[1] He was educated at the Central Technical School in Sheffield, and later worked as a draughtsman at Davy United.
Crawford was a competition swimmer, after learning to overcome his fear of the water during his spell of National service in the Army.
He formed his first band, Ron Lindsay and the Coasters, and played in local clubs,[2] but found chart success as a solo artist.
[3][4] In 1962, Crawford sang "Take It Easy" and appeared in the film, Play It Cool, also starring Billy Fury and Shane Fenton.
Crawford toured Australia for six months in 1977, with Jim Ryder (guitar), Gary Lawson (keyboards) and Barry Page (drums).