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Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers – A Very Special Collection (1993, Pickwick) The Collection (1996, Spectrum/Universal) – BPI: Silver; If You Could Hear Me Now (2001, Columbia) Superhits (2005, Epic) The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers (2006, Universal Music TV) – UK #24
The Walker Brothers Trio was formed in Los Angeles in 1964 by John Walker (lead vocals, guitar), Scott Engel (bass, harmony vocals), and Al "Tiny" Schneider ().Before then, John Walker—who had already been using that name professionally for several years—had performed and recorded several unsuccessful singles with his sister as a duo, John and Judy, and Engel had been bass player with ...
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No Regrets – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers 1965–1976 is a compilation album of tracks by the American pop group The Walker Brothers and the solo career of one of their three members, Scott Walker. It was released in 1992 and reached number four on the UK Albums Chart. [2]
The Walker Brothers' recording has since garnered retrospective critical acclaim, and is considered the group's signature song. NME ranked the song at #357 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", Pitchfork ranked it at #187 on its list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s", and it is listed in the 2010 book 1001 Songs You Must Hear ...
Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records head A&R man, Calvin Carter, brought back "Make It Easy on Yourself" from a trip to New York City where he scouted song publishers.Carter played the demo, featuring Dionne Warwick's vocal, for Vee-Jay artist Jerry Butler who commented: "Man, it's a great song, and the girl who's singing it, and the arrangement, is a hit."
John Walker's only new song "Remember Me" was included as the B-side to "No Regrets". The group's following album Lines did include a lone John Walker composition under a pseudonym, Scott however, would not contribute new songs until 1978's Nite Flights. No Regrets and Lines instead feature cover versions from a variety of contemporary songwriters.
The song appeared as the opening track on the group's debut US studio album Introducing the Walker Brothers. "My Ship Is Coming In" was a major hit in Britain, spending twelve weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at No. 3 in January 1966 [ 3 ] and their second of three hits in the US peaking at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 . [ 4 ] "