Gilbert O'Sullivan

[leschirons]

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I remember buying his 'Nothing Rhymed' single back in 1970-ish and he was pretty big around that time. Last I heard he had an expensive legal run-in with his management company and he seemed to disappear for many years. Glad to hear he's still around.
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From what I remember, the legal run-in was only expensive for his old management. I seem to recall he won about 6 million over royalties. Hence, moving to Jersey.

[Tullfan]

Love Gilbert since 70's.
A sing a long in the car too with the kids!
Glad he's still able to write new material.
For what it's worth, love Dean Friedman too!

[spectoremg]

He was a master at melancholy lyrics.

[wombatboter]

Great composer...popular around here in Belgium too. Catchy tunes with great lyrics

[Buzzy]

Reading this thread made me buy a ticket for his show in Dartford last night. I bought his first album back in 71 but lost track of him during the punk wars of 77/78.
The show was great, quality songs (even the ones I didnt know) and a top rate band.
I'll be buying a few more of his albums to catch up on what I missed for the last 40 years.

[Big_Stu]

Radio 2 is currently plugging a gig he's doing with the BBC orchestra that they're broadcasting. Part of the plug is that he was the most successful UK artist of the early 70s with 7 top twenty singles . I'm finding that difficult to believe but I suppose it depends how they define that success. Certainly not in quantity, there were a lot of acts that beat that statistic but maybe sales volume if the releases sold stacks during a quiet spell - IF the early 70s ever had such a thing. Or maybe it's financial success and he had a good accountant.

[seashell]

[quote name='Tullfan' timestamp='1455221847' post='2977264']
Love Gilbert since 70's.
A sing a long in the car too with the kids!
Glad he's still able to write new material.
For what it's worth, love Dean Friedman too!
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Dean Friedman is a legend. Saw him at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012 and have been a fan ever since. Perhaps we should start a separate thread :-)