Craig Douglas

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Craig Douglas (born Terence Perkins, 12 August 1941, Newport, Isle Of Wight) is an English pop singer, who was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

1 Career
2 UK singles chart discography
3 Releases on the Top Rank Label
4 Footnotes
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Career

Born a twin [1], the former Terence Perkins was employed as a milkman before becoming a professional singer, and was known to many as the Singing Milkman.

Voted 'Best New Singer' in 1959, Douglas went on to record no less than eight cover versions of former American hit songs, in his total of nine Top 40 UK singles. Amongst that tally, Douglas had a Number One single in 1959 with "Only Sixteen", which easily outsold Sam Cooke's original version in Britain. Douglas also clocked up an almost impossible to match four consecutive No. 9 placings on the UK Singles Chart.

His clean cut, teen idol image was also copied largely from the U.S. scene, from the likes of Pat Boone, and Rick Nelson. Douglas also starred in the 1961 movie, It's Trad, Dad!, with Helen Shapiro, but it did not boost either artist's acting career.

He topped the bill on The Beatles' first major stage show, although their emergence ultimately spelt the end of Douglas's chart career. His final chart entry came in February 1963, when "Town Crier", flopped at Number 36.

Nevertheless, the well-remembered, early British rock and roll pioneer tours to this day, doing cabaret, cruise ships, and other bookings. Indeed, well into the 1990s, Douglas had an annual month-long booking in Hong Kong.

Craig now tours venues across the UK including the famous Medina Theatre located on the Isle of Wight, which holds a selection of light entertainment and music gigs.