Craig Douglas

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Craig Douglas (born Terence Perkins, 12 August 1941 in Newport, Isle Of Wight) is an English pop singer who was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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[edit] Career

Voted 'Best New Singer' in 1959, Douglas went on to record no less than eight cover versions of former American hit songs, in his total of nine Top 40 UK singles. Amongst that tally, Douglas had a Number One single in 1959 with "Only Sixteen", which easily outsold Sam Cooke's original version in Britain. Douglas also clocked up, an almost impossible to match, four consecutive No. 9 placings on the UK chart.

His clean cut, teen idol image also copied largely from the U.S. scene, from the likes of Pat Boone, and Rick Nelson. Douglas also starred in the 1961 movie It's Trad Dad with Helen Shapiro, but it did not boost either artists acting career.

He topped the bill on The Beatles' first major stage show, although their emergence ultimately spelt the end of Douglas' chart career. His final hit came in February 1963, when "Town Crier", flopped at Number 36.

Nevertheless, the well-remembered, early British rock 'n' roll pioneer, one of twins, tours to this day, doing cabaret, cruise ships, and other bookings.

[edit] UK singles chart discography

  • "A Teenager in Love" - 1959 - Number 13
  • "Only Sixteen" - 1959 - Number 1
  • "Pretty Blue Eyes" - 1960 - Number 4
  • "The Heart of a Teenage Girl" - 1960 - Number 10
  • "Oh! What a Day" - 1960 - Number 43
  • "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" - 1961 - Number 9
  • "Time" - 1961 - Number 9
  • "When My Little Girl is Smiling" - 1962 - Number 9
  • "Our Favourite Melodies" - 1962 - Number 9
  • "Oh Lonesome Me" - 1962 - Number 15
  • "Town Crier" - 1963 - Number 36

[edit] Trivia

  • Before becoming a professional singer, the once Terence Perkins was employed as a milkman.

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