Smile), as well as numerous television
shows. Douglas' appearance alongside his EMI stablemate
Helen Shapiro in It's Trad, Dad (which was Richard Lester's first feature
and a dry run for A Hard Day's Night) showed off his strengths and weaknesses.
He was charismatic simply based on his good looks, but was rather a stiff on
camera as an actor, especially next to the vivacious
Shapiro (who was also about five years younger than the then 21-year-old
Douglas). Rock & roll was just another musical genre to Douglas, which is not to
say he was wrong, it's just that antique numbers like "It All Depends on You" or
"Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" done straight will never resonate the same way "Dream
Lover" or "Rainbows" will to listeners born after 1945.
Douglas' time on the English charts ended in 1962 and his major recording career
came to a halt a year later with the advent of the Liverpool sound, but he
continues to perform regularly in clubs, on cruises, and in cabarets, as well as
international tours. Indeed, well into the 1990s, he had an annual month-long
booking in Hong Kong. He's a fondly remembered and talented exponent of
England's early flirtation with rock & roll.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Douglas
Talents : Vocals
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll, Pop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juqeKTHfJXI
ONLY
SIXTEEN (1959)
MY FIRST
LOVE AFFAIR (1959)
THE HEART OF
A TEENAGE GIRL (1960)
OUR
FAVOURITE MELODIES (1962)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 08//1958 | SP DECCA 45-F11055 (US) | . | Nothin' Shakin' / Sitting In A Tree House |
| 10/1958 | SP DECCA 45-F11075 (US) | . | Are You Really Mine / Go Chase A Moonbeam |
| 04/1959 | SP TOP RANK 45-JAR-110 (UK) | . | Come Softly To Me / Golden Girl |
| 05/1959 | SP TOP RANK 45-JAR-133 (UK) | . | A Teenager In Love / Thirty Nine Steps |
| 07/1959 | SP TOP RANK 45-JAR-159 (UK) | . |
Only Sixteen
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My First Love Affair
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| 08/1959 | EP TOP RANK JKR 8033 (UK) |
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CRAIG DOUGLAS SINGS FOR ROXY - A Teenager In Love / The 39 Steps / Come Softly To Me / Golden Girl |
| 10/1959 | SP TOP RANK 45-JAR-204 (UK) | . | The Riddle Of Love / Wish It Were Me |
| 1959 | EP TOP RANK RES 106 (F) |
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Only Sixteen
/ Wish It Were Me /
My First Love Affair
/ The Riddle Of Love |
| 1959 | SP TOP RANK / ARTéCO RS 101 (F) |
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Only Sixteen
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My First Love Affair
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| 01/1960 | SP TOP RANK 45-JAR-268 (UK) | . | Pretty Blue Eyes / Sandy |
| 04/1960 | SP TOP RANK 45-JAR-340 (UK) | . |
The Heart Of Teenage Girl
/ New Boy |
| 07/1960 | SP TOP RANK 45-JAR-406 (UK) | Oh What A Day / Why Why Why | |
| 10/1960 | SP TOP RANK JAR-515 (UK) | . | My Hour Of Love / Where's The Girl |
| 1960 | SP JARO 77016 (UK) | . | My First Love Affair / What Do You Want |
| 1960 | SP JARO 77030 (UK) | . |
New Boy / Heart Of A Teenage Girl |
| 1960 | EP DECCA DFE 6633 (UK) |
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CRAIG - Sitting In A Tree House / Nothin'Shakin' / Are You Really Mine / Go Chase A Moonbeam |
| 1960 | EP TOP RANK RES 142 (F) |
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Pretty Blue Eyes / What Do You Want / Of Love / Sandy |
| 02/1961 | SP TOP RANK JAR-543 (UK) | . | The Girl Next Door / Hey Mister Conscience |
| 04/1961 | SP TOP RANK JAR-555 (UK) | . | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay / Hello Spring |
| 04/1961 | SP TOP RANK JAR-556 (UK) | . | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay (amended version) / Hello Spring |
| 06/1961 | SP TOP RANK JAR-569 (UK) | . | Time / After All |
| 1961 | SP TOP RANK JAR-569 (DK) |
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Time / After All |
| 11/1961 | SP TOP RANK JAR-589 (UK) | . | No Greater Love / We'll Have A Lot To Tell The Children |
| 02/1962 | SP TOP RANK JAR-603 (UK) | . | A Change Of Heart / Another You |
| 03/1962 | SP TOP RANK JAR-610 (UK) | . | Whe My Little Girl Is Smiling / Ring A Ding |
| 06/1962 | SP COLUMBIA 45-DB 4854 (UK) | . |
Our Favorite Melodies
/ Rainbows |
| 10/1962 | SP DECCA 45-F 11523 (UK) | . | Oh Lonesome Me / Please Don't Take My Heart |
| 1962 | EP DECCA DFE 8509 (UK) |
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CUDDLE UP WITH CRAIG - Snowy White Snow / I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm / Give Me A Cosy Corner / Jingle Bells / Sleigh Ride / Winter Wonderland / Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / White Christmas |
| 01/1963 | SP DECCA 45-F 11575 (US) | . | Town Crier / I'd Be Smiling Now |
| 05/1963 | SP DECCA 45-F 11665 (US) | . | Danke Schoen / Teenage Mona Lisa |
| 08/1963 | SP DECCA 45-F 11722 (US) | . | I'm So Glad I Found Her / Love Her While She's Young |
| 10/1963 | SP DECCA 45-F 11763 (US) | . | Counting Up The Kisses / From Russia With Love |
| 1963 | EP COLUMBIA SEG 8219 (UK) |
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CRAIG'S MOVIE SONGS - A Change Of Heart / Rainbows / Ring-A-Ding / A Painted Smile |
| 04/1964 | SP FONTANA TF 458 (UK) | . | Silly Boy / Leave Me Alone |
| 06/1964 | SP FONTANA TF 475 (UK) | . | Come Closer / She's Smiling At Me |
| 01/1965 | SP FONTANA TF 525 (UK) | . | Across The Street / Party Girl |
| 06/1965 | SP FONTANA TF 580 (UK) | . | Around The Corner / Find The Girl |
| 04/1966 | SP FONTANA TF 690 (UK) | . | I'm On The Outside Looking In / Knock On Any Door |
| 05/1969 | SP PYE 7N 17746 (UK) | . | How Do You Feel About That / Then |
| 12/1969 | SP PYE 7N 17863 (UK) | . | Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head / Don't Mind If I Cry |
| 12/1969 | SP PYE 7N 17863 (POR) |
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Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head / Don't Mind If I Cry |
| 1970 | SP STATESIDE 7N 17863 (IND) |
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Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head / Don't Mind If I Cry |
| 08/1971 | SP CRYSTAL CR 7011 (UK) | . | All Kinds Of People (Craig DOUGLAS with The GRAFTY GREEN GANG) / Evenin Rain |
| 08/1976 | SP CUBE BUG 72 (UK) (promo only) | . |
Craig Douglas And Featuring The Dougettes - Who's Sorry Now? / From Both Sides Now |
| 08/1977 | SP CUBE BUG 76 (UK) | . | Turn Away / Baby Blue |
| 08/1983 | SP EASY-ON-THE-EAR TALE 1 (UK) | . |
Love Is A Carousel (Tales From The Unexpected) / Our Favourite Melodies |
| 03/1987 | SP OLD GOLD OG 9682 (UK) | . |
Only Sixteen / Pretty Blue Eyes |
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Albums
| 1960 | LP 12" TOP RANK BUY/049 (UK) |
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CRAIG DOUGLAS - Only Sixteen / Golden Girl / Come Softly To Me / My First Love Affair / What Do You Want / Come Be My Love / Pretty Blue Eyes / New Boy / Teenage In Love / Riddle Of Love / Sandy / Heart Of A Teenage Girl |
| 1981 | LP 12" JACKSON JKS-5 (UK) |
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OH LONESOME ME - Oh Lonesome Me / Across The Street / I Will Live My Life / Both Sides Now / Enchanting Places / You Were Only Fooling / Town Crier / On The Outside Looking In / Please Don't Take My Heart / From Russia With Love / Candy Kisses / I'd Be Smiling Now / Flyaway |
| 1984 | LP 12" SEE FOR MILES SEE34 (UK) |
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ONLY SIXTEEN - Our Favorite Melodies / Time / A Hundred Pounds Of Clay / A Hundred Pounds Of Clay / Another You / A Change Of Heart / Rainbows / Riddle Of Love / When My Little Girl Is Sm / A Teenager In Love / Only Sixteen / Pretty Blue Eyes / No Greater Love / Girl Next Door / Wish It Were Me / Sandy / Hello Spring / Oh What A Day / Dream Lover / Ring-A-Ding |
| 05/1993 | CD EMI CDEMS1494 (UK) |
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THE BEST OF THE EMI YEARS - Teenager In Love / My First Love Affair / Come Softly To Me / Dream Lover / Riddle Of Love / Only Sixteen / Thirty Nine Steps / Battle Of New Orleans / Heart Of A Teenage Girl / My Hour Of Love / Where's The Girl (I Never Met) / Oh What A Day / New Boy Pretty Blue Eyes / After All / Change Of Heart / Girl Next Door / Hundred Pounds Of Clay / Hundred Pounds Of Clay (revised lyrics) / Hello Spring / Another You / There Is No Greater Love / Time / Ring A Ding / When My Little Girl Is Smiling / Our Favourite Melodies / Rainbows / Painted Smile / It All Depends On You / Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue / Walkin' My Baby Back Home / Row Row Row |
| 09/2004 | 2 CD EMI 8662582 (UK) |
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THE VERY BEST OF CRAIG DOUGLAS - Only Sixteen / Pretty Blue Eyes / Teenager In Love / Sunny Side Of The Street / Heart Of A Teenage Girl / Oh What A Day / Hundred Pounds Of Clay / Time / After All / When My Little Girl Is Smiling / Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue / Another You / No Greater Love / Battle Of New Orleans / Our Favourite Melodies / Change Of Heart / Carolina In The Morning / Come Softly To Me / Riddle Of Love / Walkin' My Baby Back Home / Dream Lover / My First Love Affair / What Do You Want / Where's The Girl (I Never Met) / Painted Smile / It All Depends On You / My Hour Of Love / Rainbows / Girl Next Door / Ring A Ding |
| 02/2005 | CD HALLMARK 705442 (UK) |
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ONLY SIXTEEN - Teenager In Love / Only Sixteen / Pretty Blue Eyes / Heart Of A Teenage Girl / A Hundred Pounds Of Clay (original lyric) / Time / When My Little Girl Is Smiling / Our Favorite Melodies / All In The Game / Oh Lonesome Me / Joanna / Dream Lover / Everyday / You Needed Me / Save The Last Dance For Me / Both Side Now / Come On Over To My Place / The Power Of Love / A Hundred Pounds Of Clay (replacement lyric) / The Hungry Years |
| 04/2005 | CD XTRA 26476 (UK) |
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LOOKING BACK - Teenager In Love / Only Sixteen / Pretty Blue Eyes / Heart Of A Teenage Girl / Hundred Pounds Of Clay / Time / Why My Little Girl Is Smiling / Our Favourite Melodies / It's All In The Game / Oh Lonesome Me / Joanna / Dream Lover / Every Day / You Needed Me / Save The Last Dance For Me / Both Sides Now / Come On Over To My Place / Power Of Love / Hundred Pounds Of Clay / Hungry Years |
| 10/2007 | CD VOCALION CDLK 4359 (UK) |
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CRAIG DOUGLAS AND DOUG SHELDON AT DECCA - SINGLES COMPILATION 1958-1963 - Sitting In A Tree House / Nothin' Shakin' / Are You Really Mine? / Go Chase A Moonbeam / Please Don't Take My Heart / Oh Lonesome Me / Town Crier / I'd Be Smiling Now / Teenage Mona Lisa / Danke Schoen / Love Her While She's Young / I'm So Glad I Found Her / From Russia With Love / Counting Up The Kisses / Book Of Love / Play Me Some Blues / Runaround Sue / Come With Me / Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night / You're Only Fooling Yourself / My Kingdom For A Girl / You Never Had It So Good / A Big Big Baby / If You'd Be Mine / Lollipops And Roses / One Way To Say Goodbye / Live Now , Pay Later / Me / Let's Make A Habit Of This / I Saw Linda Yesterday / My Billy / Mickey's Monkey / Falling In Love With Love |
| 11/2008 | CD PEGASUS PEGCD 667 (UK) |
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THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY ALBUM - A Teenager In Love / Pretty Blue Eyes / True Love Ways / The Wonder Of You / The Heart Of A Teenage Girl / I Just Called To Say I Love You / Crazy / Our Favourite Melodies / Imagine / Only Sixteen / Hello / Oh, Lonesome Me / Three Times A Lady / Time / Without You / One Hundred Pounds Of Clay / Wonderful World / When My Little Girl Is Smiling / When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman / My Way |
| 05/2011 | CD HALLMARK / PICKWICK 710342 (UK) |
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CRAIG DOUGLAS - Only Sixteen / Golden Girl / Come Softly To Me / My First Love Affair / What Do You Want? / Come Be My Love / Pretty Blue Eyes / New Boy / Teenager In Love / Riddle Of Love / Sandy / Heart Of A Teenage Girl |
| 01/2019 | CD JASMINE JASMCD2653 (UK) |
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ONLY SIXTEEN - Sittin' in a Tree House / Nothin' Shakin' / Are You Really Mine? / Come Softly To Me / A Teenager In Love / Battle Of New Orleans / Dream Lover / Only Sixteen / My First Love Affair / The Riddle Of Love / Pretty Blue Eyes / Sandy / What Do You Want? / Heart Of A Teenage Girl / Come Be My Love / Of Love / Oh! What A Day / Where's The Girl (I Never Met) / My Hour Of Love / The Girl Next Door / A Hundred Pounds Of Clay / Time / After All / No Greater Love / Another You / A Change Of Heart / When My Little Girl Is Smiling / Ring-A-Ding / A Painted Smile / Our Favorite Melodies / Rainbows / Oh Lonesome Me / Please Don't Take My Heart / Town Crier / I'd Be Smiling Now |
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