And then, finally, I have found the Eurovision single I have been waiting for all my life. Who wouldn't love to have a Eurovision song dedicated to him- or herself? Well, back in 1963 - years before I was born - German singer Heidi Brühl performed the song 'Marcel', and it's a great one too: the song is sung from the perspective of a young woman telling her lover
(the titular Marcel) that he is moving too quickly for her. She tells
him that 'only a gentleman has a chance with me' and that he needs to
respect that. The song ended up in ninth place out of 16 competitors.
Heidi didn't stop her involvement with Eurovision after this: in 1968 she recorded a cover version of that year's Spanish winning song, '
La la la'.
My collection: 7" single no. 6121
Found: Ebay, received June 11, 2019
Cost: 5 euro
Tracks: '
Marcel' / '
Das grosse Spiel'
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