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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.
The Eurovision Song Contest has been identified as the longest-running annual international televised music competition in the world, as determined by Guinness World Records, and around 40 countries now regularly take part each year. Several other competitions have been inspired by Eurovision in the years since its formation, and the EBU has ...
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 ...
Since Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" in 2009, every video that has reached the top of the "most-viewed YouTube videos" list has been a music video. In November 2005, a Nike advertisement featuring Brazilian football player Ronaldinho became the first video to reach 1,000,000 views. [ 1 ]
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 Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 with the song "Tijd", composed by Joop Stokkermans, with lyrics by Gerrit den Braber, and performed by Saskia and Serge. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the ...
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 ...