Saturday, 30 April 2022

Dansevise - Lars H.U.G.

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If you would ask me what the most beautiful winning songs of the Eurovision Song Contest are, it is likely that my answer would include ...

Eurovisie songfestival - Teddy Scholten

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Although I already own 'n Beetje and 'n Beetje , two singles by Teddy Scholten, this EP is the one that rules them all. It features...

Pale shelter (You don't give me love) - Tears for fears

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Owning Pale shelter , Pale shelter , Pale shelter and Pale shelter was not quite enough. While that last one is the 12" single of the...

Boum badaboum - Minouche Barelli

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During the Sixties there was – not for the last time – fear for a nuclear disaster. The Cuban missile crisis in 1962 was still fresh in ever...

I have a dream - Nana Mouskouri

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After Nana Mouskouri covered Abba's hit single ' Chiquitita ' in 1984, she probably thought she could take on another song from ...

I don't wanna take this pain - Dannii Minogue

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MCA Records was pretty smart when it came to selling their singles. They probably knew that the interest in Dannii Minogue was at least in p...
Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Baby love - Dannii Minogue

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'Baby Love' is a 1986 song by American singer Regina. The song was written by Stephen Bray, Regina Richards & Mary Kessler and s...

Hou toch van mij - Bob Benny

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Two years before Bob Benny represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest with ' September gouden roos ', he appeared on the Eur...

September gouden roos - Bob Benny

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‘September, Gouden Roos’ was written by Wim Brabants (pseudonym for Clem de Ridder) and Hans Flower. Belgium was in the middle of the Congo...

Tipi-tii - Marion Rung

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'Tipi-tii' (best translated as 'Chirpy-chirp') was the Finnish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 in Luxembourg. It w...
Monday, 11 April 2022

Die Musik und ich - Mary Cristy

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In 1976, Mary Cristy represented Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song ' Toi, la musique et moi '. I bought the single...

Nauravat silmät muistetaan - Boulevard

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One of my favourite Eurovision songs from 1988 was the Finnish entry 'Nauravat silmät muistetaan' by the band Boulevard. Unfortunate...

Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli - Kirsti Sparboe

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At the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest, Norway was represented by Kirsti Sparboe with the song 'Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli' (...

Topmelodierne fra San Remo Festival 1957 - Narciso Parigi, Marisa Fiordaliso, E. Amadori

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"The great radio and television competition in 1957 for the best European melody will live long in the memory. No less than 10 contries...

Det var en yndig tid - Grete Klitgaard

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Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 with the song 'Det var en yndig tid', performed by Katy Bødtger. The son...
Sunday, 10 April 2022

Sig dejlige ting til mig - Poul Bundgaard

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In 1963, Ronnie Carroll participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, representing the UK, with ' Say wonderful things '. The Danish ...

Haleluyah - Offen

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Filadelfiakyrkan is a Pentecostal church building at Rörstrandsgatan 7 in Stockholm, Sweden; it was dedicated on 2 November 1930. The buil...
Friday, 8 April 2022

Ciao ciao bambina (Piove) - Dalida

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Domenico Modugno's song Piove (Ciao ciao bambina) was extremely successful, despite not winning the Eurovision Song Contest with the so...

Va dire à l'amour - Marjorie Noël

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Marjorie Noël was born as Françoise Nivot on 25 December 1945 in Paris (France). She made her first recordings in 1964, and in 1965 she was ...

Μόνο Εσύ (Apres Toi) - Βίκυ (Vicky Leandros)

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' Après toi ' was the song that gave Vicky Leandros victory at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972. She represented Luxembourg, but ...