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07/09/2015

Gilbert O'Sullivan

BBC Radio 2 - Jools Holland, Gilbert O'Sullivan

Jools welcomes Gilbert O'Sullivan to the studio to play live with him and the band.

Jools welcomes Gilbert O'Sullivan to the studio to play live with him and the band and pick some of his favourite records.

Gilbert O'Sullivan guests in the first of a new series, playing live with Jools and the band, and picking some of his favourite records.

Gilbert O'Sullivan (born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan, 1 December 1946) is an Irish singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair" and "Get Down". The music magazine Record Mirror voted him the No. 1 UK male singer of 1972.

Worldwide he has charted 16 top-40 records, including six number one songs, the first of which was 1970's "Nothing Rhymed" (for further information see Gilbert O'Sullivan discography). Such was his popularity in the early 1970s that "Matrimony", an airplay and live favourite from his debut album Himself, remains one of his most famous compositions despite never having been a hit single (except in the Netherlands where it reached No. 4).

His most successful recording period was between 1970 and 1980, though he has since recorded ten studio albums up to 2015's Latin A la G!. Speaking in 2009 he said, "I write pop songs. End of story. That's all I wanted to do. That's all I want to do. And that's all I continue to want to do. I have no interest in just touring, and living in the past.".

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