Phil Coulter
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{{Short description|Irish musician and songwriter}} |
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==Beginnings of a career in music== |
==Beginnings of a career in music== |
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He 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]],{{ |
He 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]],{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} [[Van Morrison]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] and [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]. |
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He wrote "Foolin' Time" (1963), a hit for the Capitol Showband. Other songs he contributed to around that time included his [[Arrangement (music)|arrangement]] of "[[Terry (Twinkle song)|Terry]]" (1964),{{ |
He wrote "Foolin' Time" (1963), a hit for the Capitol Showband. Other songs he contributed to around that time included his [[Arrangement (music)|arrangement]] of "[[Terry (Twinkle song)|Terry]]" (1964),{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} a UK No. 4 hit for [[Twinkle (singer)|Twinkle]],{{cite book |
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==Sideman and producer== |
==Sideman and producer== |
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As well as writing hit singles, Coulter produced three albums with [[Planxty]].{{ |
As well as writing hit singles, Coulter produced three albums with [[Planxty]].{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} [[Christy Moore]] wrote: |
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"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.[http://www.christymoore.com/discography/3.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717015856/http://www.christymoore.com/discography/3.htm|date=17 July 2005}} |
"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.[http://www.christymoore.com/discography/3.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717015856/http://www.christymoore.com/discography/3.htm|date=17 July 2005}} |
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He moved from London back to Ireland,{{when|date=November 2023}} where he established his music publishing company on the grounds of his house in [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]], south of Dublin. Coulter's official website notes that he has some 23 [[music recording sales certification|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." |
He moved from London back to Ireland,{{when|date=November 2023}} where he established his music publishing company on the grounds of his house in [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]], south of Dublin. Coulter's official website notes that he has some 23 [[music recording sales certification|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." |
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In the 1990s, Coulter's produced work for both [[Sinéad O'Connor]] and [[Boyzone]].{{ |
In the 1990s, Coulter's produced work for both [[Sinéad O'Connor]] and [[Boyzone]].{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} |
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In 2001, he was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] in the "New Age" category for his album ''Highland Cathedral'' (2000).{{cite web|author=Phil Coulter |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/phil-coulter-mn0000846878/awards |title=Phil Coulter – Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=31 December 2012}} |
In 2001, he was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] in the "New Age" category for his album ''Highland Cathedral'' (2000).{{cite web|author=Phil Coulter |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/phil-coulter-mn0000846878/awards |title=Phil Coulter – Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=31 December 2012}} |
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Disregarding the broad international campaign against the [[Apartheid]] regime and the imprisonment of [[Nelson Mandela]], Coulter performed in an [[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.''[[The Irish Times]]'', 30 December 2016 |
Disregarding the broad international campaign against the [[Apartheid]] regime and the imprisonment of [[Nelson Mandela]], Coulter performed in an [[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.''[[The Irish Times]]'', 30 December 2016 |
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In 2002, Coulter was encouraged by the ''Save the Swilly'' organisation to run for the [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]] to protect [[Lough Swilly]] from aquacultural destruction.{{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 |date=June 2004 |publisher=BreakingNews.ie |access-date=31 December 2012}} 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.{{ |
In 2002, Coulter was encouraged by the ''Save the Swilly'' organisation to run for the [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]] to protect [[Lough Swilly]] from aquacultural destruction.{{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 |date=June 2004 |publisher=BreakingNews.ie |access-date=31 December 2012}} 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.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} |
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==Sport== |
==Sport== |
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:30px;"|Peak positions |
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!width="30"|[[Irish Albums Chart|Irish Albums Chart]] {{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/performer/phil_coulter |title=Phil Coulter – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |access-date=17 October 2013}} |
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