"Puppet on a String ""Puppet on a String"" is the name of the Eurovision Song Contest-winning song in 1967 by British singer Sandie Shaw. It was her thirteenth UK single release. The song was a UK Singles Chart number one hit on 27 April 1967, staying at the top for a total of three weeks. Al Hirt released a version of the song in 1967 that went to number 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #129 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Shaw had originally performed the song as one of five prospective numbers to represent the United Kingdom in"
"Sandie Shaw Sandie Shaw, MBE (born Sandra Ann Goodrich; 26 February 1947) is an English singer. One of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s, in 1967 the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by her became the first British entry to win the Eurovision Song Contest. After a long and successful career, Shaw announced her retirement from the music industry in 2013. Sandra Ann Goodrich was born and brought up in Dagenham, Essex, England. On leaving school, she worked at the nearby Ford Dagenham factory, and did some part-time modelling before coming second as a singer in"
"on a String"" by Sandie Shaw would give the UK its first Eurovision victory at Eurovision 1967. ""Are You Sure?"" was also the first UK Eurovision entrant to become a Top Ten hit reaching #2 UK, the best chart showing for a UK Eurovision entrant until ""Puppet on a String"" by Sandie Shaw reached #1 in 1967. The song was succeeded as the UK representative at the 1962 Contest by Ronnie Carroll with ""Ring-A-Ding Girl"". The lyrics are memorable for a possibly unique example of the bizarre grammatical error ""Comes tomorrow, you won't want me"". Are You Sure? (The Allisons"
"for the second and last time to date. At their second attempt in the contest in 1959, the UK achieved the first of their record fifteen runner-up positions, when Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson sang ""Sing, Little Birdie"". The UK would achieve four more second-place finishes with Bryan Johnson in 1960, The Allisons in 1961, Matt Monro in 1964 and Kathy Kirby in 1965, before eventually winning for the first time in 1967. Sandie Shaw was already a successful performer, having twice topped the UK singles chart and she comfortably won in Vienna with ""Puppet on a String"", which became"
"the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest on The Rolf Harris Show. She had never been taken with the idea of taking part in the contest but her discoverer, Adam Faith, had talked her into it, saying it would keep her manager Eve Taylor happy. Taylor wanted to give Shaw a more cabaret appeal and felt that this was the right move - and also felt that it would get Shaw back in the public's good books as she had recently been involved in a divorce scandal. Of the five songs performed, ""Puppet on a String"" was Shaw's least favourite. In her"
"behind this appalling blackmail and smear campaign must be brought to justice. And the persecution of independent journalists in Azerbaijan must stop."" In August 2014, Shaw was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ""The Guardian"" expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue. Sandie Shaw Sandie Shaw, MBE (born Sandra Ann Goodrich; 26 February 1947) is an English singer. One of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s, in 1967 the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by her became"
"the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest with ""Puppet on a String"", the first UK entry to win the competition, they finished second the following year in 1968 with ""Congratulations"" from Cliff Richard. In April 1968, the British music magazine ""NME"" reported that Martin and Coulter were being sued by the Irish songwriters Shay O'Donoghue and Aiden Magennis, claiming that ""Congratulations"" had the same chord sequence as their song ""Far Away From You"", recorded eighteen months earlier by Doc Carroll & the Royal Blues. In 1975, Martin and Coulter reached the Eurovision final for the third time, this time writing Luxembourg's entry,"
"through the difficult time with the encouragement of Luke Kelly. Kelly recorded the song and it appeared on The Dubliners 1970 LP ""Revolution"", becoming the definitive version, later being recorded by several artists. In November 1998, Coulter married his long-time partner Geraldine Brannigan in a low-key ceremony at Wicklow registry office, witnessed by their six children, Danielle, Dominique, Alexandra, Daragh, Ryan and Georgina, and 16 guests. in 1974 Coulter was approached by Luxembourg to write a song for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, following his success with ""Puppet on a String"" - which won for the UK in 1967 and"
"on the night, following Ireland's Dickie Rock with ""Come Back to Stay"". At the close of voting, it had received eight points (five from Ireland and three from Luxembourg), placed ninth in a field of 18 (the worst placing for the United Kingdom until 1978. It was succeeded as British representative at the 1967 contest by Sandie Shaw with ""Puppet on a String"". A Man Without Love ""A Man Without Love"" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in English by Kenneth McKellar. The song is a ballad, with McKellar comparing a man without love and"
"Puppet on a String (Elvis Presley song) ""Puppet on a String"" is a 1965 song originally recorded by Elvis Presley. It was written by Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper and recorded by Elvis Presley for the MGM film ""Girl Happy"", which was released on April 14, 1965. Elvis Presley recorded the vocals for ""Puppet on a String"" along with other tracks on June 16, 1964 (over a backing track that was recorded earlier) during a recording session at Radio Recorders in Culver City outside of Los Angeles. The song was published by Elvis Presley's publishing company Gladys Music, Inc."
"1965. The single was certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA in March, 1992. ""Puppet on a String"" is an easy listening love song or a ballad. Puppet on a String (Elvis Presley song) ""Puppet on a String"" is a 1965 song originally recorded by Elvis Presley. It was written by Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper and recorded by Elvis Presley for the MGM film ""Girl Happy"", which was released on April 14, 1965. Elvis Presley recorded the vocals for ""Puppet on a String"" along with other tracks on June 16, 1964 (over a backing track that was"
"she was arguably the first real ""pop"" star to be chosen as the UK representative. Shaw and her manager Eve Taylor were permitted to select one of the finalists, submitting ""Had a Dream Last Night"" written by her regular song writer and producer Chris Andrews, who had previously had a song in the 1965 UK final, ""One Day"" performed by Kathy Kirby. Shaw had recorded a version of that track herself. Viewers voted on postcards via mail to decide the winner and the chosen song was ""Puppet On A String"". After placing second five times, the UK finally won Eurovision"
"sang backing vocals on Sandie Shaw's 1967 British number one hit single ""Puppet on a String"", joining Sandie for the live performance in Vienna, Austria, when the song won the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as on records by Rolf Harris, Des O'Connor and many other hits and misses. In 1969, when Benny Hill joined Thames Television, he recruited them to ""The Benny Hill Show"". The Ladybirds' first number was ""Goin' Out of My Head"". In 1971, Hill did a spoof of ""Top of the Pops"", titled ""Top of the Tops"", but unusually, The Ladybirds were not on that programme."
"18-entry field. The song was succeeded as contest winner in 1967 by Sandie Shaw singing ""Puppet on a String"" for the United Kingdom, and as Austrian entry in that year by ""Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"", performed by Peter Horten. This was also the only time that Austria would win the Eurovision Song Contest until 2014 when Conchita Wurst won with the song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"". Merci, Chérie ""Merci, Chérie"" (""Thank you, darling"") was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966. Performed for Austria by Udo Jürgens with lyrics in German—despite the French words of the title."
"musical arrangement of this song was by Pat King. The song was performed 17th (last) on the night, following Italy's Claudio Villa with ""Non andare più lontano"". At the close of voting, it had received 22 points, placing second in a field of 17. It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1968 contest by Pat McGeegan with ""Chance of a Lifetime"". It reached number 2 on the Irish Charts, kept off the top spot by ""Puppet on a String"", by Sandie Shaw, who won the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest. If I Could Choose ""If I Could Choose"" was the"
"Toi (song) ""Toi"" (English translation: ""You"") was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in French by Irish singer Geraldine. The entry had a high pedigree, being penned by three authors/composers who had all written/composed previous Eurovision winners. Pierre Cour had been partly responsible for the 1960 winner ""Tom Pillibi"" and Bill Martin and Phil Coulter had created the 1967 winner ""Puppet on a String"". The song is a ballad, with Geraldine telling her lover that ""my life doesn't exist without you"" and pledging her unending love to him. Geraldine recorded the song in two languages; French"
"of ""All"" and the UK had not participated in Eurovision 1958. The second place showing of ""Sing, Little Birdie"" at Eurovision 1959 was the first evidence of the UK being a potent force at Eurovision: four subsequent UK Eurovision entrants would take second place at the contest finals before the UK would score its first Eurovision victory at Eurovision 1967 with ""Puppet on a String"" by Sandie Shaw. Sing, Little Birdie ""Sing, Little Birdie"" is the 1959 UK Eurovision entrant song that took second place at Eurovision 1959. Performed by husband-and-wife duo Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson, ""Sing, Little Birdie"""
"in the UK singles chart. This was the first of only two tracks from the Eurovision Song Contest that topped the UK chart without winning the competition. Cliff recorded French, German, Italian and Spanish versions of the winning song, as well as a German version of ""Wonderful World"", which was also recorded (in English) by Elvis Presley. Like in 1967 when they won with Sandie Shaw, another current modern pop singer was chosen by the BBC, Cliff Richard sang the song ""Congratulations"", a catchy party pop song, it finished a close 2nd place, losing only to Spain with one point."
"I was instinctively repelled by its sexist drivel and cuckoo-clock tune."" She was disappointed when it was selected as the song she would use to represent the country. Shaw won the contest hands down, though it has always been felt that this was partly down to her existing popularity on the continent (she had recorded most of her hit singles in French, Italian, German and Spanish). As a result, ""Puppet on a String"" became her third Number One hit in the UK, (a record for a female at the time) and was a big worldwide smash (the biggest selling single"
"Brüel with ""For din skyld"" and preceding Finland's Viktor Klimenko with ""Aurinko laskee länteen"". At the close of voting, it had received 32 points, placing first in a field of 18. The French public retrospectively reproached Gall and Gainsbourg for having represented [and won for] Luxembourg and not for their own country. Two years later Sandie Shaw entered the contest and won with another puppet themed song, ""Puppet on a String"". Versions of ""Poupée de cire, poupée de son"" in other languages include: Another version of the song was by the Belgian Eurodance singer Kim Kay. It was released on"
"a couple of foreign-language versions of a couple of the songs. ""Puppet on a String"" however contained many original songs as bonus tracks, firstly ""I Don't Need Anything,"" a 1967 single written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss (her first not to be written by Andrews since her breakthrough single ""(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"" in 1964, and coincidentally her biggest flop since then (it only made Number 50 on the UK Singles Chart). Next on the re-issue comes ""Don't You Know,"" a Andrews ballad, originally used back in 1964 as the B-side to the aforementioned breakthrough single."
"behind ""Il doit faire beau là-bas"" (France), ""If I Could Choose"" (Ireland) and the winning song, ""Puppet on a String"" (United Kingdom). Some forty years after its original release, ""L'amour est bleu"", along with Domenico Modugno's ""Nel blu dipinto di blu"" (better known as ""Volare"") and Mocedades' ""Eres tú"", still counts as one of very few non-winning Eurovision entries ever to become a worldwide hit. Greek-born Leandros recorded the song both in French and English, and had a modest hit in Europe with it, but in Japan and Canada she had a big hit with this song. She also recorded"
"""The Rolf Harris Show"", with the public voting that the one that should represent the country was the Bill Martin/Phil Coulter composition ""Puppet on a String"". Although she disliked the song and thought it was unrepresentative of her material, the song won the contest by a near-record margin of votes, and made Shaw the first person to win the contest for the UK. It gave her a third UK No. 1 single, a record for a female at the time. ""Puppet on a String"" also became an international hit (though not in the US) and the largest-selling single of the"
"Ronnie Carroll Ronnie Carroll (born Ronald Cleghorn; 18 August 1934 – 13 April 2015) was a Northern Irish singer, entertainer and political candidate. Carroll was born Ronald Cleghorn in 116 Roslyn Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1934, the son of a plumber. He scored his first hit in 1956 with ""Walk Hand in Hand"" on the Philips label. He is the only singer to have represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest two years in succession. Having taken part in the 1960 UK Eurovision selection contest with the song ""Girl with a Curl"", he returned to win the selection"
"her victorious song to a crowd of cheering wellwishers from a balcony in the city. Dana had recorded ""All Kinds of Everything"" following her victory in the Irish National Song Contest with veteran Eurovision composer Phil Coulter (""Puppet on a String"", ""Congratulations"") providing the musical arrangement for the Ray Horricks production. The record was released on 14 March 1970 on the Rex label for whom Dana had previously recorded four singles (including ""Look Around"") and became a massive hit in the Republic of Ireland even prior to its Eurovision win reaching #1 on the chart dated 20 March 1970 and"
"the UK (a record for a woman at the time) and was a big worldwide smash. In Germany, the single was the biggest seller of the entire year, reaching sales of over 1 million copies. Globally, the single achieved sales in excess of 4 million, making it the biggest selling winning Eurovision track to date. Some estimates suggest this makes the track the biggest selling single by a British female artist of all time. Shaw also recorded ""Puppet on a String"" in French (""Un tout petit pantin""), Italian (""La danza delle note""), Spanish (""Marionetas en la cuerda""), and German (""Wiedehopf"
"Dukkemann ""Dukkemann"" (""Puppet man"") was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, performed in Norwegian by Kirsti Sparboe. The song is a ballad, in which Sparboe compares life to being a marionette. She describes a puppet which appeared to take a somewhat cynical view of the world, only to have its string cut. Thus, she sings, her listeners should remember to grasp life with both hands, like the dancing puppets. The song was performed thirteenth on the night, following Spain's Raphael with ""Hablemos del amor"" and preceding Monaco's Minouche Barelli with ""Boum-Badaboum"". At the close of voting, it"
"had received 84 points, placing 5th in a field of 19. It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1976 Contest by Jürgen Marcus with ""Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment"". Toi (song) ""Toi"" (English translation: ""You"") was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in French by Irish singer Geraldine. The entry had a high pedigree, being penned by three authors/composers who had all written/composed previous Eurovision winners. Pierre Cour had been partly responsible for the 1960 winner ""Tom Pillibi"" and Bill Martin and Phil Coulter had created the 1967 winner ""Puppet on a String"". The song"
"Without Love"" as the 1966 entry. According to author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor's ""The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History"", the Scottish tenor – who had changed into a kilt at the last moment – drew gasps from the audience when he appeared on stage. The song was placed ninth of the eighteen entries, making it the least successful UK placing in the contest until 1978. McKellar received scores from only two countries. The Irish jury gave the UK song top marks, one of only two occasions the Irish have done so in Eurovision history. ""A Man Without"
"times: in 1967 with the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song ""Making Your Mind Up"" performed by Bucks Fizz and in 1997 with the song ""Love Shine a Light"" performed by Katrina and the Waves. To this point, the nation is noted for having finished as the runner-up in a record fifteen contests. Up to and including 1998, the UK had only twice finished outside the top"
"had received 2 points, placing 14th in a field of 17. It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1968 contest by Odd Børre with ""Stress"". Dukkemann ""Dukkemann"" (""Puppet man"") was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, performed in Norwegian by Kirsti Sparboe. The song is a ballad, in which Sparboe compares life to being a marionette. She describes a puppet which appeared to take a somewhat cynical view of the world, only to have its string cut. Thus, she sings, her listeners should remember to grasp life with both hands, like the dancing puppets. The song"
"A Man Without Love ""A Man Without Love"" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in English by Kenneth McKellar. The song is a ballad, with McKellar comparing a man without love and a man with love. He explains that a man without love is ""only half a man, this nothing"", and a man ""with love is everything in life"". For the performance of the song in Luxembourg, McKellar wore the traditional Scottish kilt. ""A Man Without Love"" peaked at no. 30 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1966. It was performed eighteenth and last"
"was written by Phil Coulter (who also wrote the winning song from the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw) and Tommy Scott, musician and producer. ""Squashed Tomato Stomp"" is actually a cover of the Bo Diddley 1961 instrumental track ""Bo's Bounce"". Side A Side B Side A Side B Mary Joanna Mary Joanna is an ep released in 1992 by The Stairs. As with other ""Stairs"" releases, it was issued in several formats: cd single, 7"" vinyl, and 12"" vinyl. The 7"" vinyl release came with Stairtex Record Cleaner enclosed, supposedly a cd cleaner"