Roy Etzel appeared on this blog before, when I bought his version of ' Dansevise ' (the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 196...

Ray Anthony (born Raymond Antonini  on 20 January 1922) is an American retired bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor. He is best known...

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...

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

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...

'Sloop John B' is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription was published in 1916 by Richard Le Gallienne, and Carl Sandburg...

'Hij was maar 'n neger'  was written by Johnny Hoes with lyrics by Fred van Dam. The song, which opposes racism, is a modern ta...

When Renato Rascel represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960, I doubt that he knew he'd written a classic song with '...

Just last month I bought a copy of ' Komm komm zu mir ' by Edina Pop, and now I was lucky enough to find another Eurovision-themed c...

Nini Watripont was born in Ninove (Belgium) on 21 July 1935. During her childhood she sang in the café run by her parents. She started havin...

One of the best winners of the Eurovision Song Contest ever was ' Dansevise ', in my humble opinion at least. It's no wonder tha...

The Eurovision song ' A force de prier ', performed by Nana Mouskouri in 1963, was recorded by her in different languages. There was...

Although I already own several copies of 'Non ho l'eta', I never saw this one. It's an EP, released soon after her impressiv...

I bought a copy of ' Jedan dan ' in 2009, the song by Dubrovački Trubaduri from the Eurovision Song Contest 1968. Like I wrote back ...

Marino Marini was quite invested in the Eurovision Song Contest; in the Fifties and Sixties he recorded several cover versions of the songs ...

I already have an EP and a single featuring 'Se piangi, se ridi', so why buy this one? Well, the answer is simple: because I reall...

Theme song for the fourth James Bond movie  Thunderball  was called, surprisingly, 'Thunderball'. The song was recorded by Tom Jones...

Back in 1966, Sweden was represented by Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson singing 'Nygammal vals'. I still haven't been able to...