![]() ![]() It bore no relation to the producer's chart-topping single some months earlier. His last single, "Nineteen", released a few weeks before his death, was produced by Paul Hardcastle. 5 UK hit in 1985, his highest-charting single ever) and "Parisienne Walkways" (a UK no. In 1983 Thin Lizzy disbanded, and later that year Lynott recorded a rock'n'roll medley single, "We Are The Boys (Who Make All The Noise)" with Roy Wood, Chas Hodges and John Coghlan, and collaborated with former bandmate blues,/ rock guitarist Gary Moore on "Out in the Fields" (a No. Caroline is the daughter of British comedian Leslie Crowther. ![]() ![]() ![]() She later gave birth to their second daughter, Cathleen. The song "Yellow Pearl" (1982), was a Top 20 hit and became the theme tune to Top Of The Pops.Īlso in 1980 he married Caroline Crowther, with whom he already had a child, Sarah. His second solo venture, The Phil Lynott Album was a chart flop, despite the presence of the single "Old Town". The latter was a tribute to Elvis Presley, and featured Mark Knopfler on guitar. Though Thin Lizzy were still enjoying considerable success, in 1980 Phil Lynott launched a solo career with the album Solo in Soho, which was a Top 30 UK album and yielded two hit singles that year, "Dear Miss Lonelyhearts" and "King's Call". In 1979, under the name of "The Greedies", he recorded a Christmas single, "A Merry Jingle", featuring other members of Thin Lizzy as well as Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols. In 1978, he was featured in Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, singing and speaking the role of The Parson. Their first top ten hit was in 1973 with the traditional Irish song "Whiskey In The Jar". Lynott was half black, and was inspired by Jimi Hendrix as an example of how a black man could be successful fronting a hard rock band. Lynott was the main songwriter for Thin Lizzy, as well as the lead singer and bassist. He formed Thin Lizzy around 1969 in Dublin after a short stint in Brush Shiels' Skid Row with Gary Moore. It was around this time that he befriended Brian Downey. In the mid-1960s, Lynott began singing in his first band, the Black Eagles. His parents reportedly kept in touch for a number of years after his birth, but Lynott did not meet his father until the late 1970s. He was brought up in Moss Side, Manchester before moving to Crumlin, Dublin, whilst he was still quite young, to live with his grandmother, Sarah. His father left his mother just three weeks after he was born and returned to his native Brazil. Lynott was born in Hallam Hospital (now Sandwell General Hospital) in West Bromwich (then in Staffordshire), England, the son of a Brazilian father, Cecil Parris, and an Irish Catholic mother, Philomena (aka Phyllis) Lynott, whose surname he took. Philip Parris Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter, who first came to prominence as a member of Thin Lizzy. Search lyrics by band name or use our Advanced Search engine:Īlbum: ''Dear Miss Lonely Hearts / Solo in Soho'' (1980 Single)Īlbum: ''Yellow Pearl / Girls'' (1981 Single)Īlbum: ''The Philip Lynott Album'' (1982)Īlbum: ''Old Town / Beat of the Drum'' (1982 Single)Īlbum: ''Together / Somebody Else's Dream'' (1982 Single)Īlbum: ''Live in Sweden 1983'' (2002 Live album) ![]()
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