Phil Coulter was born on February 19th 1942. He grew up in Derry, Northern Ireland, in an era of air raid shelters and ration books. His most valuable and valued piece of furniture was the Challen upright piano. His house was always full of music. His first hit came in 1967 wtih the song 'Puppet On A String' which won the Eurovision Song Contest for the U.K. in 1967.