[2] As a teenager, he began playing records out the window of his suburban London home and watching the reaction of passers-by to the music.
After a brief time as a merchant seaman, Scott found his way to the United States and joined the radio station WPTR in Albany, New York in 1966.
[2] In 1975 he and Tim Rice were resident team captains on a short-lived BBC television pop quiz programme, 'Disco!
[2] His afternoon drive-time shows became immensely popular with Londoners, generating such landmark features as the 'Three O'Clock Thrill', 'Beat the Intro' (where callers were asked to name a song before the vocals had started) and the daily 'Hitline', together with the jingle 'Grab a little piece of heaven' by David Dundas.
[7] In 1976 his regular Friday rush-hour oldies show "Cruising", first broadcast at weekends in 1973, acquired a cult following, largely owing to his introduction of obscure rock-a-billy records to his London audience for the first time.
Scott was always a big supporter of the West Coast Beach Boys influence on modern popular music and in anticipation of the Rock Festival and also a series of two concerts at the Empire Pool (now the Wembley Arena), Scott had listeners vote on their all time 15 top Beach Boy Hits of all time.
Scott was working alongside EMI engineer John Barrett on a media presentation called The Abbey Road Video Show in 1982–83.
This material subsequently appeared (taken directly from the radio show syndication transcription discs) on the bootleg NEMS release "Not For Sale" in early 1985.
[2] His last Radio 1 broadcast was on 8 October 1989, with 'Heroes and Villains' by the Beach Boys as the final song, and his last words were: "Thank you for your company, thank you for your support and thank you for your kindness".
Hosted by Alex East and featuring interviews with his friends and former colleagues: Jan Ravens, Dave Cash, Marc Denis, John Sachs, Mick Brown, Nicky Horne and Paul Burnett.