Mal (singer)

Mal
Mal
	Mal in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Paul Bradley Couling
Born	27 February 1944 (age 80); Llanfrenchfa, Wales
Genres	Beat
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1962–present
Labels	Pye; RCA Victor; Carosello; Ricordi; Baby Records;
Spouse	Renata Maialetti
Website	www.mal.it

Paul Bradley Couling (born 27 February 1944), known by his stage name Mal or 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.

^ Dominic, Serene (2010). Burt Bacharach: Song by Song. New York and London: Schirmer Trade Books. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-85712-259-9. 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". Enciclopedia Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[1] Dominic, Serene (2010). Burt Bacharach: Song by Song. New York and London: Schirmer Trade Books. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-85712-259-9. 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 ...

[2] "Mal". Enciclopedia Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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