You'd be forgiven if you've never heard of Ritty McGarrety - I hadn't either. It was purely by chance that I saw this single and...

One of the singles Ricky Wilde recorded when he was a teenager was ' Do it again, a little bit slower '. It was obviously a cover ve...

Somehow I can vaguely recall hearing this song on the radio when I was much younger. It's one of those songs that you fail to identify u...

Kirsti Sparboe (born on 7 December 1946) was just 18 years old when she represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Karusell...

Laila Sinikka Halme was born on 4 March 1934. She represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1963 with 'Muistojeni laulu'...

Frank Ifield was an English-born Australian easy listening and country music singer known for his yodeling vocal style. His family emigrated...

Lado Leskovar was born as Vladimir Leskovar in Ljubljana on 23 March 1942. He began his music career in the early Sixties. In 1967 he repres...

Udo Jürgens represented Austria in 1965 with the song ' Sag ihr, ich lass' sie grüssen '. It reached fourth place in the competi...

'Bonne nuit, ma chérie' by Wyn Hoop was the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960. It is a relatively unknown German ...

Whenever a single sleeve promises 'San Remo' in big letters it's time to be on my guard, because this could be one of the many c...

' Playboy' was Finland's song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966. The candidates for the Finnish qualifier were selected from a...

Franca di Rienzo got the honour to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961. Her song was 'Nous aurons demain', ...

' Kun kello käy' was the Finnish entry for the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest in London, performed by Kristina Hautala. It was compos...

Some would argue that the Eurovision Song Contest was "much better in the early days", and their eyes would fill with a nostalgic ...

Back in the Sixties and Seventies, trumpet players had a good time. They had an instrument that was very popular with casual record buyers a...

This single spent a long time on my wantlist, and when I ordered it online I didn't pay enough attention to the description, otherwise I...

Although I already had a single featuring 'Ice in the sun' on the B-side of ' Pictures of matchstick men ' on an unsightly ...

'Crying in the rain' was composed by Carole King with lyrics by Howard Greenfield, originally recorded by American duo the Everly Br...

'I just don't know what to do with myself' is a song written by Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David. The song was first record...

Dutch singer Willeke Alberti had profited from the Eurovision Song Contest before, having recorded ' Uno per tutte ' with her father...