Craig Scott

Craig Scott was a former Dunedin, New Zealand bank clerk, who also had a strong interest in rock and roll. He started singing and playing bass guitar for Dunedin band, the Klap, and then joined Dunedin's top band, Fantasy in 1968. This group had relocated to Christchurch by the end of 1968. Shortly after arriving in Christchurch, Craig met up with four guys who had a band called Blues Revival. Craig joined them as vocalist and in February 1969, at the suggestion of Ray Columbus, they shortened their name to Revival and changed their image and repertoire.Craig was groomed for television and with a star spot on television's "Happen Inn" he was destined to take over the male pop idol role left vacant after Mr Lee Grant left for England. No time was wasted in getting out the first release, but it was a curious choice of song that was picked for him. Released on the 29th April 1970 came "Star Crossed Lovers"/"So Many People". "Star Crossed Lovers" was a cover of Neil Sedaka's original. The song was extremely controversial due to its lyrical content.With four hits to his name, HMV released an EP called "Four Hits" in 1971. The songs on it were "Star Crossed Lovers", "Let's Get A Little Sentimental", "Peaceful Mountain" and "Can I Believe In You". Craig returned to the charts in 1973 with the release of "When Jojo Runs"/"In And Out Of Love" on 5th March. The song immediately caught on, especially with the younger generation, and peaked at number 5 on the charts. It was also one of his best selling singles. With "Wind and Rain"/"Put A Little Love Away", released on 16th July, it became obvious that Craig was searching for a new direction and it took quite some time for "Wind and Rain" to take off, but when it did, it sold well and ended up at number 11 on the charts. It also made it into the 1973 finals of the RATA Awards, the competition that had replaced the previous Loxene Awards.Craig was still trying to get into something more musically demanding and as a result a song that had done well for its author Kevin Johnson in Australia, was selected as his next release. "Rock 'n Roll (I Gave You All The Best Years Of My Life"/"Hold On Marianne" was released on 23rd October and climbed to number 13 on the charts. These days, he's philosophical about his time at the top. ''I was lucky: I married when I was about 22 and had children,'' he says. ''But I had the freedom to do it, and I had a lot of good people around me and looked after myself reasonably well.

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