Scott Walker

Scott Walker was both a pop idol and one of the most polarizing experimental rock singers of all time, a suave baritone who first made his mark as a crooner before ending his career by producing albums marked by crushing dissonance and density.

He was born Noel Scott Engel in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1943, into a family that moved often before settling in Los Angeles, where he became obsessed with music and began playing bass.

By 1964 he was part of the Walker Brothers—a trio with no actual brothers, although they all adopted the surname—and moved to London at the height of the British Invasion.