Phil Coulter

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Phil Coulter (born 19 February 1942) is an Irish musician, songwriter, and record producer from Derry, Northern Ireland.

In October 2009, he received the Gold Badge from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors; five Ivor Novello Awards, which include Songwriter of the Year; three American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers; and a Rose d'Antibes;

He is one of the country's most prominent record dealers.

Early years

Coulter was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, during the Second World War, where his father (from Strangford, County Down) was one of a minority of Catholic policemen in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. His mother was from Belfast. In a two-down terraced house, he was the fourth child with two older brothers, a sister, and one younger brother, each born with a year's difference between them.

The father of Coulter, who also called Phil, loved music in the house. He played the fiddle while his wife played the upright piano. This piano, made by Challen, is considered "the most important piece of furniture in the house" by the younger Coulter. "I stayed away from the fiddle because I inflicted enough pain on my family with the piano," he grinned. Coulter confessed that he came close to abandoning the piano at an early age. "I hated the piano at first," the singer admitted. I'd like to say I was a natural born, but I wasn't. I hated playing it, and I loasted my music teacher. "We have to scrimp and save to pay for these lessons, so we may as well give them up," my father, who was a canny man, told me. "It wasn't long before I returned to the piano to play the songs I was listening to on the radio." I've 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 to think of the piano as an extension of myself."

"The Town I Loved So Well" by Coulter's most popular song, "The City I Loved So Well," describes the troubled city of his youth, which is also full of "the damned barbed wire" during the Troubles.

Education

Coulter spent his secondary school years at St. Columb's College. He later studied music and French at Queen's University Belfast (QUB).

Personal life

Coulter's first marriage was to Angela Coulter; their second child was born with Down's Syndrome and died at the age of four. He wrote "Scorn Not His Simplicity" to help him get through the difficult times, with Luke Kelly's encouragement. Kelly mastered the album and it appeared on The Dubliners' 1970 LP Revolution, making it the definitive version that was later recorded by several artists.

Following his success with "Pupup on a String," which won for the UK in 1967, and his "Congratulations" (recorded by Cliff Richard), which nearly won in 1968, Coulter was approached by Luxembourg to write a song for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest. Geraldine Brannigan appeared in a Guinness TV commercial in Dublin and felt he had to meet her as he was looking for a singer. She went on to represent Luxembourg and finished in fifth place. It was love at first sight in a RTÉ Radio 1 interview.

Brannigan married Brannigan in a low-key ceremony at Wicklow registry office, witnessed by their six children, Danielle, Dominique, Alexandra, Daragh, Ryan, and Georgina, who attended the wedding. Coulter and his wife live in Bray, County Wicklow.

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Beginnings of a career in music

Despite studying classical music, he formed his first band at Queen's University, playing early rock and roll music. Coulter was also the founder of the Glee Club, which also hosted music festivals for the University. Coulter had already written a few hit songs in Ireland by 1964, his first year at university, and he moved to London, where he first began as an arranger/songwriter with a music publisher in Denmark Street. Billy Connolly, Van Morrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Tom Jones were all recruited to perform here.

He wrote "Foolin' Time" (1963), a hit for the Capitol Showband. He performed "Terry" (1964), a UK No. 1, among other things he performed at the time. Them's "I Can Only Give You Everything" with Tommy Scott, which was first published by the m's, was a big hit for Twinkle, as well as co-writing "I Can Only Give You Everything."

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