Charlie Chaplin - Tania Tsanaklidou

In 1973 the Eurovision Song Contest dropped the rule that artists had to perform songs in (one of) the official language(s) of their country. When the rule was reinstated in 1977 various countries started being creative to work around this rule. And since there were no rule about singing about wellknown persons, the Greek song from 1978 was particularly inventive: they simply sang about Charlie Chaplin.

Chaplin had died the year before, and so it seemed a tribute to the wellknown actor and comedian. Tania Tsanaklidou, who performed the song, described his comic appearance (she was dressed in a similar style for her performance) and wishing that there were more of him. Of course, since she was singing in Greek, nobody made sense of the lyric - only the title. She finished in eighth place in a field of 20 competitors. Not bad!

My collection: 7" single no. 6445
Found: Discogs.com, received 6 September 2021
Cost: 5 euro
Tracks: 'Charlie Chaplin' / 'Charlie Chaplin (instrumental)'