Saturday 11 September 2021
Let's go crazy - Tajči
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Tajči, a.k.a. Tatjana Matejaš, was born on 1 July 1970 in Zagreb, Croatia. She represented Yugoslavia in 1990 with the song 'Hajde da lu...
Jamas, jamas - Guy Mardel
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Guy Mardel was one of many Eurovision artists who recorded his song for the competition in different languages. His 1965 entry ' N'a...
Wiedehopf im Mai - Sandie Shaw
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I've no idea why Ernst Bader, who provided the German lyric of ' Puppet on a string ', decided on 'Hoopoe in May' when h...
Eins zwei drei - Catherine Ferry
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I don't know exactly how unusual it is for a French artist to record a German version of their song, but I think it doesn't happen v...
Sunday 5 September 2021
Sámiid Aednan - Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Haetta
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The Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 was ' Sámiid Aednan ', and I found that single seven years ago after a l...
Need your love so bad - Fleetwood Mac
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Strictly speaking, I already had 'Need your love so bad' on a single, as it appeared on the flipside of ' Albatross ', a sin...
Friday 27 August 2021
Eurovision '69 - Various artists
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In 1969, the Eurovision Song Contest was organized in Spain, after Massiel's controversial win in 1968. The Spanish record company Belte...
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Los dias del arco iris - Nicola di Bari
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Just two years ago I got ' I giorni dell'arcobaleno ', a single by Nicola di Bari and his Eurovision entry from 1972. It's a...
Party for everybody - Buranovskie Babushki
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The Buranovksie Babushki formed in the 1970s in Buranovo, a small rural locality in the Udmurt Republic of Russia. They became famous when t...
Sunday 22 August 2021
Due grosse lácrime bianche - Iva Zanicchi
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Iva Zanicchi was born on 18 January 1940. Her career started in 1962 when she participated in the Castrocaro music festival, where she ended...
Playback - Carlos Paião
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Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião was born on 1 November 1957. While studying medicine, he represented Portugal in 1981 with the song 'Play...
Sol de inverno - Simone
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According to the sleeve of this single, Simone was the "Queen of the Portuguese Radio". You can just imagine her singing a lot dur...
Für den Frieden der Welt - Petra Frey
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It was 1994, and Austria decided to send an old-fashioned schlager song to the Eurovision Song Contest. Petra Frey, who was born on 27 June ...
Perdon cariño mio - Massimo Ranieri
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In 1971, Massimo Ranieri represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with ' L'amore è un attimo '. He recorded the song in ...
Friday 20 August 2021
Oliver - Anita Skorgan
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Norway didn't have the best track record in Eurovision in the Seventies and early Eighties. A lot of that had to do with the artists tha...
The Mike Oldfield EP - Mike Oldfield
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When Mike Oldfield went on tour in Germany in 1982 (remember tours?) this limited edition EP was released. It is an interesting collection o...
Romantica - Achille Togliani
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If the title 'Romantica' seems familiar, it's because it was performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 by Renato Rascel ....
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Thursday 19 August 2021
Bold as brass - Split Enz
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About 25 years ago I had a friend with whom I shared the same sense of appreciation for certain kinds of music. During one of my visits she ...
Thursday 12 August 2021
Made in Spain (La chica que yo quiero) - La decada prodigiosa
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It's been a long time since I last posted a 12" single on this blog, so I am happy that I have a good find right now. It's the ...
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Wednesday 11 August 2021
Don't ever cry - Put
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When Yugoslavia fell apart in a wave of violence, the separate provinces were quick to enter into Eurovision separately. In 1992, Yugoslavia...
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