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1975 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1977 The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was the 21st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest . It took place in The Hague , Netherlands , following the country's victory at the 1975 contest with the song " Ding-a-dong " by Teach-In .
They won the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with "Save Your Kisses for Me". Created in 1969 by songwriter and record producer Tony Hiller, Brotherhood of Man was initially an umbrella title for a frequently-changing line-up of session singers. Early on, they scored a worldwide hit with the song "United We Stand".
A Song for Europe was watched in 6.3 million homes (giving it a general viewing figure of 12.6 million viewers), and finishing as the 18th-most watched programme of the week. [1] "Save Your Kisses for Me" won the national final and ultimately went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest itself.
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 ...
On 3 April 1976, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague hosted by Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Brotherhood of Man performed "Save Your Kisses for Me" first on the evening, preceding Switzerland 's " Djambo, Djambo " by Peter, Sue and Marc .
"My Sweet Rosalie" is a 1976 song by British pop group Brotherhood of Man. It was released as the follow-up single to the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest winner, "Save Your Kisses for Me". The song was written by band members Martin Lee and Lee Sheriden with producer Tony Hiller.
France had rarely taken the Eurovision route of uptempo, bouncy and lyrically unchallenging pop songs, but had done so with "Un, deux, trois". Prior to the contest most observers noted that the 1976 contest was the easiest for many years to predict, with " Un, deux, trois " and the United Kingdom 's " Save Your Kisses for Me " as the only ...
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 ...