was in 1978, when their song "Shine It On" finished third in the UK heat A Song for Europe sung by the Glaswegian, Christian. As successful songwriters, record producers and music publishers, Martin and Coulter became a wealthy and powerful partnership in the music industry. Apart from being writers-producers of their own songs, they started a publishing company called Martin-Coulter Music, and signed such other songwriters as Van Morrison, Billy Connolly, Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Eric Bogle, Sky, Midge Ure and B. A. Robertson. Although he continued to write music, Martin found himself gravitating to the business side of the music industry by the 1980s. Also, in 1980, he became (youngest ever) captain of the RAC Golf Club in Epsom. His partnership with Coulter ended in 1983 when Martin bought out Coulter's share of the business. He later sold the company to EMI. In his business career, he successfully built up and sold numerous companies in such diverse fields as music publishing, marketing and properties. He once owned the rights for Van Morrison and East/Memphis Music Corp., which he sold respectively to Chappell Music and Rondor Music Catalogue. In 1983 he produced the musical Jukebox, which had a six-month run in London's West End and was featured in the Royal Variety Performance of that year. Jukebox was the forerunner to the plethora of successful 'jukebox' musicals. In 1984, he was executive producer on the Elkie Brooks album, Screen Gems. Martin continued as a songwriter, music publisher and producer with Angus Publications. In 2000, he associated with Sony/ATV Music which sub-publishes his catalogue, while he acquired music catalogues for his partners. Martin was awarded the Gold Badge Award, for services to the music industry, by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in October 2009. In November 2012, he received the Sunday Mail Living Legend Award. In 2017, Martin published his autobiography, Congratulations. Songwriter To The Stars, with his friend Stuart 'Cheeky' Cheek helping him collate the memories. He had four children, two from his marriage to Mag, and another two from his second marriage to Jan Martin (nee Olley) whom he married in 1972. Bill Martin died on 26 March 2020, aged 81. Honours and awards Awarded three Ivor Novello Awards, including one as 'Songwriter of the Year' Three ASCAP Awards Award of Excellence (Rio de Janeiro, 1967 and 1969) Yamaha Best Song Award (Japan, 1978) Songwriter of the