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 ] 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). Melhuish, Martin (1986). The Supertramp Book. Toronto, Canada: Omnibus Press. p.18. ISBN 0-9691272-2-7. This is a special blu-ray audio features a Dolby Atmos MIx, a 48k/24 bit stereo mix and a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix. This disc features no video content and is region-free.

Murphy, Adrienne. "Happy Birthday Gilbert O'Sullivan: Revisiting a Classic Interview". Hot Press . Retrieved 14 June 2022. 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] 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? Baltin: I just was with Rod Stewart last week. And he has a project he's doing with Jools Holland, which is taking a lot of older songs and doing them with a show tune type vibe. And a lot of these songs, I feel like you have that same sort of timeless old show tune melody. 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.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] 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]

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. Ingle, Róisín. "The strange case of Gilbert O'Sullivan". The Irish Times . Retrieved 31 August 2020. Gilbert’s extraordinary ability for exploring the human condition is exemplified on Hey Man, which offers snapshots of decisive moments in the lives of four separate characters, who all have in common that things may never be the same again beyond these frozen moments in time. a b "Gilbert O'Sullivan | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 September 2018.On 22 July 2022, O'Sullivan released his 20th studio album, Driven, produced by Andy Wright. The album peaked in the UK Albums Chart at No. 26. [41] Personal life [ edit ] 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. It’s yours to keep forever. You own the product, you are not renting it from a ‘DSP’ (digital service provider)