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Gilbert O'Sullivan | In Print". Gilbertosullivan.net. 2 August 1973. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 . Retrieved 8 October 2016. That’s not to say there were not new long-players from time to time, and indeed his last outing, 2018’s well-received Gilbert O’Sullivan, was this 19th studio album and reached number 20 in the UK charts. Baltin: Looking at the press materials that were sent out, there's quotes from so many artists who are fans of yours, from Paul Weller, Timothy Burgess, Kim Wilder and Chris Difford of Squeeze, who's a great songwriter. Are you able to tune that out and just focus on the writing? It’s yours to keep forever. You own the product, you are not renting it from a ‘DSP’ (digital service provider)

Baltin: Like you say, you haven't done a video for 30 years. It can become exciting again to do these things. Was that the case for you? Rees, Caroline (14 August 2016). "Gilbert O'Sullivan: 'Success was the postman walking up the garden whistling my song' ". The Telegraph . Retrieved 28 December 2018– via www.telegraph.co.uk. I never lost the joy!': singer Gilbert O'Sullivan on love, loss and lawsuits". the Guardian. 8 June 2022. O'Sullivan: Yeah. but it didn't take much practice to do it. And so we had great fun doing it 'cause as you know, on videos, you're doing it about 100 times. We had fun 'cause that's the first time I met KT, so here we are together, singing together, and yeah, it was great. Good fun. We're doing more. I think that there will be another one. I think the song "Let Me Know" is being released. I think that's kind of a good pop single. I think that may well be at the next video that we will do, so yeah. O'Sullivan is also noted for his role in bringing about the practice of clearing samples in hip hop music as a result of the 1991 court case Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc., [37] in which he sued rapper Biz Markie over the rights to use a sample of his song "Alone Again (Naturally)". [6] He won 100% of the royalties and made sampling an expensive undertaking. [38]

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Ingle, Róisín. "The strange case of Gilbert O'Sullivan". The Irish Times . Retrieved 31 August 2020. The third in the SDE Surround Series is an exclusive blu-ray audio that is channeling some classic seventies songwriting vibes via the brand new album from the legendary Irish-born singer and musician, Gilbert O'Sullivan.

Melhuish, Martin (1986). The Supertramp Book. Toronto, Canada: Omnibus Press. p.18. ISBN 0-9691272-2-7. a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1sted.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p.149. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.The hits continued in the 1970s, even if things were quieter in subsequent decades, but the music endured via regular compilations, ensuing new generation of artists (Paul Weller, Squeeze etc.) expressing their admiration and of course Gilbert’s songs feature regularly in films (such as 1999 family favourite Stuart Little). Murphy, Adrienne. "Happy Birthday Gilbert O'Sullivan: Revisiting a Classic Interview". Hot Press . Retrieved 14 June 2022. O'Sullivan's gifts have been long-established, and his observational style of songwriting, unique blend of melodic craftsmanship, witty wordplay and humour, chimed with the public on both sides of the Atlantic early in his career, as songs like 'Alone Again (Naturally)', and 'Clair' topped the charts in the UK and/or America (in 1972). Born in Waterford, Ireland, O'Sullivan settled in Swindon, England, as a child. In 1967, O'Sullivan began his music career. Worldwide, he has charted 16 top 40 records including six No. 1 songs, the first of which was 1970's " Nothing Rhymed". Throughout his career, O'Sullivan has recorded 19 studio albums. The music magazine Record Mirror voted him the top UK male singer of 1972. [4] He has received three Ivor Novello Awards, including "Songwriter of the Year" in 1973. [5] Early life [ edit ] O'Sullivan purposely avoided dating at the peak of his career; he feared that doing so would inhibit his songwriting abilities. [43] In January 1980, O'Sullivan married his Norwegian girlfriend Aase Brekke. Later that year, the first of their two daughters, Helen-Marie, was born. Tara was born two years later. [44]

Reflective songs come in the form of Let Me Know – and another instantly memorable standout on Driven – Blue Anchor Bay. The former recalls the first decade of Gilbert’s career, in which he resisted serious relationships for fear that it might have an effect on his songwriting. The latter, finds him reflecting upon simpler times, retreating to his teenage years in Swindon and the regular school trips which would see him and his friends head out to the Somerset beach immortalised in the song’s title. The result is the sort of sepia jazz standard one might sooner expect to find on an album by Leon Redbone or Mose Allison. a b "Gilbert O'Sullivan | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 September 2018. O'Sullivan: The last producer didn't come to my home to hear the melodies, to start with. I went to see him in London. But because I'd written all the lyrics this time, he was able to hear 14, 15 songs completed. And then he would choose the 12 or 13 that he wanted to go with. So I'm happy with every song. For me, as a songwriter, success for me is when I've spent the time it's taken to write a song, and usually lyrics take a long time. When I finish that, I'm really happy with that. Nobody else is hearing. My family are not hearing. I'm not saying, "Come and listen to this." It's just me. I'm really happy with that. And then I move on the next one. But I'm enjoying, for example, "Love Casualty." I liked playing that because it has a kind of Stones guitar riff. I had a lot of fun spending the day doing that riff before I got round to write the lyric for it, again, not knowing what it was gonna be about. So things like that are what inspire me or spur me on. I always like "If Only Love Had Ears" because it has that nice musical intro. So everything was built around the excitement and the joy I was getting out of coming up with each song before they finished. Gilbert O'Sullivan (born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan 1 December 1946) is an Irish singer-songwriter. O'Sullivan experienced success during the early 1970s with songs including " Alone Again (Naturally)", " Clair" and " Get Down". [1] O'Sullivan's songs are often marked by his distinctive percussive piano playing style and observational lyrics using wordplay. [2] [3] a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.227. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.It’s true — if you persist and persevere for long enough the wheel turns and you become if not once again fashionable then at least re-evaluated and admired. Though he is Waterford born, 75-year-old Gilbert O’Sullivan is a prototypically an English songwriter who is experiencing a justified resurgence in popularity. It began, following years of semi-wilderness, with his self-titled 2018 album, which placed him in the UK Top 20 for the first time since 1974. Rowley, Eddie (21 June 2021). "GILLER LOOK - Gilbert O'Sullivan admits his pudding bowl haircut didn't impress the ladies". sundayworld.com. Sunday World . Retrieved 25 October 2023. On 24 August 2018, O'Sullivan released his 19th studio album, Gilbert O'Sullivan. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 20, his first UK charting studio album in over 40 years. [41] Today BMG release Take Love, the first single to be taken from Gilbert O’Sullivan’s twentieth studio album, Driven, out July 22nd. Take Love finds Gilbert and guest vocalist, Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall trading lines over a sizzlingly energetic R&B arrangement.