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|image= | |name = Phil Coulter ||caption = |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Philip Coulter |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|2|19}} |origin = Derry, Northern Ireland |instrument = Vocals, piano |genre = Folk, pop, traditional Irish |occupation = Musician, songwriter, record producer |years_active = 1967–present |associated_acts= |website = {{url|http://philcoulter.com/}} }}Phil Coulter (born 19 February 1942)[1] is a musician, songwriter and record producer from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was awarded the Gold Badge from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in October 2009.[2][1] Coulter has amassed 23 platinum discs, 39 gold discs, 52 silver discs, two Grand Prix Eurovision awards; five Ivor Novello Awards, which includes Songwriter of the Year; three American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awards; a Grammy Nomination; a Meteor Award, a National Entertainment Award and a Rose d'or d'Antibes.[2] He is one of the biggest record sellers in his native land.[3] Early yearsCoulter was born in Derry, Northern Ireland during the height of the Second World War,[6] where his father (from Strangford, County Down) was one of a minority of Catholic policeman in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. He was the fourth child with two older brothers and a sister and one younger sister, each born with a years difference between them, in a two-up two-down terraced house.[4] Coulter's father, also called Phil, encouraged music in the house. He played the fiddle whilst his wife played the upright piano. The younger Coulter recalls this piano, made by Challen, as "the most important piece of furniture in the house".[4] “I always stayed away from the fiddle, having inflicted enough pain on my family with the piano," he laughed. Coulter confesses that he came close to abandoning the piano at an early age. "The truth is I hated the piano at first. I'd love to say I was a natural but I wasn't. I hated playing it and I hated my music teacher. My father, who was a canny man, told me, 'We have to scrimp and save to pay for these lessons, you might as well give them up.’ “It wasn't long before I gravitated back to the piano, trying to play the songs that I was listening to on the radio. I always wondered what my left hand was supposed to be doing though. But after two or three years at St. Columb's College I began thinking of the piano as an extension of myself."{{citation needed|date=May 2011}} One of Coulter's most popular songs, "The Town I Loved So Well",[3] deals with the embattled city of his youth, filled with "that damned barbed wire" during the Troubles.[5] EducationCoulter spent his secondary school years at St. Columb's College. He later studied music and French at the Queen's University of Belfast (QUB).[6] Coulter has received honorary doctorates from the University of Ulster {1988}[7] and Dublin Institute of Technology (2006),[8] and The Open University (2018).[9] Beginnings of a career in musicHe started his first band at Queen's University, playing early rock and roll music despite studying classical music. Coulter was also founder of the Glee Club, which staged music events for the university. By 1964, his final year at university, Coulter had already written a couple of hit songs in Ireland and he moved to London, where his first job was as an arranger/songwriter with a music publisher in Denmark Street. From here he was hired to work with acts including Billy Connolly,[1] Van Morrison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Tom Jones. He wrote "Foolin' Time" (1963), a hit for the Capitol Showband. Other songs he contributed to around that time included his arrangement of "Terry" (1964),[10] a UK No. 4 hit for Twinkle,[11] plus co-writing "I Can Only Give You Everything", which was originally recorded by Them.[6][12] Songwriting partnership with Bill MartinIn 1965, he met Bill Martin and the two became established as a successful songwriting team that lasted more than ten years (Martin for the lyrics, Coulter for the melody).[20] They wrote Sandie Shaw's 1967 Eurovision-winning entry, "Puppet on a String", which became an international hit which was covered more than a 100 times. The following year their song "Congratulations", sung by Cliff Richard, came second in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2008 a Spanish documentary alleged that Cliff Richard had been robbed of victory after General Francisco Franco fixed the vote.[13] The person who made the claim in the documentary, José María Íñigo, said later that his words had been taken out of context.[14] Seven years after "Congratulations", another Coulter song, "Toi", co-written with Pierre Cour, was performed as the Luxembourg entry by Coulter's future wife Geraldine in Stockholm. Coulter conducted the orchestra for the song, which came fifth. Coulter and Martin also wrote "Shine It On", which finished third in the 1978 heat of A Song for Europe, performed by the Glaswegian performer Christian. Between 1967 and 1976, they had four No. 1 hits in the UK: "Puppet on a String", "Congratulations", "Back Home" and "Forever and Ever".[15] There were also numerous Top 10 hits including the Bay City Rollers' "Shang-A-Lang",[16] "Fancy Pants" by the glam rock band Kenny,[17] "Requiem" by the Scottish pop group Slik,[18] and "Surround Yourself with Sorrow" by Cilla Black.[19] In 1975, Martin and Coulter were joint recipients of an Ivor Novello Award for 'Songwriter of the Year'.[20] The Bay City Rollers had a No. 1 hit in 1976 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Saturday Night", a song that was not released as a single in the UK.[20] There were three No. 1 hits in the US for the songwriters, the other two (which were chart-toppers on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and the Adult Contemporary listings respectively) being "Thanks", performed by Bill Anderson and "My Boy", sung by Elvis Presley.[21][22] They also contributed incidental music to the 1967 Spider-Man television series, and Coulter also wrote the score to the 1978 film version of The Water Babies. Sideman and producerAs well as writing hit singles, Coulter produced three albums with Planxty.[10] Christy Moore wrote: "With no competition he gave us a shite contract and we signed everything away. All that said, 30 years on this album sounds good. He produced it well and ... (he had) the foresight and wherewithal to record the band at a time when no one else was listening.[23] Coulter produced, arranged and wrote most of the late Joe Dolan 1983 album, Here and Now. The album featured several hit singles, including the Irish Top Ten hit "Deeper and Deeper" which remained a staple in Dolan's live sets, and was also one of the last songs he performed before he became ill on stage, during what turned out to be his last ever show in Abbeyleix. The album was released in South Africa as Yours Faithfully where it went to number one within one week of release.{{citation needed|date=May 2008}} In 2007, Coulter joined with Sharon Browne, one of the originators of the successful Celtic Woman production, to collaborate on formation of a male version of that production called Celtic Thunder. A stage production at The Helix in Dublin was released on DVD as Celtic Thunder: The Show, and it went to the top of the Amazon and Billboard Top World Albums chart in 2008. Many of the tracks in the show, such as "That's a Woman" and "Heartbreaker", were written by Coulter.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} Coulter resigned from his position in 2011. Solo successIn 1984 Coulter launched himself as an artist in his own right and began by releasing a solo instrumental album called Classic Tranquility.[6] His follow-up, Sea of Tranquility, became the second-best selling album of all time in Ireland.{{citation needed|date=February 2007}} It peaked at No. 46 in the UK Albums Chart, and remained in the chart for fourteen weeks.[35] The follow-up album, Phil Coulter's Ireland reached No. 86 in the UK.[24] He moved from London back to Ireland, where he established his music publishing company on the grounds of his house in Bray, south of Dublin. Coulter's official website notes that he has some 23 platinum records, 39 gold and 52 silver albums. He also keeps one of the walls of his office blank, "to remind me that there's still room for a lot more."[2] In the 1990s, Coulter's produced work for both Sinéad O'Connor and Boyzone.[10] In 2001 he was nominated for a Grammy Award in the "New Age" category for his album Highland Cathedral (2000).[25] He continues to be a popular performer in his native country and around the world in places such as The White House and Carnegie Hall.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} On 28th October 2009, Coulter was presented with a BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of his unique contribution to music.[2][1] Personal lifeCoulter's first marriage was to Angela Coulter; their first child was born with Down's Syndrome and later died aged four.[26] He wrote the song "Scorn Not His Simplicity" to help him get through the difficult time with the encouragement of Luke Kelly.[27][28] Kelly recorded the song and it appeared on The Dubliners 1970 LP Revolution, becoming the definitive version, later being recorded by several artists.[29] In 1974, Coulter was approached by Luxembourg to write a song for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, following his success with "Puppet on a String", which won for the UK in 1967, and his "Congratulations" (recorded by Cliff Richard), which nearly won in 1968.[46][30] Whilst looking for a singer he saw Geraldine Brannigan in a Guinness TV advert in Dublin and felt that he had to meet her. She went on to represent Luxembourg and came in fifth place.[31] He later said in an interview on Miriam Meets... on RTE Radio 1 it was love at first sight.[32] In November 1998, Coulter married Brannigan in a low-key ceremony at Wicklow registry office, witnessed by their six children, Danielle, Dominique, Alexandra, Daragh, Ryan and Georgina, and 16 guests.[33] PoliticsDisregarding the broad international campaign against the Apartheid regime and the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, Coulter performed in an undemocratic South Africa in May 1983 and his name was included in the register of entertainers who travelled to that country by the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, which was published in 1986.[34] In 2002, Coulter was encouraged by the Save the Swilly organisation to run for Dáil to protect Lough Swilly from aquacultural destruction.[35] After some deliberation, he concluded that work and family commitments would not allow him the time necessary to fill the political position. Around that time, Coulter's brother died in a drowning incident in Ireland, which also caused Phil to retreat from the music industry for some time.[10] SportCoulter is a former president of Derry City Football Club and is known to be a supporter of the club, having attempted to help the club with its financial problems in the early 2000s. He has also helped Derry City's local rivals, Finn Harps, in their time of need.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} His son Ryan plays in goal for Bray Wanderers F.C.[36] In 1995, the Irish Rugby Football Union commissioned Coulter to write a politically neutral anthem for the Ireland national rugby union team, which represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The result was "Ireland's Call", which is played alongside, and in some cases instead of, "Amhrán na bhFiann". As well as being used by both the Ireland national rugby union team and the junior national teams, "Ireland's Call" has since also been adopted by the Ireland's national hockey, cricket and rugby league teams and by the world-renowned singing group Celtic Thunder.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} DiscographyAlbums
Entries in the Eurovision Song ContestCoulter co-wrote three Eurovision Song Contest entries:
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14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/05/05/television/1210021065.html |title=Massiel e Iñigo acusan a La Sexta de 'urdir todo para favorecer a Chikilicuatre' |publisher=elmundo.es |date= |language=es|accessdate=30 December 2012}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.secondhandsongs.com/artist/6217 |title=Artist: Bill Martin |publisher=Second Hand Songs |date= |accessdate=30 December 2012}} 16. ^{{cite web|last=Thompson |first=Dave |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/shang-a-lang-mt0030415083 |title=Shang-A-Lang – Bay City Rollers : Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=30 December 2012}} 17. ^{{cite web|last=Thompson |first=Dave |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-singles-collection-plus-mw0000537915 |title=The Singles Collection Plus – Kenny : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=26 September 2000 |accessdate=30 December 2012}} 18. ^{{cite web|last=Thompson |first=Dave 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2011}} 27. ^{{cite web|last1=Black|first1=Rebecca|title=Phil Coulter reveals his anguish at son's Down's syndrome|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/phil-coulter-reveals-his-anguish-at-sons-downs-syndrome-31575768.html|website=Belfast Telegraph|accessdate=22 November 2017|location=Belfast|language=en|date=2 October 2015}} 28. ^{{cite web|last1=Bray|first1=Allison|title=With Luke Kelly badgering me, I had to write grown-up songs - Independent.ie|url=https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/with-luke-kelly-badgering-me-i-had-to-write-grownup-songs-29163775.html|website=Irish Independent|accessdate=22 November 2017|location=Dublin|language=en|date=30 August 2013}} 29. ^{{cite web|title=The Dubliners - Revolution|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubliners-Revolution/release/1820134|website=Discogs|accessdate=22 November 2017|language=en}} 30. ^{{cite web|title=Phil Coulter to sell the house he loved so well for over €1.2m|url=http://www.derryjournal.com/news/phil-coulter-to-sell-the-house-he-loved-so-well-for-over-1-2m-1-4112893|website=Derry Journal|accessdate=22 November 2017|location=Derry|language=en|date=31 July 2012}} 31. ^1 {{cite news|last1=O'Rourke|first1=Frances|title='He protected me from the minute we met'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/he-protected-me-from-the-minute-we-met-1.1252688|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=22 November 2017|location=Dublin|language=en|date=16 February 2013}} 32. ^{{cite web|title=Miriam Meets..... Phil Coulter and Geraldine Brannigan|url=https://www.rte.ie/radio1/miriam-meets/programmes/2013/0224/369129-miriam-meets-sunday-24-february-2013/|website=Sunday with Miriam - RTÉ Radio 1|accessdate=22 November 2017|location=Dublin|language=en|date=24 February 2013}} 33. ^{{cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=Nicola|title=Performance of a lifetime for Phil and his Geraldine - Independent.ie|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/performance-of-a-lifetime-for-phil-and-his-geraldine-26168847.html|website=Irish Independent|accessdate=22 November 2017|location=Dublin|language=en|date=19 November 1998}} 34. ^The Irish Times, 30 December 2016 35. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/phil-coulter-makes-plea-for-donegal-lough-150371.html |title=Phil Coulter makes plea for Donegal Lough |publisher=BreakingNews.ie |date= |accessdate=31 December 2012}} 36. ^{{cite web|url=http://braywanderersfc.ie/ryan-coulter-joins-wanderers/ |title=Ryan Coulter joins Wanderers|website=braywanderersfc.ie |date= |accessdate=2017-08-03}} 37. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/performer/phil_coulter |title=Phil Coulter – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |accessdate=17 October 2013}} External links
9 : 1942 births|Living people|Alumni of Queen's University Belfast|Eurovision Song Contest winners|Songwriters from Northern Ireland|Ivor Novello Award winners|Musicians from Derry (city)|People educated at St Columb's College|Windham Hill Records artists |
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