Bill Martin (musician)

Bill Martin MBE is a Scottish songwriter, music publisher and impresario. He has been presented with three Ivor Novello Awards, including one as Songwriter of the Year.

Bill Martin was born William Wylie MacPherson to Ian and Letitia and has an older brother, Ian. They lived in Taransay Road, Govan, near the Fairfield shipyard. Martin was educated at Govan High School,years ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson and in 2011 they were both inducted into the inaugural Govan High Hall of Fame. After WW2, many of the Glasgow tenements were pulled down and the Macpherson family moved to Priesthill, a new housing scheme on the south side of Glasgow. Having tried, and failed to build a career in the shipyards, Bill completed his apprenticeship as a marine engineer. Although hed actually written his first song atyears of age, it was during his apprenticeship that he heard Bobby Darins song Dream Lover which convinced him that his future lay in songwriting. In 1960, Bill and his new bride, Margaret went to South Africa for two years and on their return, he determined to make songwriting his primary focus. He spent hours in Denmark Street or Tin Pan Alley as its b

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