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Gilbert O’Sullivan was born Raymond Edward O’Sullivan on 1st December 1946 in Waterford in Ireland. His father worked in a meat factory while his mother ran a sweet shop. In 1958 at the age of 11 he moved with his family to Swindon in England in search of a better life. He attended St. Joseph’s Comprehensive school in Swindon. While there he developed an interest in both music and amateur boxing. Musically he began with the guitar and progressed to the piano. In the boxing ring he had nearly 50 bouts. Meanwhile his painting and drawing had won him a place at Swindon Art College. He started there in September 1963. His aim was to be a graphic designer. He played drums in his first group The Doodles and left them to join The Prefects while attending Swindon Art College. It was while at college that he met Rick Davies, who was later a member of Supertramp. While at college he began writing songs and sending out demo tapes, alas they were always returned unopened. The first song he remembers writing was Ready Miss Steady.

After finishing college, Gilbert moved to London in 1967 to try and further his musical career. He took a part-time job as a salesman at the C & A department store in Oxford Street. Mike Ward who also worked at C & A, had a contract with CBS and Gilbert went with him one day and played his tapes for some of the CBS executives.
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  • Jeh3k

    Clair <3

    29 Apr 6:33am Reply

  • at5-5

    My heart, it fluctuates lyrics When I'm drinking my Bonaparte Shandy Eating more than enough apple pies Will I glance at my screen and see real human beings starve to death Right in front of my eyes Nothing I couldn't say Nothing why 'cos today Nothing rhymed

    25 Mar 1:19pm Reply

  • at5-5

    Beautiful heart....

    25 Mar 12:47pm Reply

  • Tr1xx

    Hey, unbelievable; I Just heard a great new song of his on Radio 2 called "Me Mum" performed with the Treorchy Male Choir. It's on Youtube

    10 Mar 10:04am Reply

  • garynotrashcoug

    I wasn't familiar with his music until I heard "Alone Again" and "Get Down" used as theme music in the series Maison Ikkoku. I goes surprisingly well with the theme and tone of the series.

    30 Dec 2012 Reply

  • cabfedhig

    Nothing I couldn't say Nothing why 'cos today Nothing rhymed

    9 Sep 2012 Reply

  • passionatewoman

    love....:-)

    18 Aug 2012 Reply

  • lyndamn

    love :)

    27 Jul 2012 Reply

  • CDPETE01

    First heard Clair when I was 7 years old,remember seeing him on TOTP back in the early 70s with his flat cap on and didnt he wear like long shorts,great to see his two remastered albums released

    16 Mar 2012 Reply

  • patanatom

    Очень своеобразный исполнитель, похож на Barry Manilow - композиции все известные, а автора мало, кто знает. Да и что удивляться, при засилии попсы и рэпа произошла какая-то дебилизация в головах современной молодежи. А зря.

    10 Mar 2012 Reply

  • azfrankie

    Gilbert was the first live show I ever saw. 38 years later I'm still listening.

    21 Dec 2011 Reply

  • DeeKDee

    love

    14 Nov 2011 Reply

  • IVANSHEET

    Alone Again (Naturally) beautiful

    24 Aug 2011 Reply

  • ClydeConkey

    Clair is a magical song.

    5 Jul 2011 Reply

  • ansharyis

    alone again seem so immortal and never seem too old for me!

    30 Jun 2011 Reply

  • Pm0rris

    He seems very talented but has had really bad direction from his management who probably wanted a quick buck. His image and some of his somgs are absolutley dire. His better works have good arrangements and good lyrics. He could have done much better and maybe should have stayed out of the boxing ring and kept a clear head. At least he can go round and twat his old management now.

    16 Mar 2011 Reply

  • Pm0rris

    He seems very talented but has had really bad direction from his management who probably wanted a quick buck. His image and some of his somgs are absolutley dire. His better works have goog arange arrangements and good lyrics. He could have done much better and maybe should have stayed out of the boxing ring and kept a clear head. At least he can go round and twat his old management now.

    16 Mar 2011 Reply

  • Acuvi

    What could it be? It's Matrimony!

    12 Mar 2011 Reply

  • tom_dissonance

    thanks for ruining sampling for everyone you absolute tool

    25 Jan 2011 Reply

  • Bastard1

    Inconsistent songwriter. Can't bring myself to like the bulk of his material unfortunately.

    12 Jan 2011 Reply
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