Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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7019112 | Play | Only Sixteen | 02:13 Tools | |
50109403 | Play | When My Little Girl is Smiling | 02:17 Tools | |
7019114 | Play | Pretty Blue Eyes | 00:00 Tools | |
7019115 | Play | A Teenager In Love | 00:00 Tools | |
7019118 | Play | Our Favourite Melodies | 02:15 Tools | |
50109404 | Play | A Hundred Pounds of Clay | 02:36 Tools | |
7019116 | Play | Time | 00:00 Tools | |
7019119 | Play | Rainbows | 00:00 Tools | |
7019121 | Play | Dream Lover | 02:00 Tools | |
7019120 | Play | Oh, Lonesome Me | 00:00 Tools | |
7019138 | Play | It All Depends on You | 00:00 Tools | |
7019127 | Play | Nothin' Shakin' | 00:00 Tools | |
50109405 | Play | The Heart of a Teenage Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
7019125 | Play | My First Love Affair | 00:00 Tools | |
7019128 | Play | Only sixteen - Craig Douglas 1959 | 02:11 Tools | |
50109408 | Play | Carolina In the Morning | 03:30 Tools | |
7019129 | Play | A Change of Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
7019154 | Play | After All (1993 Digital Remaster) | 00:00 Tools | |
50109407 | Play | Only Sixteen - 2004 Remastered Version | 00:00 Tools | |
7019126 | Play | Heart of a Teenage Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
7019124 | Play | Another You | 00:00 Tools | |
7019122 | Play | Only Sixteen - 2004 - Remaster | 00:00 Tools | |
7019131 | Play | Where's The Girl (I Never Met) | 00:00 Tools | |
7019133 | Play | Come Softly to Me | 00:00 Tools | |
7019139 | Play | Oh What a Day | 00:00 Tools | |
7019130 | Play | Battle of New Orleans | 00:00 Tools | |
7019132 | Play | The Girl Next Door | 02:28 Tools | |
7019147 | Play | Oh Lonesome Me | 00:00 Tools | |
50109406 | Play | Dirtleg Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
7019137 | Play | My Hour of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
7019142 | Play | Only 16 | 00:00 Tools | |
7019135 | Play | What Do You Want | 00:00 Tools | |
7019140 | Play | Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue | 00:00 Tools | |
7019157 | Play | Ring-A-Ding | 00:00 Tools | |
7019134 | Play | No Greater Love | 00:00 Tools | |
7019141 | Play | A Painted Smile | 00:00 Tools | |
50109409 | Play | On the Sunny Side of Street | 00:00 Tools | |
7019161 | Play | Riddle of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
7019151 | Play | Hello Spring | 00:00 Tools | |
89129650 | Play | Only Sixteen - 2004 Remaster | 00:00 Tools | |
7019148 | Play | After All | 00:00 Tools | |
7019146 | Play | Walkin' My Baby Back Home | 00:00 Tools | |
7019145 | Play | Oh! What A Day | 00:00 Tools | |
7019166 | Play | Thirty Nine Steps | 00:00 Tools | |
50109410 | Play | Only Sixteen (2004 Digital Remaster) | 00:00 Tools | |
7019155 | Play | A New Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
7019156 | Play | Town Crier | 00:00 Tools | |
7019187 | Play | Row Row Row | 00:00 Tools | |
7019170 | Play | 06 - Craig Douglas - Nothin' Shakin' | 00:00 Tools | |
50109411 | Play | Medley | 00:00 Tools | |
7019159 | Play | Teenage Mona Lisa | 00:00 Tools | |
7019150 | Play | 11. Time - Craig Douglas | 00:00 Tools | |
7019233 | Play | Sandy | 00:00 Tools | |
7019205 | Play | New Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
7019235 | Play | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay (Revised Lyrics) | 00:00 Tools | |
7019160 | Play | Only Sixteen (2004 - Remaster) | 00:00 Tools | |
50109412 | Play | Joanna | 00:00 Tools | |
7019225 | Play | Golden Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
7019220 | Play | Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head | 00:00 Tools | |
7019183 | Play | Oh, das wär schön | 00:00 Tools | |
7019216 | Play | Walking My Baby Back Home | 00:00 Tools | |
7019165 | Play | Both Sides Now | 00:00 Tools | |
7019176 | Play | Ooh! What a Day | 00:00 Tools | |
7019158 | Play | What Do You Want? | 00:00 Tools | |
50109414 | Play | Please Don't Take My Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
50109421 | Play | Only Sixteen (2004 Remastered Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7019164 | Play | Come On Over To My Place | 00:00 Tools | |
7019167 | Play | 6. Only Sixteen - Craig Douglas | 00:00 Tools | |
7019184 | Play | A Hundred Pounds a Day | 00:00 Tools | |
7019168 | Play | Lass mich nie allein | 00:00 Tools | |
7019217 | Play | On the Sunny Side of the Street | 00:00 Tools | |
50109413 | Play | Don't Mind If I Cry | 00:00 Tools | |
7019152 | Play | Once More / Only Sixteen | 00:00 Tools | |
50109415 | Play | Go Chase A Moonbeam | 00:00 Tools | |
50109420 | Play | Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees) | 00:00 Tools | |
50109416 | Play | It's All in the Game | 00:00 Tools | |
7019239 | Play | Save The Last Dance For Me | 00:00 Tools | |
50109418 | Play | Pretty Blue Eyes - Original Mix | 00:00 Tools | |
76915056 | Play | Snowy White Snow/I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | 00:00 Tools | |
7019182 | Play | Teenager in Love - Craig Douglas 1959 | 00:00 Tools | |
7019215 | Play | The Hungry Years | 00:00 Tools | |
50109417 | Play | What Do You Want (2004 Digital Remaster) | 00:00 Tools | |
76915060 | Play | Come Be My Love | 00:00 Tools | |
7019237 | Play | When Myy Little Girl Is Smiling | 00:00 Tools | |
7019207 | Play | Ring a Ding | 00:00 Tools | |
7019181 | Play | Auberge | 00:00 Tools | |
7019177 | Play | All In The Game | 00:00 Tools | |
7019213 | Play | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay (Original Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7019186 | Play | I'd Be Smiling Now | 00:00 Tools | |
7019195 | Play | Love Her While She's Young | 00:00 Tools | |
50109419 | Play | Once More | 00:00 Tools | |
50109423 | Play | Counting Up The Kisses | 00:00 Tools | |
76915057 | Play | Our Favorite Melodies | 00:00 Tools | |
89129651 | Play | Nothin’ Shakin’ (But The Leaves On The Trees) | 00:00 Tools | |
50109422 | Play | Snowy White Snow / I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | 00:00 Tools | |
7019194 | Play | The riddle of love | 00:00 Tools | |
7019236 | Play | Everyday | 00:00 Tools | |
7019199 | Play | You Needed Me | 00:00 Tools | |
50109424 | Play | The Power Of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
7019188 | Play | Creep | 00:00 Tools | |
50109428 | Play | Are You Really Mine | 00:00 Tools | |
7019179 | Play | Sleigh Ride | 00:00 Tools | |
87062977 | Play | If I Were A Carpenter | 00:00 Tools | |
89129652 | Play | Our Faveourite Melodies | 00:00 Tools | |
7019203 | Play | Only Sixteen (1960) | 00:00 Tools | |
50109436 | Play | Every Day | 00:00 Tools | |
50109425 | Play | swit | 00:00 Tools | |
87062979 | Play | Chick Shape | 00:00 Tools | |
50109426 | Play | Time (1961) | 00:00 Tools | |
7019162 | Play | After All - 1993 Digital Remaster | 00:00 Tools | |
7019226 | Play | Oh! What A Lovely Day | 00:00 Tools | |
87062981 | Play | Only Sixteen-1959 | 00:00 Tools | |
76915058 | Play | Wish It Were Me | 00:00 Tools | |
76915059 | Play | Only Sixteen (2004 Remaster) | 00:00 Tools | |
50109429 | Play | Only Sixteen (Original Mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
50109430 | Play | when my little girl is smilin | 00:00 Tools | |
87062982 | Play | The Killing Moon | 00:00 Tools | |
76915062 | Play | Is it like today | 00:00 Tools | |
50109427 | Play | Then | 00:00 Tools | |
50109434 | Play | The Wonder Of You | 00:00 Tools | |
89129653 | Play | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay (Original) | 00:00 Tools | |
87062978 | Play | 100 Pounds of Clay | 00:00 Tools | |
89129654 | Play | You keep it all in | 00:00 Tools | |
7019189 | Play | Only Sixteen (1959) | 00:00 Tools | |
87062980 | Play | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay (Original Lyrics) | 00:00 Tools | |
89129655 | Play | After All - 1993 Remastered Version | 00:00 Tools | |
76915061 | Play | Why, Why, Why | 00:00 Tools | |
50109431 | Play | One Hundred Pounds Of Clay | 00:00 Tools | |
87062983 | Play | Girl Next Door | 00:00 Tools | |
50109433 | Play | Only Sixteeen | 00:00 Tools | |
50109435 | Play | Lonesome Me | 00:00 Tools | |
50109437 | Play | Only Sixteen (Digitally Remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
50109438 | Play | Craig Douglas - When My Little Girl Is Smiling | 00:00 Tools | |
50109439 | Play | Only Sixteen - Digitally Remastered | 00:00 Tools |
England during the late '50s had its equivalents to Frankie Avalon and Fabian, teenage boy singers whose sounds were specifically tailored to appeal to the most romantic sides of the young female psyche and not offend their parents. Craig Douglas was one of the better of these and has proved one of the most enduring, still performing more than 40 years after cutting his first record. Born Terry Perkins on the Isle of Wight, he was one of a pair of twins (and those twins were one of three sets among nine children). His mother sang well, one of Douglas' sisters performed on the Isle of Wight, and he'd reportedly begun trying to sing while still in the crib. An indifferent student, he preferred athletics and being outdoors, which led to his volunteering during a school holiday to help the milkman make his deliveries. It was the latter brief diversion that got the boy labeled the Singing Milkman at the outset of his career. At 16, his mother entered him in a local talent contest and he won by singing "Love Letters in the Sand." He got to a final round, where he specifically avoided doing the standard Elvis Presley imitations that his competitors presented. This led to an appearance at a variety show on the island, where he was seen by London agent Bunny Lewis, whose wife was performing on the same bill. She, in turn, was impressed with the boy's poise and professionalism. Lewis arranged for singing lessons for the 16-year-old and began grooming him for a career on the stage in London. Lewis gave him the name Craig Douglas after seeing it outside a house in Scotland. His breakthrough came on The Six-Five Special, then the only real showcase for rock & roll on British television. Douglas was booked on the show the same week that Cliff Richard and Joe Brown appeared, but he made an impression even in their company: A few days later, he was presented with two huge sacks of fan mail from the performance. The Six-Five Special led Douglas to a recording contract and a string of successes. Much of Douglas' career was spent at EMI, for which he had a number one hit with his version of "Only Sixteen," but also charted very high with "A Teenager in Love," "The Heart of a Teenage Girl," "Pretty Blue Eyes," and "When My Little Girl Is Smiling." Douglas wasn't really a rock & roll singer, his diction being too good and his delivery too straight-ahead for that designation. His early records call up images of Ricky Nelson but, like a lot of young British singers of his era, he quickly aimed for a more mature audience. His singing was very emotive but also very clean. He was obviously more comfortable with dignified pop music, such as "Time," than with the more rocking numbers like "Ring-A-Ding" that he was occasionally called upon to record, with its slurred lyrics, honking saxes, and loud electric guitars (although Douglas acquitted himself well in that setting). He made the usual moves, appearing on film soundtracks (Two and Two Make Six) and in movies (It's Trad, Dad; A Painted Smile), as well as numerous television shows. Douglas' appearance alongside his EMI stablemate Helen Shapiro in It's Trad, Dad (which was Richard Lester's first feature and a dry run for A Hard Day's Night) showed off his strengths and weaknesses. He was charismatic simply based on his good looks, but was rather a stiff on camera as an actor, especially next to the vivacious Shapiro (who was also about five years younger than the then 21-year-old Douglas). Rock & roll was just another musical genre to Douglas, which is not to say he was wrong, it's just that antique numbers like "It All Depends on You" or "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" done straight will never resonate the same way "Dream Lover" or "Rainbows" will to listeners born after 1945. Douglas' time on the English charts ended in 1962 and his major recording career came to a halt a year later with the advent of the Liverpool sound, but he continues to perform regularly in clubs, on cruises, and in cabarets, as well as international tours. Indeed, well into the 1990s, he had an annual month-long booking in Hong Kong. He's a fondly remembered and talented exponent of England's early flirtation with rock & roll. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.