In 1969, the Eurovision Song Contest was organized in Spain, after Massiel's controversial win in 1968. The Spanish record company Belte...

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...

The Buranovksie Babushki formed in the 1970s in Buranovo, a small rural locality in the Udmurt Republic of Russia. They became famous when t...

Iva Zanicchi was born on 18 January 1940. Her career started in 1962 when she participated in the Castrocaro music festival, where she ended...

Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião was born on 1 November 1957. While studying medicine, he represented Portugal in 1981 with the song 'Play...

According to the sleeve of this single, Simone was the "Queen of the Portuguese Radio". You can just imagine her singing a lot dur...

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 ...

In 1971, Massimo Ranieri represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with ' L'amore è un attimo '. He recorded the song in ...

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...

When Mike Oldfield went on tour in Germany in 1982 (remember tours?) this limited edition EP was released. It is an interesting collection o...

If the title 'Romantica' seems familiar, it's because it was performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 by Renato Rascel ....

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 ...

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 ...

When Yugoslavia fell apart in a wave of violence, the separate provinces were quick to enter into Eurovision separately. In 1992, Yugoslavia...

The prolific Prince has recorded so much music during his lifetime that we can probably expect new albums to appear regularly for decades to...

Laurent Vaguener is actually a pseudonym: his real name was Jean Baudlot. He was born in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine on 16 February 1947, and died ...

Malta has an interesting history at the Eurovision Song Contest. The country first participated in 1971 and 1972 with songs in Maltese. Both...

I've been critical about the Emiliana Torrini remix singles that were released two decades ago. It could have been a fun project, but th...

Back in 1969, Jean-Jacques represented Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Maman'. I actually bought the single ba...

I haven't suddenly developed a taste for bizarre Danish songs (and the A-side surely is one), but this single by Katy Bødtger has a spec...