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"Let Me Be the One" was the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, written by Paul Curtis and performed in English by the band The Shadows. The song was performed ninth that night. At the close of voting, it had received 138 points, placing it 2nd out of 19.
The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 22 March 1975 in the Sankt Eriks-Mässan in Stockholm, Sweden and presented by Karin Falck. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR), the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at ...
The Shadows performed one song a week for six weeks on the BBC1 series Lulu, hosted by 1969 Eurovision joint winner Lulu. Uniquely, although the group were seen performing weekly, in fact they only recorded one performance of each of the six songs in December 1974, for a special edition of the series broadcast on 15 February 1975.
The Shadows had 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 as the Shadows and 34 as Cliff Richard and the Shadows, ranging from pop, rock, surf rock and ballads with a jazz influence. [2] The group, who were in the forefront of the UK beat-group boom, [ 3 ] were the first backing band to emerge as stars.
The Shadows came second for the United Kingdom in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest with "Let Me Be the One". [ citation needed ] Marvin wrote "Driftin'", " Geronimo ", "Spider Juice" (his daughter's name for orange juice), "I Want You to Want Me" for the Shadows, and " The Day I Met Marie ".
The solo discography of British rock group the Shadows consists of 21 studio albums, five live albums, 25 EPs and 67 singles.They are known for having been the backing group for Cliff Richard in the 1950s and 1960s; however, they were also extremely successful without Richard, and had several number-one hits, notably their first "Apache" in 1960.
Brian Bennett sang backing vocals in 1970, before drumming with his group The Shadows representing the UK in 1975. John Farrar and Alan Tarney backed Cliff Richard in 1973 and both were short lived members of The Shadows in 1975. Kit Rolfe was the lead singer of Belle and the Devotions in 1984 and provided off screen backing vocals for the 1983 ...
In 1975, he represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest, [1] finishing in 12th place with Singing This Song. In 1990, he represented Malta again in the Cavan International Song Festival , with the song Our Little World of Yesterday , which won first prize.