Jack Scott (born Giovanni Domenico Scafone, Jr.; January 24, 1936 – December 12, 2019)[1][2] was a Canadian-American singer and songwriter.

He grew up listening to hillbilly music and was taught to play the guitar by his mother, Laura.

[4] The record sold over one million copies, earning Scott his first gold disc.

Most of his Carlton master tapes were believed lost or destroyed until Rollercoaster Records in England released a vinyl EP, "Jack Scott Rocks", and CD, The Way I Walk, which were for the most part mastered from original tapes rather than the disc dubs used for previous reissues.

Scott released his penultimate album in 1995, a live set recorded with British band the Class of '58 while headlining at the 1994 Rockhouse Festival in the Netherlands.

In 2007, Jack Scott was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.

Scott lived most of his life in Hazel Park, Michigan, before moving to nearby Sterling Heights in his later years.

He suffered a heart attack on December 6, 2019, and died six days later at St. John Macomb Hospital in Warren, Michigan, aged 83.