Mal Ryder

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Mal Ryder
Ryder in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Paul Bradley Couling
Born	(1944-02-27) 27 February 1944 (age 80) Llanfrenchfa, Wales, United Kingdom
Genres	Beat
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1962–present
Labels	Pye, RCA Victor, Carosello, Ricordi, Baby Records

Musical artist

Paul Bradley Couling (born 27 February 1944 in Llanfrechfa, Wales), known by his stage name Mal Ryder, is a British singer who achieved popularity in Italy in the late 1960s, singing with his band Mal and the Primitives.^[1] In 1989 he became a naturalized Italian citizen.^[2] One of his biggest hits was the Italian theme of the TV series Fury. Mal lives in Pordenone.

References

^ Burt Bacharach, Song by Song: 0825672805 Serene Dominic - 2003 "The Italian pop groups I Corvi and Mal and the Primitives (“Mal” actually being British expatriate Paul Bradley Couling) managed to transmute “my wild beautiful bird” into “a little baby doll” (bambolina), but perhaps the oddest cover version of ..."
^ "Mal nell'Enciclopedia Treccani".