Up in that Pantheon inhabited by the biggest selling recording artistes of
all time in Ireland, rubbing shoulders with Bono and the Boys, you might be
surprised to bump into Phil Coulter. You shouldn't be!
It's now twenty years since the phenomenon of Tranquility first seduced the
country with its easy melodic charm, before going on to make believers
around the world. With record sales now counted in millions, as well as a
Grammy nomination, appearances in the White House and sold out
international tours, it¹s been quite a ride.
Not that Phil Coulter had been a stranger to success in the music biz prior
to that. In the twenty years before Tranquility he had achieved world-wide
recognition as a hit songwriter, notching up number ones with a diverse list
of acts from Elvis Presley to Cliff Richard, from Sandie Shaw to the Bay
City Rollers. His production credits include Van Morrison, Sinead
O' Connor, Richard Harris and Billy Connolly while in Ireland his successes
have ranged from the Dubliners to Planxty, from Paddy Reilly to the Furey
Brothers.
He has performed with everyone from James Galway and the London Symphony
Orchestra to Nanci Griffith and The Blue Moon Orchestra, not to mention
Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein and Quincy Jones!
He has contributed at least four titles to the list of Great Irish Songs -
the anthems The Town I Loved So Well and Ireland's Call and the haunting
Scorn Not His Simplicity and Steal Away.
He continues to demonstrate his unerring ear for a great song on his latest
album TIMELESS TRANQUILITY. To celebrate the 20 year landmark he has
recorded beautifully lush orchestrations of some of the most popular
melodies and biggest hits of recent years, from traditional tunes like
Black Is The Colour to recently composed favorites like
Caledonia, The Voyage and The Red Rose Cafe. It's an irresistible
combination to mark 20 years of an unstoppable phenomenon.
Awards:- *23 Platinum Discs, *36 Gold Discs, *52 Silver Discs
*Grand Prix d¹Eurovision (2)
*Ivor Novello Awards (5) (including Songwriter of the Year)
*ASCAP Awards (3) *Grammy Nomination, *Meteor Award
*National Entertainment Award *Rose d'or d'Antibes
