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<small> For Scott Walker the hockey player see [[Scott Walker (hockey player)]] </small>

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'''Scott Walker''' may refer to:

'''Scott Walker''' is an [[United States of America|American]] singer, long resident in [[England]]born Noel Scott Engel in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] in [[1941]].

*[[Scott Walker (singer)]] (1943–2019), American solo singer and member of The Walker Brothers

**''[[Scott Walker: 30 Century Man]]'', a 2006 documentary about the singer

*[[Scott Walker (politician)]] (born 1967), American politician; 45th Governor of Wisconsin

*[[Scott Walker (judge)]] (born 1953), American judge

*[[Scott Walker (boxer)]] (1969–2004), American professional boxer

*[[Scott Walker (bobsleigh)]] (born 1970), Australian bobsledder

*[[Scott Walker (ice hockey)]] (born 1973), Canadian professional ice hockey player and head coach of the Guelph Storm

*[[Scott Walker (footballer)]] (born 1975), Scottish footballer, played for St. Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic and Hartlepool United

*Scott Walker, one of the two men convicted of the [[murder of Jody Dobrowski]] in South London in 2005

*Scott Walker (director), New Zealand director of ''[[The Frozen Ground]]''

*Scott Walker, Republican Party nominee for the [[2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware]]

==See also==

He was discovered by [[Eddie Fisher]] in the late 1950s and appeared

*[[Scott Tallon Walker]], an Irish architecture firm founded by Michael Scott, Ronnie Tallon and Robin Walker

several times on Fisher's TV series as a teen idol type in the vein of

*[[Walker Scott]], a department store chain in Southern California, United States

[[Fabian (entertainer)|Fabian]] or [[Frankie Avalon]], under his real name.

{{hndis|name=Walker, Scott}}

In the early [[1960s]], he formed a band called the [[Walker Brothers]]

in [[Los Angeles]]. Relocating to [[London]] in [[1964]], they attained

great worldwide popularity with pop ballads, many of them written by

[[Burt Bacharach]] and [[Hal David]]. As the lead singer, he attained

pop star status.

Mental problems led to the breakup of the Walker Brothers in [[1967]],

although they would reunite for a tour of [[Japan]] the following year and

would produce two albums in the [[1970s]]. He soon began a solo career in

a different style than he had been known for in the past, turning to a

downbeat mixture of [[pop]], [[folk]], and European [[cabaret]], with a

concentration on the songs of Belgian singer and songwriter [[Jacques

Brel]]. His original songs were very much in the vein of Brel, only

sung in a voice reminiscent of [[Frank Sinatra]].

He would have his own TV series, "Scott", in the [[United Kingdom]] in

the late [[1960s]].

Known for being somewhat private and reclusive, his activity has been

sporadic since the late [[1970s]], releasing only two albums since 1980,

and also producing the Britpop band [[Pulp]]