Sunday 20 June 2021
E6 - Emiliana Torrini
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When I discovered these singles by Emiliana Torrini I was lucky enough to find an online seller who had five singles of the eight in the ser...
E3 - Emiliana Torrini
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This single has no indication of track names, or artist name: it just says 'E3' on the sleeve, and that's all. I would never hav...
Saturday 19 June 2021
Anna-Marie Elena - Andy Paul
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The singer/songwriter Andy Paul immigrated from Cyprus to the UK in the early Sixties. He was influenced by artists like Elvis, Cliff Richar...
Female intuition / Body and soul - Mai Tai
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Another re-release single by Mai Tai, also released by SMG last year, this time on purple vinyl. 'Female intuition' reached number ...
History / Am I losing you forever - Mai Tai
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Although this single features two tracks that I already own on 7" single, I still couldn't resist buying this. It is actually a rec...
Oui, oui, oui, oui - Sacha Distel
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The sleeve of this single proclaims that 'Oui, oui, oui, oui' is a song from the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, and that is correct -...
Colours of love - Vicky Leandros
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Back in 1967, Vicky Leandros competed in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. She was just seventeen years old at the time, but h...
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Thursday 10 June 2021
I cried - The Wilde Three
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Nothing, but nothing makes me happier than getting my hands on an ultra rare single. And this is certainly a good example. A year ago, I was...
Printemps (Avril Carillonne) - Jean-Paul Mauric
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When a song starts with ' Bing et bong et bing et bong' you know you're in for something interesting. This is how Jean-Paul Maur...
Saturday 29 May 2021
Summer is over - Aylin Vatankoş
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It would be nice to see Turkey back in Eurovision, because they usually managed to enter with remarkable songs. That said, it would be nice ...
S.O.S. - Helen Patroklou
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Two songs from the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest really made a big impression on me, and they were not the two songs that were competing for ...
Tell me - Dulce
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Dulce José Silva Pontes was born on 8 April 1969 in Montijo, near Lisbon. She trained as a pianist, and started a career in singing after en...
Krasi, thalassa ke t'agori mou - Marinella
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Marinella was born as Kyriaki Papadopoulou on 20 May 1938 in Thessaloniki. She released her first song 'Nitsa Elenitsa' ('Little...
Onde vais rio que eu canto - Sergio Borges
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After the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest was won by four different artists - a result of a lack of rules in case of a tie - five countries dec...
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Friday 28 May 2021
Save your kisses for me / Fernando
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So who performed these two cover versions? There's no information on the sleeve or label. All we know is that this single was released i...
Desfolhada Portuguesa - Simone
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Simone de Oliveira was born on 11 February 1938 and raised in Lisbon. Her Portuguese mother had black African roots in São Tomé and Príncipe...
Shine - Five Star
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Like many other acts, Five Star had trouble maintaining their success when the Eighties ended and the Nineties began. House and techno music...
Sunday 16 May 2021
Come back to stay - Dickie Rock
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Richard Rock, nicknamed 'Dickie' was born in the North Strand, Dublin and raised in Cabra on Dublin's Northside. Between 1963 a...
Une chanson c'est une lettre - Sophie
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Sophie was born on 9 October 1944 in Dax (France) as Sophie Hecquet. Early in her career, as Jenny Ann, she toured with French rock 'n r...
Die Zeiger der Uhr - Margot Eskens
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This single has been on my wantlist for some time. It's one of the prettiest cover photos from the Sixties-era Eurovision singles, partl...
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