Three years ago I found this colourful single by Luis Alberto del Parana y Los Paraguayos, with a cover version of ' La, la, la '. A...

After the recent acquisition of ' Dis-moi lequel ' I felt I had to finally get my hands on 'Please speak to me of love', the...

You're probably familiar with Carola's 1983 Eurovision entry, ' Främling ' or the English version ' Love isn't love ...

Last week's Record Store Day has come and gone, and as usual I didn't participate. The whole idea of waiting in line for a record st...

The Spanish singer Raphael is a living legend. Outside of Spanish speaking countries his existence goes mainly unnoticed, except back in 196...

Now this is a special one. I've been searching for the Japanese single of Abba's 'Waterloo' for some years now, ever since I...

Karina represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 with ' En un mundo nuevo '. She also recorded the song in German as ...

' Amanece ' was performed by Jaime Morey, representing Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972. The song was picked up that sam...

Jean-Paul Mauric represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 with ' Printemps (Avril carillonne) '. But he had his eye...

In 1971, Clodagh Rodgers was internally selected to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. During a national final she...

The Belgian duo of Nicole and Hugo represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with the song 'Baby baby'. They record...

Although I already own a UK pressing of Nicole's ' A little peace ', I was quite surprised to find this version with a different...

In 1963 Alain Barrière competed in the Eurovision Song Contest, representing France, with ' Elle était si jolie '. As per usual back...

Having written three books about the Eurovision Song Contest (in Dutch) that were published last year, I've been buying a lot of Eurovis...

In 1974 the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, called  Melodifestivalen , had ten competitors. One of them was Lars...

How do you translate a song called 'Pomme, pomme, pomme' into German? German producer and songwriter Fred Wyrich came up with 'K...

In 1972 Mary Roos represented Germany during the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Nur die Liebe lässt uns leben'. She also recorded the...

There's something decidedly camp about the Danish entries for the Eurovision Song Contest during the Eighties, and the epitome of that w...

I wasn't actively searching for this single, but I was ordering a few singles from a German seller and this promotional single from the ...

For the longest time I have wanted to buy a few Japanese singles of winning Eurovision songs. A few of the most famous ones have become very...