# 1 hit ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY) - Singer/Songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan

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Gilbert O'Sullivan is a celebrated and beloved worldwide charting artist who has charted 16 top 40 records including six No. 1 songs. Across his career, he has recorded 20 studio albums. The music magazine Record Mirror voted him the top UK male singer of 1972. His worldwide #1 hit “Alone Again (Naturally)” celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2022 and was nominated for three Grammy® Awards. It spent six non-consecutive weeks at number one on Billboard's Hot 100 between late July and early September 1972 in America.

-Learn about his “Best Of” collection released in 2022 which spans a 67 track career including a collection of music from 1970 til 2022.

-His latest Album “Driven” and what the title derives from and means

-What Shindig! Magazine had to say about O’Sullivan’s Driven album in 2022

-Who were the greats that influenced his career, musical style and lyrics (hint...one influence was a foursome and another was pioneer folk singer)

-Did he know when we wrote it if “Alone Again" would be the huge hit it became?

-In Alone Again Naturally. some of the classic lyrics are: "And at 65 years old, my mother, God rest her soul, Couldn’t understand why the only man, she had ever loved had been taken." Was that a true story about his mother and father and is that what inspired this song?

-Which cities Gilbert is touring in these days and how to learn more about his upcoming gigs and albums

Today, Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan continues to be regarded with tremendous affection & his songs remain well-loved around the world.