The Eurovision Song Contest has a rich history of famous winners, but there are a few songs that have become classics without even winning...

This EP is a strange beast. I bought it, obviously, for the German entry to the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, but there are three other tr...

Jean-Jacques appeared on this blog once before with the single of his 1969 Eurovison Song Contest entry Maman . As mentioned there, he rec...

Lara Crokaert was born on January 9, 1970 in Etterbeek, Belgium. She began singing, dancing and taking piano lessons at a young age, and b...

I had to set aside my principle of not spending too much money on vinyl singles for this 1992 Eurovision Song Contest entry by Cleopatra, ...

'Sata salamaa' ('One hundred lightnings') was performed by Finnish singer Vicky Rosti on the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest....

'Frère Jacques' was the Luxembourgish entry in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest, performed by French singer Anne-Marie Besse. As t...

Finnish singer Monica Aspelund was born in Vaasa on July 16, 1946. She debuted at the age of fourteen and since released many singles, inc...

Two weeks ago, as I was on Ebay bidding on a series of Eurovision singles (and won seven out of ten, as you can read here), I noticed that...

Ketil Stokkan was born on April 29, 1956 in Harstad, Norway. As well as being a singer in the Norwegian band Zoo, Ketil performed as a sol...

In 1993, Luxembourg participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the very last time. Despite regular rumours of their return to the Con...

Mark James wrote and recorded 'Suspicious minds' in 1968. After his single was a commercial failure, the song was handed to Elvis ...

The white sleeve of this single informs the reader only that the disc contains 'Dishwasher', which was used in the Dutch radio sho...

Released in 1988, 'Roses are red' is a typical Eighties production, sounding a lot like the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis production...

Patrick Juvet was born on August 21, 1950 in Montreux, Switzerland. While his early career was focused on making pop records, in the secon...

Saskia & Serge competed in the Eurovision Song Contest once, with the forgettable song Tijd in 1971. However, the year before, they p...

Back in 1983, the late Ofra Haza participated in the Eurovision Song Contest with Hi . Readers of this blog will know that I managed to bu...

It's getting late in the evening, so it's time for the ultimate moan and groan track of all times. 'Je t'aime... moi non p...

Okay... So we've had many Dallas actors and actresses singing tracks, such as Audrey Landers , Charlene Tilton , Victoria Principal , ...

'L'amour est bleu' was the 1967 Eurovision entry by Vicky Leandros, representing Luxembourg that year. She actually won the co...