Rock & Roll was a music sound generated in the 1950s when bules met country, doo wop met westerm, and folk met popular music all by accident and magic was born. Jack Scott was a pillar of this legacy to those who grew up in that exciting and blessed time. Jack Scott needs to be installed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, or they need to change the name.

Posted by Fareed Ansari on Monday, 05/20/2013 @ 13:59pm

One of the most under rated singers that spanned the 50's and early 60's. I bought most of his early 45's when I was in grade school and never get tired of his sound or his songs.

Posted by Dewey on Monday, 06/2/2014 @ 12:15pm

He absolutely should be in the rock n roll hall of fame!

Posted by gary on Wednesday, 03/18/2015 @ 14:14pm

He absolutely should be in the rock n roll hall of fame!

Posted by gary on Thursday, 03/19/2015 @ 08:19am

I wpuld ignore it. Jack's too good to have to be clamoured for inclusion into an institution which seems to assume that r&r began in the 1960s. Gene Vincent, one of the founders of the music, had to wait years for induction, after people like Pete Seeger who hated rock'n'roll. Wanda Jackson, another pioneer, was inducted as an "influence". Pathetic. If I'm not mistaken, Chuck Willis, Larry Williams, Connie Francis, have not been so-caled inducted? Rock on, Jack, us rocky rollers know who the real talented artistes were and still are.

Posted by Doc Cartwright on Tuesday, 02/2/2016 @ 00:12am

https://www.cshf.ca/songwriter/jack-scott/

2011 Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame Inductee, Jack Scott

Why isn't Jack Scott in the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame yet?!

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 01/17/2019 @ 23:28pm

He has been nominated to be nominated. Previously considered, but never made the final ballot in any year.

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 01/19/2019 @ 09:40am

RIP Jack Scott

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 12/21/2019 @ 13:27pm

Aw I'm sorry to hear about the passing of Jack Scott. While he may not have the recognizability of other early rock icons, I was always of the belief that he was worthy of induction. He is an inductee of the rockabilly hall of fame, as well as various other regional music halls of fame.

R.I.P. Thanks for the great tunes.

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 12/21/2019 @ 15:01pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNPbhAAKMRI

Canadian rock and roll singer-songwriter Jack Scott was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2011.

Jack Scott is inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF)

Posted by Roy on Monday, 12/23/2019 @ 00:38am

Jack Scott had this sincere original heartfelt singing voice. Sang rock in roll, country western and gospel music.
He sang with his heart...
Unfortunately Jack Scott has crossed over recently.. It would have been beautiful if he was inducted before he died. He is a heartthrob to many ppl.
I miss this beautiful man
He well deserves this!!!!

Posted by Leslie on Wednesday, 02/19/2020 @ 15:09pm

The biggest omission from the Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 13:35pm

Yeah, he is a pretty egregious snub from there.

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 13:56pm

Jack Scott should be in the Hall of Fame. He was one of the very first and one of the best with a unique sound!

Posted by Whiskey Sour on Monday, 10/26/2020 @ 16:23pm

I was the Production Manager of The Story of The Beatles (1970) The Elvis Presley Story (1975) and The Evolution of Rock (1977). Jack Scott was often mentioned. My Favourite? Gordon Stokler told me that The Jordanaires were in a restaurant with Elvis. Goodbye Baby was on the Juke Box. Elvis smiled and said...you guys better keep singing good or I'll get Jack Scott's Group.

Posted by Warren Cosford on Saturday, 06/12/2021 @ 11:11am

Jack Scott's music still resonates with me. (I was there when...) I envision a panel of young whizbangs never having experienced the impacts of the likes of Jack Scott and Freddie Cannon, sitting around embracing "talents" from the 90s and beyond. It is what it is.

Posted by Al columbus on Saturday, 10/30/2021 @ 07:07am

Jack Scott was the best all around singer. He could do a GREAT job singing Ballads or Rock. To bad we don't have some one like Mr. Scott around now. Rest in peace Jack and keep making the Angels happy with your music.

Posted by James J. Converse on Thursday, 11/18/2021 @ 14:18pm

Not putting Jack Scott into the R&R HOF will cause him to be lost for all time. What is the purpose of having a Hall of Fame if not to preserve history for those of us still yearning for knowledge of our history and where our heroes came from. Come on HOF get smart, and realize that using the arbitrary criteria made up by a handful of people, whose opinions will die with them and cause some real icons to be lost to history. I can name many more that belong but are already or about to be lost than I can name of those that made it.

Posted by Dan M. on Wednesday, 11/30/2022 @ 12:37pm

Jack Scott not in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, but now Nickelback is!

Posted by Roy on Tuesday, 01/17/2023 @ 18:45pm

Jack Scott was absolutely Wonderful and could have been as big as Elvis if not for the British Invasion!!! ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL VOICE!! My parents were great friends with Jack over the years!! Every New Years Eve they'd have dinner in Detroit Michigan! God bless him and my parents in Heaven!! Frank Jr

Posted by Frank Balazs on Wednesday, 07/5/2023 @ 16:22pm