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Bill Martin MBE

Songwriter
9 November 1938 to 26 March 2020

A Scottish songwriter responsible for hits such as Sandie Shaw’s Puppet on a String and Cliff Richard’s Congratulations, Martin and his writing partner Phil Coulter also penned a number of songs for Cilla Black and the Bay City Rollers. His music appeared on films including So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993) and The Snowman (2017).

Read Bill Martin's Guardian obituary here.