Gilbert O'Sullivan

Person · Open Library

Works

3

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

IE

Active from

1946-12-01

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Listeners

604,953

Total plays

5,809,546

Gilbert O'Sullivan (born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan in Waterford, Ireland, on 1 December 1946) is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair", and "Get Down". ln Waterford, O'Sullivan's 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. <a href="https://www.l

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,608x

2. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: A Quality-of-Life Instrument for Use in International Clinical Trials in Oncology

   · 1993 · cited 13,305x

3. Regression Quantiles

   · 1978 · cited 12,678x

4. A Practical Guide to Wavelet Analysis

   · 1998 · cited 11,273x

5. The Sequence of the Human Genome

   · 2001 · cited 10,201x

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Quotes

• “Do what you want to within reasonbut remember, take your time:nothing stops for thosewho can't afford to wait.The best advice that I can give youis to hold on to your headand as long as you are good and kindyou'll always be a friend of mine.And it's true to say that a good friend is hard to findBut I'd like to think that you area friend of mine.”
• “I don't know what makes a manor a woman even think thatterror isn't evil.How could anyone have plansthat would guarantee the death ofthousands of people?And yet as I look back now on what happened,like the calls from those in planesthey were trapped in,whatever they felt that day,"I love you":that was all they wanted to say.”
• “It seems to me thatthere are more hearts broken in the worldthat can't be mended,left unattended.What do we do?What do we do?”
• “You say you got a big house out in the countrywith a ruddy great swimming pool.You say you got a lot of things I never had. That's true.But are you happy?Are you happy?Are you happy?When you get right down to the nitty-gritty,are you happy? You?”
• “At the very mention of your nameI get shivers down my back and in my brain.The parts that used to function normallyare now, as you can see,acting very strange.Oh, at the very mention of your nameI don't know why but if I were tied up in chainsI would somehow be releasedall problems too would ceasemy heart would never feel no pain.At the very mention of your name.”
• “Clair, the moment I met youI swear, I felt as if something somewherehad happened to mewhich I couldn't seeAnd then, the moment I met you again,I knew in my heart that we were friends,it had to be soit couldn't be noBut try as hard as I might do, I don't know whyyou get to me in a way I can't describe.Words mean so little when you look up and smile.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Edward

Family name

O'Sullivan

Gender

male

Citizenship

Republic of Ireland

Place of birth

Waterford

Occupation

recording artist

Languages spoken

English language

Notable work

Clair

Genre

soft rock

Instrument

voice

Record label

Columbia Records

Official website

www.gilbertosullivan.net

Image

Gilbert O'Sullivan - TopPop 1974 1.png

Residence

Battersea

Voice type

tenor

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