Bridge Song Top Ten: Burning Bridges (#6)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (77975)
United States
September 30, 2021 9:27am CST
Lots of bridges cross the Mississippi River. I’m still on the “K” side (for those of you who don’t know: television and radio stations west of the Mississippi have their call letters begin with the letter K), but that doesn’t mean there’s not another bridge in my future: one in the title of a song!
#6: Burning Bridges - Jack Scott
One of the more frequently covered “bridge” songs on the list (along with #1….
), Jack Scott’s 1960 top five hit has seen a few re-dos over the years. Most notably, by Glen Campbell, who had a top 20 country hit with the song in 1967.
Jack Scott has a song on my 100 favorites list. Not this one, but he had a good voice and a career that continued pretty much up until his death in 2019. This is one of his more memorable songs.
Burning Bridges
Written by Walter Scott (NOTE: no relation)
Recorded by Jack Scott
From What in the World’s Come Over You, 1960
Don’t want nothin’ to remind me of you:
), Jack Scott’s 1960 top five hit has seen a few re-dos over the years. Most notably, by Glen Campbell, who had a top 20 country hit with the song in 1967.
Jack Scott has a song on my 100 favorites list. Not this one, but he had a good voice and a career that continued pretty much up until his death in 2019. This is one of his more memorable songs.
Burning Bridges
Written by Walter Scott (NOTE: no relation)
Recorded by Jack Scott
From What in the World’s Come Over You, 1960
Don’t want nothin’ to remind me of you:
Burning Bridges by Jack Scott About Jack Scott Jack Scott sounded tough, like someone you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley unless he had a guitar in ...
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@RebeccasFarm (95568)
• Arvada, Colorado
30 Sep 21
I had to look him up because as I was looking at him..he looked Italian to me..and sure enough ..Jack Scott is not his Christian name.
It is Giovanni Domenico Scafone Jr.
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@RebeccasFarm (95568)
• Arvada, Colorado
1 Oct 21
@FourWalls Yes but his ethnicity wasn't.
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@xander6464 (45342)
• Wapello, Iowa
30 Sep 21
I thought this was going to be the Kellys Heroes Theme Song, Burning Bridges. And it's odd, I thought you might use it and you did, it's just a completely different song.
There is one exception to the K-W Rule. WOC in Davenport, Iowa (Davenport is also the only Iowa city Johnny Cash uses in Big River, "Cavorting in Davenport"). WOC was licensed before the rule took effect. I think it was in 1922. The TV station was also WOC but someone bought it a few years ago and they changed it to KWQC.
One last bit of WOC in Davenport trivia. Ronald Reagan (You might remember him. He was a great actor and lousy politician but he did manage a fair bit of success in politics anyway) got his first radio job at WOC in 1932.
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@FourWalls (77975)
• United States
1 Oct 21
There are exceptions in the east, too, most notably KARE in Pittsburgh.
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@xander6464 (45342)
• Wapello, Iowa
2 Oct 21
@FourWalls It's just too bad JC never wrote a song about Pittsburgh.
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@FourWalls (77975)
• United States
1 Oct 21
Some times it’s the best thing to do.
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@RasmaSandra (88113)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Oct 21
My all-time favorite version is the one by Glen Campbell, Thanks for sharing this I will listen,
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@LindaOHio (198310)
• United States
1 Oct 21
Not familiar with this one. Didn't know that about the TV and radio stations.
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