"entry. It was criticised for containing a solecism where it described a girl as ""laying down in Monte Carlo"" - it meant ""lying down"". For the live performance of the song at the Eurovision final, BBC boss Bill Cotton requested that Cliff sing the correct English ""lying down in Monte Carlo"". Cliff Richard had also previously represented the United Kingdom in 1968 with ""Congratulations"", which came second. Power to All Our Friends ""Power to All Our Friends"" is a song by Cliff Richard. He entered it as the British entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. It came third. It"
"""Congratulations"" by Cliff Richard - which nearly won in 1968. Whilst looking for a singer he saw Brannigan in a Guinness TV advert in Dublin and felt that he had to meet her. She went on to represent Luxembourg and came in fifth place. He later said in an interview on Miriam Meets... on RTE Radio 1 it was love at first sight. Disregarding the broad international campaign against the Apartheid regime and the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, Coulter performed in an undemocratic South Africa in May 1983 and his name was included in the register of entertainers who travelled"
"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."
"later ended voting by national juries in a bid to eradicate such alleged scams. Nevertheless, ""Congratulations"" was a huge hit throughout Europe and Australia, and yet another No. 1 in April 1968. After the Shadows split in 1968, Richard continued to record. During the 1970s, Richard took part in several television shows and fronted his own show ""It's Cliff Richard"" from 1970–1976. It starred Olivia Newton-John, Hank Marvin and Una Stubbs, and included ""A Song for Europe"". He began 1970 by appearing live on the BBC's review of the sixties music scene, ""Pop Go The Sixties"", which was broadcast across"
"– ""Congratulations"" performed by Cliff Richard – which finished second by one vote. Massiel, the performer of the winning entry, was outraged by the allegations, and claimed that if there had been fixes, ""other singers, who were more keen on Franco's regime, would have benefited"". José María Iñigo, author of the statement in the documentary, personally apologized to Massiel and claimed that he had repeated a widespread rumour and that his words had been taken out of context. Both Massiel and Iñigo accused television channel La Sexta, broadcaster of the documentary, of manufacturing the scandal. Spain in the Eurovision Song"
"""Puppet on a String"", which became an international hit which was covered more than a 100 times. The following year their song ""Congratulations"", sung by Cliff Richard, came second in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2008 a Spanish documentary alleged that Cliff Richard had been robbed of victory after General Francisco Franco fixed the vote. The person who made the claim in the documentary, José María Íñigo, said later that his words had been taken out of context. Seven years after ""Congratulations"", another Coulter song, ""Toi"", co-written with Pierre Cour, was performed as the Luxembourg entry by Coulter's future wife"
"the contest. The show, entitled after Cliff Richard's entry for the United Kingdom, was held in Copenhagen, and featured a competition among fourteen of the most popular songs from the last 50 years of the contest. A telephone vote was held to determine the most popular Eurovision song of all-time, which was won by the ABBA song ""Waterloo"" (winner for Sweden in ). The event was hosted by the 1997 Contest winner for the United Kingdom, Katrina Leskanich, and Latvia's representative on its debut at the 2000 Contest, Renārs Kaupers. In 2015, the EBU had decided again to commemorate the"
"Congratulations (Silvía Night song) Congratulations (often known by its Icelandic title of Til hamingju Ísland, which translates to English as ""Congratulations Iceland"") was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, performed in English by Silvía Night. Composed by Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson and with lyrics written by the fictional character singing it, the song generated considerable controversy at the Contest. The lyrics are essentially in praise of the wisdom of the Icelandic voters in selecting Silvía to represent them in the first place. She sings, for example, ""So congratulations, I have arrived/I'm Silvia Night and I'm shining so bright/Eurovision"
"London. During his time as Director of Engineering Redmond oversaw the introduction of colour broadcasting in 1970 and pushed for the BBC to adopt digital signalling and supported the introduction of Ceefax. He took overall responsibility for broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest from London in 1968 although he privately detested the event. To his chagrin diplomatic reasons forced him to attend the actual concert and he was delighted when Cliff Richard's ""Congratulations"" was beaten into second place by the Spanish contestant Massiel as this meant he would not have to stage the contest again the following year. Redmond was a"
"for the first time, the songs were broadcast twice in the final, with the performances repeated immediately after Cliff Richard had sung them successively. Viewers cast votes by postcard via mail to choose the winner and 171,300 chose ""Congratulations"", with the runner up over 140,000 behind in the poll. The result was broadcast one week later on 12 March 1968. Richard released all six short listed songs on an Extended Play maxi single titled ""Congratulations: Cliff sings 6 Songs for Europe"", with the winner and the runner up being released on a standard single that spent two weeks at No.1"
"points, placing it first in a field of 17. Spain's ""Eres Tú"" performed by Mocedades finished second and Cliff Richard's ""Power to All Our Friends"" third, both songs would go on to become major hit singles in 1973 - in the case of ""Eres Tú"" worldwide - and are today both widely considered Eurovision classics. The voting was also a very close one, Luxembourg won with 129 points, with Spain finishing only 4 points behind and Cliff Richard another 2 points after. David recorded her winning entry in five languages; French, English (""Wonderful Dream""), German (as ""Du bist da""), Spanish"
"At the close of voting, it had received 62 points, placing 13th in a field of 23 - failing to qualify for the final and thus ensuring that Iceland's next Contest appearance would be in the semi-final. Congratulations (Silvía Night song) Congratulations (often known by its Icelandic title of Til hamingju Ísland, which translates to English as ""Congratulations Iceland"") was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, performed in English by Silvía Night. Composed by Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson and with lyrics written by the fictional character singing it, the song generated considerable controversy at the Contest. The lyrics"
"and Lulu. They also worked with Cilla Black, being credited as backing vocalists on Black's 1964 single, ""You're My World"", and were backing singers on her BBC television series ""Cilla"". They backed Cliff Richard's performance of ""Congratulations"" in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which placed second in the competition. In 1971, they returned to Eurovision, backing Clodagh Rodgers in her performance of ""Jack in the Box"", joined by Clodagh's sister Lavinia. That time the song placed fourth. They toured behind American stars such as Little Richard and Sam Cooke, and regularly appeared on"
"she was selected to represent Luxembourg as the Grand Duchy sought to repeat its previous year's triumph on home soil in the Eurovision Song Contest. She thus joined the long list of non-native performers to have represented the country in the contest, which also includes France Gall and Vicky Leandros (the 1972 winner). The 1973 contest crystallised into a three-way battle between songs that have since established themselves as Eurovision classics: David's ""Tu te reconnaîtras"", the Spanish entry ""Eres tú"", and the United Kingdom's ""Power to All Our Friends"", performed by Cliff Richard. Ultimately six points separated the third place"
"In the end Miss Reynolds wasn't needed as Maxi did perform, with her entry earning 10th place on the scoreboard. (Reynolds would perform the following year.) This contest holds the record for the most watched Eurovision Song Contest in the United Kingdom, and is also the 18th most watched television show in the same country, with an estimated 21.54 million tuning in on the night. Cliff Richard represented the UK with the song Power to All Our Friends. He came 3rd with 123 points. The winner though was Anne-Marie David with 'Tu te reconnaîtras'. In the UK it was released"
"United Kingdom in . Kaupers is the lead singer of Latvian group Brainstorm, who represented Latvia on its debut in the Contest in . Tickets for the event went on sale on 22 August 2005 from 10:00 (CET) and sold out in just over one hour. The event was attended by an audience of 6,000. Fourteen songs would compete in ""Congratulations"". In May 2005 the EBU opened a poll on its website to decide ten songs that would contest the event. Voters chose their two favourite songs from each of five decades: 1956 to 1965, 1966 to 1975, 1976 to"
"to sing in Catalan, but the Francoist State would not allow this and insisted that the entry be performed in accordance with the language policies of Francoist Spain, Castilian, as part of the Francoist language system—hence the last-minute substitution of Massiel as singer. Nine days before the contest Massiel was on tour in Mexico. She returned to Spain, learned the song, and recorded it in five languages. On April 6 in London she beat the favorite, Cliff Richard with ""Congratulations"", by one point and won the contest. Her song, ""La, la, la"", was written by Ramón Arcusa and Manuel de"
"""Il Faut Chanter La Vie"". ""Power To All Our Friends"" placed 3rd in the Eurovision Song Contest. The 1973 contest became the most watched Eurovision Song Contest in the UK, with 23.54 million watching Cliff Richard perform in Luxembourg, almost 1 million more viewers than the record set in 1972. For the second year running, the contest was the No.1 rated TV show for the entire year in the UK. This was also the first Eurovision Song Contest where Terry Wogan provided the BBC television commentary, having previously provided the BBC radio commentary for the 1971 Contest. Pete Murray returned"
"'60s music scene, ""Pop Go The Sixties"", performing ""Apache"" and backing Richard on ""Bachelor Boy"", broadcast across Europe and BBC1, on 31 December 1969. This was followed by Marvin and a reconstituted Shadows becoming resident guests on Richard's debut TV series for the BBC, ""It's Cliff Richard!"" The group were chosen by BBC Head of Light Entertainment Bill Cotton to perform the Song for Europe in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest. The Shadows recorded six options, seen each week on a weekly television show ""It's Lulu"", on BBC1 and hosted by Lulu, a former Eurovision winner. The group taped all"
"a brief return to record label EMI with whom he had previously been signed for 41 years. Cliff Richard was signed to EMI Records since his single ""Move It"", released in 1958. In 1999, he left the label due to a dispute over the release of ""The Millennium Prayer"", with the single subsequently being released on the Chrysalis Group owned Papillon Records label and becoming his first number one single in nine years. He returned to EMI in 2003 to release his single ""Santa's List"" and the album ""Cliff at Christmas"". Richard had previous success with singles at Christmas, and"
"eight times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of over seven million units in the United States. ! scope=""row""| Portugal (AFP) Congratulations (Post Malone song) ""Congratulations"" is a song by American rapper Post Malone. It was released on November 4, 2016, by Republic Records as the first promotional single from his debut studio album, ""Stoney"". It was then released on January 31, 2017, as the fifth single from the album. The track features vocals from Quavo, and was produced by Metro Boomin, Frank Dukes and Louis Bell. The track peaked"
"Floatin'"" on the Jimi Hendrix Experience's album """". Wood was keen on musical experimentation and was an early proponent of combining rock and roll and pop music with other styles, such as classical music, or the big band sound, and introduced classically styled string and brass sections into the pop record. In early 1972, Wood's composition ""Songs of Praise"" was shortlisted by the BBC as one of six possible choices for the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972. When performed by the New Seekers on the Cliff Richard vehicle ""It's Cliff Richard!"", the song finished in last place"
"his manager and producer selected the final six. Viewers cast votes by postcards through the mail to choose the winning song and ""Power To All Our Friends"" was the winner with 125,505 votes, very nearly four times the score of the runner-up ""Come Back Billie-Jo"" which polled 34,209. Both songs were released as the A & B-Sides of a single, which reached No.4 in the UK singles chart, Cliff's first top 5 hit since ""Congratulations"" in 1968 and his last until 1979. For the first and only time in the history of the contest, all the entries from the UK"
"Cliff Richard to be included in a list of the top Christmas songs by music channel VH1. In 2009, it placed ninth in a list of the most annoying Christmas songs compiled by the company Lactofree. In 2017, ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed the song as containing ""one of the greatest key changes in music history"". Saviour's Day (song) ""Saviour's Day"" is a song by Cliff Richard. It was the United Kingdom Christmas number one single in 1990, the second occasion Richard had a solo Christmas number one. The video for the song was filmed in Dorset. It has subsequently been"
"Reunited – Cliff Richard and The Shadows Reunited is a 2009 studio album by British pop singer Cliff Richard and his original backing band The Shadows. The album celebrates the 50th anniversary of Cliff's first recordings and performances with The Shadows, and is their first studio collaboration for forty years. It features re-recordings (not remasters) of their classic hits from the late 1950s and early 1960s, and three songs from the Rock and roll era not previously recorded by them, C'mon Everybody, Sea Cruise, and the album's only single Singing the Blues. It is Cliff Richard's 32nd studio album and"
"At the close of voting, it had received 103 points, placing 3rd in a field of 22. While not winning the Contest the song achieved considerable popularity, becoming a Top 10 hit in most parts of Continental Europe and Scandinavia in the summer of 1987 (#7 Switzerland, #8 Austria, #6 Sweden) and was included on the compilations of ""Winners and Classics"" produced to coincide with the ""Congratulations"" special in late 2005. It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1988 Contest by Luca Barbarossa with ""Vivo (Ti scrivo)"". Dutch satirists Henk Spaan and Harry Vermeegen performed the song in 1988"
"The Hit List (Cliff Richard album) The Hit List, released with the subtitle The Best of 35 Years, is a compilation album by English singer Cliff Richard. Released in October 1994, the album reached number 3 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum in the UK. The album celebrates Richard's 35th anniversary in the music industry and compiled all of Richard's top 5 UK hit singles, which coincidentally totalled 35 at the time. Two bonus tracks were also chosen by Richard for the album - ""Miss You Nights"", at the request of fans for a re-release, and ""Green"
"hit. The album itself reached No. 3 over the Christmas period and was certified double platinum by the BPI. Following the success of the recent Christmas singles, Richard released his first Christmas album ""Together with Cliff Richard"" in 1991, however his bid for the UK Christmas No. 1 spot again with ""We Should Be Together"" was unsuccessful (making No. 10). 1992 saw ""I Still Believe in You"" (No. 7) released as his Christmas single, while 1993 saw Richard's first new music studio album for over three years released. Simply titled ""The Album"", it debuted at No.1 on the UK album"
"Congratulations (Post Malone song) ""Congratulations"" is a song by American rapper Post Malone. It was released on November 4, 2016, by Republic Records as the first promotional single from his debut studio album, ""Stoney"". It was then released on January 31, 2017, as the fifth single from the album. The track features vocals from Quavo, and was produced by Metro Boomin, Frank Dukes and Louis Bell. The track peaked at number eight on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming his highest peaking single on the chart, surpassing the number 14 peak of his debut hit, ""White Iverson"", until it was"
"Together with Cliff Richard Together with Cliff Richard is a Christmas album by Cliff Richard, released in November 1991. The album features Richard singing popular traditional Christmas songs, his Christmas hits from recent years and two original songs. The album reached #10 in the UK Albums Chart and #2 in New Zealand. The singles differed between regions. In the UK, ""We Should Be Together"" reached #10 in the UK Singles Chart in the week of Christmas. It was followed by ""This New Year"", released just in time for the new year and made #30. In Europe and New Zealand, Richard's"
"finishing as the 18th-most watched programme of the week. ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" won the national final and ultimately went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest itself. ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" was one of fourteen Eurovision songs selected by fans to compete in the ""Congratulations"" 50th anniversary special in 2005. In spite of it and another British entry (""Congratulations"") being among the participating songs, as well as the presence of Katrina Leskanich (of the UK's victorious 1997 act Katrina and the Waves) as co-host, the United Kingdom did not broadcast ""Congratulations"" as they felt it wouldn't attract"
"London on 29 March. Deguelt's song ""Ce soir-là"" (""That Night"") proved popular with the juries, finishing in third place of the 13 entrants. Deguelt returned to Eurovision, again representing Monaco, in 1962 with the song ""Dis rien"" (""Say Nothing""). This contest took place on 18 March in Luxembourg City, where he went one better by finishing second of 16 participants. Deguelt is one of five acts in Eurovision history (alongside Cliff Richard, Katja Ebstein, Chiara Siracusa and Zeljko Joksimovic) to have finished second and third without having won. Deguelt's later successful singles included ""Le Ciel, le soleil et la mer"""
"1990s and has amassed 28 top 5 albums and 44 top 10 albums. Richard's debut single ""Move It"", written by his original guitarist Ian Samwell, was the first truly home-grown British rock and roll hit. Richard released his 102nd album in 2016, titled ""Just... Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll"", which includes a posthumous duet of ""Blue Suede Shoes"" with Elvis Presley and continues in the rock and roll theme of his previous studio album ""The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook"". He released his 145th single in 2017, with The Piano Guys. Richard's debut album ""Cliff"" was recorded live at Abbey Road"