[2] As a songwriter and producer in the 1960s and 1970s he had numerous hits in pop, rock, and folk styles; including records with Them, The Dubliners, Sydney Devine, Twinkle, and Lena Zavaroni.
[5] The 1966 song "I Can Only Give You Everything", written with Coulter and produced for Them, has become a garage rock staple;[6] with covers by The Troggs, MC5, Richard Hell, and many others.
[7][8] Beck played the signature guitar riff for his hit song "Devils Haircut" (1996), and gave co-credit to Scott and Coulter.
In 1968, he and conductor Arthur Greenslade teamed up as the 'Artie Scott Orchestra', issuing one album, and the novelty single "March of the Skinheads" (1970).
By the 1980s, Scott turned his efforts to performing and recording traditional Scottish music on the Scotdisc label,[3] and his own songs, including "Scotland Forever".