Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter ( born February 19, 1942 in Derry ) is a Northern Irish songwriter, performer and music producer.

Together with his colleague Bill Martin he wrote in the 1960s and 1970s, a number hits for a wide and well-known performers. 1967, the duo wrote the title Puppet on a String, 1967 won the Euro Vision Song Contest in Vienna with the Sandie Shaw. In his comeback in the 1980s, Coulter was known by the interpretation of his own works. He is now in his homeland and far beyond a well-known musician.

Solo career

In 1984, he released his instrumental solo album Classic tranquility, in which he reworked many famous Irish ways.

The follow-up album Sea of ​​Tranquility followed the idea of his predecessor. It was the second- fastest selling album in Ireland.

Phil Coulter moved his residence from London to Ireland, where he became a recording studio and an office in his home in Bray set himself up (to the south of Dublin ). He continued producing music and came out on various occasions around the globe, for example in the White House for Saint Patrick 's Day, on.

In 1995, the Irish Rugby Football Union approached Coulter and asked him a politically neutral anthem for the Irish rugby team - which represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland - to write. The result was Ireland's Call. The rugby games in the Republic of Ireland, both Amhrán na bhFiann ( the national anthem of the host Republic of Ireland ) and Ireland's Call sung (as anthem of the home team ). In foreign games but Ireland's Call is the sole anthem.

In Coulter's official website is to read that her albums already 23 times platinum, gold and have 39 times 52 times achieved Silver status. However, Phil Coulter holds a wall in his house completely free, "to remind me that there 's still room for a lot more " ( German: " to remind myself that there is still room for much more ").