Why Gilbert instead of Raymond?
Gilbert made his recording debut in 1967 with the song “You” and the artist listed on the single was Gilbert. Many recording artist changed their names in 1960s and decades before. Raymond decided that Gilbert would be his “performing name”. He says: “I called myself Gilbert. My first record company was CBS in 1967. I had all the gear and I called myself Gilbert. You’d look at the record and you’d see it was written by someone called O’Sullivan. That how the connection would be ‘Gilbert O’Sullivan.
Gilbert made his recording debut in 1967 with the song “You” and the artist listed on the single was Gilbert. Many recording artist changed their names in 1960s and decades before. Raymond decided that Gilbert would be his “performing name”. He says: “I called myself Gilbert. My first record company was CBS in 1967. I had all the gear and I called myself Gilbert. You’d look at the record and you’d see it was written by someone called O’Sullivan.