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United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Index United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

The United Kingdom took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1957. [1]

30 relations: All (song), Amours mortes (tant de peine), Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, BBC, Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, Bill Maynard, Bill McGuffie, Bryan Johnson (singer), Corde della mia chitarra, David Jacobs (broadcaster), Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, Edna Savage, Eurovision Song Contest, France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, Frank Weir, Frankfurt, Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, John Hanson (singer), Lita Roza, London, Lorrae Desmond, Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, Malcolm Lockyer, Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, Patricia Bredin, Ronnie Hilton, Shirley Eaton, Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, United Kingdom.

All (song)

"All" was the United Kingdom entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 performed in English by Hull born actress and occasional singer Patricia Bredin.

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Amours mortes (tant de peine)

"Amours mortes (tant de peine)" (English translation: "Dead love (so much sadness)") was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in French by French singer Danièle Dupré.

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Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Austria took part for the first time in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Belgium was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 by Bobbejaan Schoepen with the song "Straatdeuntje", written by Harry Frekin and Eric Franssen and performed in Dutch.

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Bill Maynard

Walter Frederick George Williams (8 October 1928 – 30 March 2018), better known by the stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian and actor.

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Bill McGuffie

Bill McGuffie (11 December 1927 – 22 March 1987) was a pianist who went on to become a film composer and conductor.

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Bryan Johnson (singer)

Bryan Johnson (18 July 1926 – 18 October 1995) was an English singer and actor.

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Corde della mia chitarra

"Corde della mia chitarra" (Strings of my guitar) was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in Italian by Nunzio Gallo.

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David Jacobs (broadcaster)

David Lewis Jacobs, CBE (19 May 1926 – 2 September 2013) was a British broadcaster perhaps best known as presenter of the BBC Television 1960s peak-time show Juke Box Jury, and as chairman of the long-running BBC Radio 4 topical forum Any Questions? Earlier radio work included small acting parts: over the years he played himself or presenter characters in film, television and radio productions.

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Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Denmark took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, held in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Edna Savage

Edna Savage (21 April 1936 – 31 December 2000) was a traditional pop singer in the United Kingdom.

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Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often simply called Eurovision, is an international song competition held primarily among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union.

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France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

France took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time in 1957.

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Frank Weir

Frank Weir (30 January 1911 – 12 May 1981) was a British orchestra leader and jazz musician.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt, officially the City of Frankfurt am Main ("Frankfurt on the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany.

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Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Italy used the Sanremo Music Festival to their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, held in Frankfurt, Germany.

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John Hanson (singer)

John Hanson (August 31, 1922 – December 4, 1998) was a Canadian-born British tenor and actor, who starred in several West End musicals during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Lita Roza

Lita Roza (14 March 1926 – 14 August 2008) was an English singer whose 1953 hit record "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" made her the first British solo singer to top the UK Singles Chart.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lorrae Desmond

Lorrae Desmond, MBE (2 October 1932), born as Beryl Hunt, is an Australian retired Gold Logie-award-winning singer, entertainer, character actress and theatre lyricist, with a career that spanned over 60 years, both locally and internationally.

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Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Luxembourg was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 by Danièle Dupré with the song "Amours mortes (tant de peine)", written by Jean-Pierre Kemmer and Jacques Taber.

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Malcolm Lockyer

Malcolm Lockyer (5 October 1923 - 28 June 1976) was a British film composer and conductor.

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Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

The Netherlands were represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 by Corry Brokken with the song "Net als toen" written by Guus Jansen and Willy van Hemert.

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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.

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Ronnie Hilton

Ronnie Hilton (26 January 1926 – 21 February 2001) was an English singer and radio presenter.

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Shirley Eaton

Shirley Eaton (born 12 January 1937) is an English actress, model and author She was a sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s, often dubbed the cockney Blonde bombshell for her London accent, blonde hair and sex appeal Eaton appeared regularly in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and achieved notability for her performance as Bond Girl Jill Masterson in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger.

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Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

After their win in 1956, Switzerland continued with their format of a national final to select their entry for the 1957 contest.

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UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision: You Decide is the current name of a BBC TV show broadcast annually to select the United Kingdom's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1957

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