In which year did the UK first win the Eurovision Song Contest with Sandi Shaw's Puppet on a String?
"member of the ""Big 5"", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2018 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times. Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five 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"
"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 European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The British public broadcaster, the BBC, broadcasts the event each year and organises the national selection for the entry. The UK has won the contest five times. The United Kingdom's five winners are Sandie Shaw with the song ""Puppet on a String"" (), Lulu with ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" ( tied), Brotherhood of Man with ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" (), Bucks Fizz with ""Making Your Mind Up"" () and Katrina and the Waves with ""Love, Shine a Light"" (). The UK has also finished as runner-up on a record 15 occasions; with Pearl Carr & Teddy"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"songs. The Collection (Sandie Shaw album) The Collection is a compilation album by the British singer Sandie Shaw, which was released in 2007 shortly after her 60th birthday. Released as a budget-priced album by EMI (to whom Shaw licensed her entire recording catalogue some years previously), it contained mostly recordings from the 1960s (the decade in which Shaw was at the height of her fame) including A-sides (such as two UK number one hits - the Burt Bacharach/Hal David-penned ""(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"" and the Eurovision-winning ""Puppet on a String""), B-sides, album tracks plus two exclusive foreign"
"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,"
"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"
"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."
"""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"
"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"""
"The Collection (Sandie Shaw album) The Collection is a compilation album by the British singer Sandie Shaw, which was released in 2007 shortly after her 60th birthday. Released as a budget-priced album by EMI (to whom Shaw licensed her entire recording catalogue some years previously), it contained mostly recordings from the 1960s (the decade in which Shaw was at the height of her fame) including A-sides (such as two UK number one hits - the Burt Bacharach/Hal David-penned ""(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"" and the Eurovision-winning ""Puppet on a String""), B-sides, album tracks plus two exclusive foreign language"
"of the year in Germany). An EP was later released in the UK entitled ""Tell The Boys"" containing the other four prospective Eurovision songs after fans expressed demands for them (though the title track had been used as the B-side to the ""Puppet on a String"" single). The second song on the ""Puppet on a String"" album was the ballad ""Think Sometimes About Me,"" written by Chris Andrews who to date had written all of Shaw's singles with the exception of ""(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me,"" ""I Don't Need Anything"" and ""Puppet on a String"". ""Think Sometimes About"
"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"
"""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"
"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."
"won twice for Ireland, with ""What's Another Year"" in 1980 and ""Hold Me Now"" in 1987). Several other winners were well-known artists who won the contest mid-career after they had already established themselves, including Katrina and the Waves, winners in 1997 with ""Love Shine a Light"", Lulu, winner in 1969 with ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"", and Sandie Shaw, winner in 1967 with ""Puppet on a String"". Women have dominated the contest since its inception, either performing solo or as a member of a group on 50 of the 67 winning entries . The 2017 winner was a solo male performance by Salvador"
"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"
"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"
"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."
"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"
"year in Germany, qualifying for a gold disc for one million plus sales in the UK and Europe. 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. Her Eurovision success almost did not happen; the BBC wanted to drop her because she had been the ""other woman"" in a divorce case. Fashion had become another of Shaw's trademarks, and in 1968 she began the Sandie Shaw fashion label, selling her"
"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"
"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"
"1978 BBC music series ""Hit the Note"". In 1990, she competed in A Song For Europe to choose the UK song for The Eurovision Song Contest with the song ""Sentimental Again"". She came third. Sandie Shaw later recorded the song. Her husband Alan Coates, long standing member of 'The Hollies' band won the Song For Europe contest ten years earlier in 1980, going on to place 3rd at the Eurovision Song Contest as part of the group Prima Donna. She wrote the music for London Tonight, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC's Good Morning with Anne and Nick, BBC News 24,"
"Patricia Bredin Patricia Bredin (born 1935) is a British actress and one-time singer from Hull, England, who was best known as the very first United Kingdom representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. She took part in the 1957 contest, held in Frankfurt, and finished in seventh place out of ten entries with the song ""All"", the first ever song sung in English at the Eurovision. At 1:52, this was for a long time the shortest performance in the history of the contest. However, this record was beaten in 2015 when Finland selected Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät to represent them in the"
"honour of her 60th birthday, Shaw released a new version of ""Puppet on a String"" on her website. The re-tooled version, called ""Puppet's Got a Brand New String,"" had a complete overhaul in sound and vocals under the supervision of her friend Howard Jones and mixer Andy Gray. The schlager style of the song was replaced with a calmer melody. In April 2010, Shaw appeared on the UK ITV television programme ""Loose Women"", and revealed that she was returning to recording and would be singing the theme song to the British film, ""Made in Dagenham"". She also took the opportunity"
"votes. The runner-up, ""Angel Eyes"" - which was Newton-John's favourite - gained 18,018 votes. Considered a strong contender for Eurovision 1974, ""Long Live Love"" was performed second on the night of the final (following Finland's Carita Holmström singing ""Keep Me Warm"" and preceding Spain's Peret with ""Canta y sé feliz""). The conductor for the number was Nick Ingman and Newton-John was backed by a five-woman chorale which included the Ladybirds, the trio who had sung backup for Sandie Shaw on her victorious performance of ""Puppet on a String"" at Eurovision 1967. At the close of voting ""Long Live Love"" had"
"Geraldine in Stockholm. Coulter conducted the orchestra for the song, which came fifth. Coulter and Martin also wrote ""Shine It On"", which finished third in the 1978 heat of """", performed by the Glaswegian performer Christian. Between 1967 and 1976, they had four No. 1 hits in the UK: ""Puppet on a String"", ""Congratulations"", ""Back Home"" and ""Forever and Ever"". There were also numerous Top 10 hits including the Bay City Rollers' ""Shang-A-Lang"", ""Fancy Pants"" by the glam rock band Kenny, ""Requiem"" by the Scottish pop group Slik, and ""Surround Yourself with Sorrow"" by Cilla Black. In 1975, Martin and"
"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"
"Nothing Less Than Brilliant (song) ""Nothing Less Than Brilliant"" is the final single by British singer Sandie Shaw, and the second single from her ""Hello Angel"" album. Shaw initially became a star in the 1960s when she scored eight Top 10 singles in the UK alone, including three Number Ones (a first for a female), and became the first British act to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She had semi-retired from public life in the early 1970s when she became tired of the music industry and its refusal to let her run her career the way she wanted. Although she"