History Music / TheWalkerBrothers

* BadassBaritone: Scott had an iconic baritone. Originally John and his tenor was the lead vocalist, but their success really kicked off when Scott took lead on "Love Her", and it's now his baritone that the group is remembered for.

* UnrelatedBrothers: They weren't brothers and none of them were really called Walker.

Their sound grew into densely orchestrated, Music/PhilSpector-inspired BaroquePop, alternating between covers of contemporary Pop standards and Blue-Eyed Soul, though Scott occasionally wrote originals. In a reversal of UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion happening at the time, the group found great success in the UK with a string of hits including "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" and "Make it Easy On Yourself", easily rivaling Music/TheBeatles' popularity there at the time, though they had minor success in North America as well. Scott gradually took a leading role in the song choices and arrangements, foreshadowing his lauded solo career, but the band's popularity eventually waned. Due to internal tensions and CreativeDifferences, the band broke up in 1968.

While all three began solo careers, Scott's was by far the most successful, with his first three solo albums all reaching the UK Top 3 and being critically acclaimed to this day. However his increasing experimentation, and perhaps releasing it under his given name, caused his fourth, ''Scott 4'', to flop. It has since been VindicatedByHistory as a masterpiece, but the initial failure left him in a creative slump for the next several years. In 1974, to help support each other, The Walker Brothers reformed and had another UK Top 10 hit with a cover of Tom Rush's "No Regrets". This would be their last hit, though they kept recording until 1978, when their label announced it was going under and gave them a blank check to do whatever they wanted.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Nite Flights'' is an infamous example, dropping the MOR Pop and Country of their 70s work in favor of oppressive, dissonant Art Rock on Scott's four tracks.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the band's early days, John was the lead vocalist while Scott was the bassist. After the group's second single "Love Me", the first song with Scott on lead vocals, became a hit, Scott was promoted to the lead vocalist.

Originally formed as "The Walker Brothers Trio" with John, Scott, and drummer Al "Tiny" Schneider, the group started out in a RockAndRoll and Blues style and became a popular attraction at Gazzari's Club in Hollywood. Tiny was soon replaced with Gary, fresh from his time in the Standells and having toured the UK. Gary, and apparently Gazzari-regular Music/BrianJones, convinced the group that their sound would go down well in London. Cue them signing to Philips Records through Johnny Franz and making hits.

Enter ''Nite Flights'', the last Walker Brothers album that is best remembered as the first Music/ScottWalker album for the rest of his career. With all three members given a chunk of the album, Scott went full-on DarkerAndEdgier Art Rock, foreshadowing the nightmarish AvantGardeMusic of his later solo albums. The band called it quits there.

Originally formed as "The Walker Brothers Trio" with John, Scott, and drummer Al "Tiny" Schneider, the group started out in a RockAndRoll and Blues style and became a popular attraction at Gazzari's Club in Hollywood. Tiny was soon replaced with Gary, fresh from his time in the Standells and having toured the UK. Gary, and apparently Gazzari-regular Music/BrianJones, convinced the group that their sound would go down well in London. Cue them signing to Phillips Records through Johnny Franz and making hits.

* FaceOnTheCover: Portraits of the trio featured prominently on their album covers to sell to their teen pop fanbase. The exception is Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}' cover art for ''Nite Flights'', which has John and Scott's faces jagged and distorted.

* FaceOnTheCover: The trio featured prominently on their album covers to sell to their teen pop fanbase. The exception is ''Nite Flights'', which has a jagged, distorted face on the cover.

* BSide: One of Scott's first major originals, "Archangel", and John's first original song, "Saddest Night in the World", were BSides.

* BreakupSong: "Love Her" ("like I should have"), "Make it Easy On Yourself" ("'cause breaking up is so very hard to do"), "Another Tear Falls" ("and I know you're still in my heart"), "No Regrets", among others.

Their sound grew into densely orchestrated, Phil Specter-inspired BaroquePop, alternating between covers of contemporary Pop standards and Blue-Eyed Soul, though Scott occasionally wrote originals. In a reversal of UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion happening at the time, the group found great success in the UK with a string of hits including "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" and "Make it Easy On Yourself", easily rivaling Music/TheBeatles' popularity there at the time, though they had minor success in North America as well. Scott gradually took a leading role in the song choices and arrangements, foreshadowing his lauded solo career, but the band's popularity eventually waned. Due to internal tensions and CreativeDifferences, the band broke up in 1968.