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The contest was held at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, the capital and most populous city of Ireland. [1] [2] This was the first time that the contest was held in Ireland. The Gaiety Theatre was selected as the venue for the 1971 contest as it was celebrating 100 years since its establishment in 1871.
71 songs written by 147 songwriters have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.The contest, which has been broadcast every year since its debut in 1956 (with the exception of 2020), is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world.
Simon & Garfunkel win Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for their final album Bridge over Troubled Water and its title track. The Carpenters win Best New Artist. April 3 – The 16th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, is won by Monaco with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" sung by Séverine.
Was 1971 the best single year for recorded popular music, ever? Or merely the year in which it reached peak cultural significance? Maybe, just maybe, the answer could be: both. You’ll certainly ...
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the fifty-fourth edition of the contest, organised by Channel One (C1R) and held on 12, 14 and 16 May 2009 at the Olimpiyskiy Arena in Moscow, Russia. [ 56 ] [ 245 ] 42 countries competed, including Slovakia in its first appearance in 11 years. [ 246 ]
Three Dog Night had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Joy to the World", the number one song of 1971. The Carpenters had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1971. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1971. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated ...
A Song for Europe 1971 – 20 February 1971 [1] Draw Song Songwriter(s) Votes Place 1 "Look Left, Look Right" Alan Hawkshaw, Ray Cameron 6 5 2 "In My World of Beautiful Things" Valerie Avon, Harold Spiro: 12 4 3 "Jack in the Box" John Worsley, David Myers 22 1 4 "Another Time, Another Place" Mike Leander, Eddie Seago 6 5 5 "Wind of Change"
The EBU has held several events to mark selected anniversaries in the contest's history: Songs of Europe, held in 1981 to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, had live performances and video recordings of all Eurovision Song Contest winners up to 1981; [403] [404] Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was organised in 2005 ...