Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), the contest, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1958 (English: Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 [1]) was held on Wednesday 12 March 1958 at ...
Although "Nel blu dipinto di blu" did not win at Eurovision, it went on after the contest (under the title "Volare") to become a huge worldwide hit. The song spent five weeks at the top of the US Singles Chart, was later named the Billboard Year-End number one single for 1958, and won two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 took place at AVRO Studios in Hilversum, Netherlands on 12 March 1958. [7] Claveau sang third on the night of the contest, following the Netherlands and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of the voting he received 27 points, placing first of 10 countries, and giving France their first victory at the contest.
He won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 singing "Dors, mon amour" (Sleep, My Love), with music composed by Pierre Delanoë and lyrics by Hubert Giraud. Winning at the age of 46 years and 76 days, Claveau was the oldest winner of the contest until 1990, being the first and only winner prior to 1990 to triumph in their forties. [1]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
On 12 March 1958, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the AVRO Studios in Hilversum hosted by Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Modugno performed "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" first on the evening, preceding " Heel de wereld " by Corry Brokken from the Netherlands . [ 17 ]
Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song "Für zwei Groschen Musik", composed by Friedrich Meyer, with lyrics by Fred Rauch and Walter Brandin, and performed by Margot Hielscher. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), selected their entry through a national final ...