Artist's albums
Highland Cathedral
2000 · album
The Songs I Love So Well
2000 · album
Celtic Horizons
1996 · album
American Tranquility
1994 · album
Recollections
1993 · album
A Touch Of Tranquility
1992 · album
Forgotten Dreams
1989 · album
Peace And Tranquility
1989 · album
Serenity
1988 · album
Phil Coulter's Christmas
1985 · album
Scottish Tranquility
1984 · album
Sea Of Tranquility
1984 · album
Dear God
2021 · single
Home Away from Home
2020 · single
Coultergeist
2020 · single
Return to Tranquility
2019 · album
Best Of Christmas
2014 · compilation
Echoes Of Home
2014 · album
Irish Classics
2014 · album
Serene Classics
2014 · album
Timeless Tranquility (Twenty Year Celebration)
2007 · album
Country Serenity
2006 · album
Words & Music
2005 · album
Lake Of Shadows
2001 · album
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Biography
Composer, producer and performer Phil Coulter was the reigning king of contemporary Celtic music, becoming the best-selling Irish artist of his generation. Born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1942, Coulter began his career while studying music at Belfast's Queens University, writing the Capitol Showband's 1963 hit "Foolin' Time" and later penning the ensemble's 1965 Eurovision Song Contest entry "Walking the Streets in the Rain." Other notable compositions of the era include Twinkle's 1964 smash "Terry" and Them's oft-covered garage-rock classic "I Can Only Give You Everything." Still, Coulter enjoyed his greatest success as a writer after teaming up with collaborator Bill Martin; together they authored some of the biggest pop hits of the period, including Sandie Shaw's Eurovision-winning "Puppet on a String" and Cliff Richard's "Congratulations." Despite his pop success, he remained drawn to the Irish folk of his youth, working with acts including the Dubliners, Planxty and the Furey Brothers while concurrently writing a series of hits for the Bay City Rollers. After his partnership with Martin ended during the late '70s, Coulter turned increasingly to performing, and in 1983 issued his solo debut Classic Tranquility; its meditative, lushly-orchestrated renditions of traditional Celtic favorites immediately scored with Irish audiences, and on the strength of subsequent efforts including 1984's Sea of Tranquility and 1985's Phil Coulter's Ireland, he emerged as the country's best-selling artist. Later material including 1990's Words and Music, 1993's Recollections and 2000's Highland Cathedral introduced Coulter to a growing international audience as well. The intimate Songs I Love So Well was issued on Shanachie in early 2001. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi