Phil Coulter: Last News

Eurovision Song Contest: I won it in 1967 having written Puppet On A String, I came second in 1968 having written Congratulations, in 1970 I won it again as a producer and publisher of All Kind of Everything for Dana.’‘So in 1974, with that kind of track record, that was a time when I knew what was going on in Eurovision Song Contest. I would have had a clear opinion and a very informed opinion when I listened to the songs which song had a chance and which song had no chance.

Little Mix star dropped ‘Angel of My Dreams’ on Friday (July 19), and sampled Sandie Shaw’s ‘Puppet on a String’.The song was written by Coulter and songwriting partner Bill Martin and rose to prominence when Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967.Coulter, who has won five Ivor Novello awards, and worked with the likes of Sinéad O’Connor, Cliff Richard and Boyzone, said he was “flabbergasted and surprised that I am part of this whole operation”.Speaking to BBC News NI, Coulter explained he first became aware of Thirlwall’s single through his family.“They said the record is getting reviews left, right and centre,” he said. “They said it’s going to be the song of the summer.

This Sporting Life” (1963) and “The Field” (1991) — and famously crooned Jimmy Webb’s “MacArthur Park,” for which he garnered a 1969 Grammy nomination. He originated the role of Dumbledore in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”Harris died in 2002 at the age of 72 from Hodgkin’s disease.“The Ghost of Richard Harris,” premiering May 9 on BritBox, features interviews with Jared Harris, 61 (“Mad Men,” “Chernobyl”), his brothers Damian, 64 and Jamie, 59, and Russell Crowe, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Rea, Malachy McCourt, Dick Cavett and acclaimed songwriter Phil Coulter, among others.The documentary, replete with archival footage and photographs of Harris dating back to his childhood in Ireland, uses his unapologetic approach to life — “I drank because I loved it,” “I’m a jockey on this wild horse,” “I’m not running away from anything” — as a jumping-off point to delve into what drove him to excess.“I do think it’s true that he was running away from everything,” Jared said.