One of the writers behind Sandie Shaw’s Puppet On A String has given the thumbs up to former Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall’s use of the song on her debut solo single. Phil Coulter co-wrote the hit ...

Jade Thirlwall has dug up a real buried treasure while looking back at the year she’s had since launching her solo career, ahead of the long-awaited release of her new album. On Tuesday night, the ...

The lyricist Bill Martin and composer Phil Coulter produced some of the most recognisable hits of the Sixties and Seventies, such as “Back Home” for the 1970 England World Cup squad, and the Bay City ...

SANDIE SHAW is one of the iconic voices and faces of the 1960s. Puppet On A String made her the first British winner of the Eurovision Song Contest but the truth behind the song and her famous bare ...

Jade Thirlwall has teased her debut solo single via a voice notes uploaded to streaming services including Spotify, YouTube and Deezer. JADE's debut single - its title and release date still to be ...

Bill Martin received the medal for co-writing the UK's winning Eurovision entry in 1967 A medal awarded to the co-writer of the UK's 1967 Eurovision-winning song is being auctioned. Bill Martin wrote ...

Sandie Shaw has been famous since she was just 17. It is also 56 years since she swept to victory at the Eurovision Song Contest with Puppet On A String. The Dagenham lass was one of the faces of the ...

Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall is beginning her solo career at last (Picture: Getty) A legend of 1960s songwriting has admitted he’s ‘flattered and flabbergasted’ that Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall has ...

Bill Martin, who has died of heart failure aged 81, forged a songwriting partnership with Phil Coulter that created the United Kingdom’s first Eurovision Song Contest winner, “Puppet on a String”.

A medal which was awarded to the co-writer of the UK's 1967 Eurovision-winning song has fetched £4,000 at auction. Awarded to Bill Martin, who wrote Puppet on a String with Phil Coulter, the medal ...

A medal awarded to the co-writer of the UK's 1967 Eurovision-winning song is being auctioned. Bill Martin wrote Puppet on a String with Phil Coulter, and it was performed by Sandie Shaw at the final ...