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The track was the biggest selling single of 1976 in the UK and the sixth biggest selling for the 1970s in Britain, with sales well in excess of 1 million copies. Globally, the track attained sales of over 6 million, making it the biggest selling winning single in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. [5]
Brotherhood of Man had the biggest-selling single of 1976, with "Save Your Kisses for Me", the winning song of that year's Eurovision Song Contest, which spent six weeks at number-one. Elton John had two top 10 singles this year, including his duet with Kiki Dee , " Don't Go Breaking My Heart ", which topped the charts for six weeks and became ...
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 .
3 April – Brotherhood of Man win the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK with the song "Save Your Kisses For Me". [2] It goes on to be the biggest-selling Eurovision winner ever. 3 May – Paul McCartney and Wings start their Wings over America Tour in Fort Worth, Texas. [3]
In early 1976, Hiller was keen for Brotherhood of Man to make an impact in the UK and decided to put "Save Your Kisses for Me" forward to the A Song for Europe competition. This year saw a change to the contest in that, since 1964, one specific artist had performed all the songs (e.g. Cliff Richard , Olivia Newton-John , Lulu , etc.), but 1976 ...
The last time the UK won Eurovision was in 1997
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 .
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