A Song For Europe 1976 1977
A Song For Europe 1976/1977
A Song For Europe 1976
Date: Wednesday 25th February at 19:30
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
Presented by Michael Aspel
Musical Director: Alyn Ainsworth
Produced by Stewart Morris
Voting: Regional Juries
| Title | Composer(s) | Artist | |
| 1 | Wake Up | David Hayes & Phil Dennys * | Co-Co (Terry Bradford, Cheryl Baker, Kay Langfield, Keith Hasler and Peter Pereira) |
| 2 | Do You Believe In Love At First Sight? | Ron Roker, Gerry Shury, Chris Rae & Frank McDonald | Polly Brown |
| 3 | Save Your Kisses For Me | Tony Hiller, Lee Sheridan & Martin Lee | Brotherhood Of Man (Martin Lee, Lee Sheridan, Nicky Stevens and Sandra Stevens) |
| 4 | Couldn't Live Without You | Paul Curtis | Hazel Dean |
| 5 | A Love For All Seasons | Wayne Bickerton & Tony Waddington | Champagne |
| 6 | Ain't Gonna Take No For An Answer | Tony Craig & Eddie Adamberry | Frank Ifield |
| 7 | Maria | Rod McQueen & Eva McQueen | Sunshine |
| 8 | Love's A Carousel | Harold Spiro | Tammy Jones (aka Helen Wyn Jones) |
| 9 | Going To The Movies | Daniel Boone | Joey Valentine |
| 10 | Love, Kiss & Run | Barry Blue & Stephen Worth | Sweet Dreams (Polly Brown and Tony Jackson) |
| 11 | Take The Money And Run | Roger Saunders & Scott English | Louisa Jane White |
| 12 | Queen Of The Mardi Gras | Geoff Stephens & Tony Macaulay (aka Anthony Instone) | Tony Christie (aka Anthony Fitzgerald) |
* Research has subsequently revealed that Wake Up was actually composed by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker, with slightly different lyrics. It was recorded by the group The Arrows, but never released at the time. It has since appeared on a compilation album of The Arrows released in 2004.
| THE VOTING | Bristol | Bangor | Leeds | N'wich | N'Castle | A'deen | B'mgham | Mancs | Belfast | Cardiff | P'mouth | Glasgow | So'ton | London | Total | Placing |
| Wake Up | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 138 | 2nd |
| Do You Believe.. | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 71 | 10th |
| Save Your Kisses .. |
9 |
9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 140 | 1st |
| Couldn't Live.. | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 77 | 8th = |
| Love For All Season | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 77 | 8th = |
| Ain't Gonna ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12th |
| Maria | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 80 | 7th |
| Love's A Carousel | 1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 98 | 6th |
| Going To Movies | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 11th |
| Love, Kiss , Run | 12 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 109 | 4th |
| Take The Money.. | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 100 | 5th |
| Queen Of The Mardi | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 129 | 3rd |
At the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 in The Hague, Netherlands on 3rd April, Save Your Kisses For Me finished in first place with 164 points. The song was conducted by Alyn Ainsworth. It reached number one in the UK charts. See more details on the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 in the Winning Years section. A Song For Europe 1976 exists in the BBC archives.
For more information on Brotherhood Of Man see www.brotherhoodofman.co.uk
For more information on Tony Hiller see www.tonyhiller.com
For more information on Tony Christie see www.tonychristie.com For more information on Tony Macaulay see www.tonymacaulay.com For more information on Tammy Jones see www.tammyjones.co.nz For more information on Tony Waddington see www.tonywaddington.co.uk
For more information on Hazell Dean see www.hazelldean.net For more information on Ron Roker see www.ronroker.com
For more information on Frank Ifield see www.frankifield.com
A Song For Europe 1977
Date: Wednesday 9th March, 1977 (Scheduled at 19:30)
Broadcast on Radio 2 at 21:02
Venue: New London Theatre
Presented by Terry Wogan
Musical Director: Ronnie Hazlehurst Produced by Stewart Morris
Voting: Regional Juries
| Title | Composer(s) | Artist | |
| 1 | What Do You Say To Love | Nick Ryan & Robin Slater | Mary Mason |
| 2 | Where Were You When I Needed Your Love | John Macleod & Dave Meyers | The Foundations (Leroy Carter, John Savile, Valentine Pascal, Clem Curtis & Georges Delanbanque) |
| 3 | Leave A Little Love | Alan Hawkshaw & Ray Cameron | Tony Monopoly (aka Antonio Rosario Monopoli) |
| 4 | If Everybody Loved The Same As You | Geoff Stephens & Don Black | Lyn Paul (aka Linda Susan Belcher) |
| 5 | Just For You | Biddu, Gerry Shury & Ron Roker | High Society (Garry Travers, Joy Yates, Jacquie Sullivan & Alex Keenan) |
| 6 | A Little Give, A Little Take | Roger Greenaway & Tony Macaulay (aka Anthony Instone) | Carl Wayne (aka Colin David Tooley) |
| 7 | Rock Bottom | Lynsey De Paul (aka Lynsey Monckton Rubin) & Mike Moran | Lynsey De Paul (aka Lynsey Monckton Rubin) & Mike Moran |
| 8 | You're My Sweet Sensation | Melvyn Taggart & Raymond Roberts | Sweet Sensation (Vincent James, St Clair Palmer, Seaton Daye & Ricki Patrick) |
| 9 | Swings And Roundabouts | Richard Crowe & Nicholas Portlock | Val Stokes |
| 10 | Everybody Knows | Freddie Phillips | Beano (Freddie Phillips, Ken Smith, Ray Johnson &John Birch) |
| 11 | After All This Time | David Mindel & Gary Benson | Wesley, Park & Smith (Steve Womack, Lennie Wesley, Terence Jenkinson & Christopher Smith Eusatu) |
| 12 | Promises, Promises | Richard Gillinson & David Hayes | Rags (Jill Shirley, Steve Glen & Nichola Martin) |
| THE VOTING | Belfast | Bristol | A'deen | Leeds | Bangor | London | B'mgham | Cardiff | Glasgow | Mancs | So'ton | N'wich | N'castle | P'mouth | Total | Placing |
| What Do You Say To Love | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 132 | 2nd |
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Where Were You When I.. |
10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 125 | 3rd |
| Leave A Little Love | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 9th |
| If Everybody Loved Same | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 6th = |
| Just For You | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 74 | 6th = |
| A Little Give, A Little Take | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 10th |
| Rock Bottom | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 143 | 1st |
| You're My Sweet Sensation | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 73 | 8th |
| Swings And Roundabouts | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 12th |
| Everybody Knows | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 11th |
| After All This Time | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 106 | 5th |
| Promises, Promises | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 120 | 4th |
At the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 in Wembley, United Kingdom on 7th May, Rock Bottom finished in second place with 121 points. It was conducted by Ronnie Hazlehurst. The song reached number 19 in the UK charts. Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran also recorded a German version of the song entitled Fur Immer. See more details on the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 in the Host Years section.
For more information on Lynsey De Paul see www.lynseydepaul.com For more information on The Foundations singer Clem Curtis see www.clemcurtis.com For more information on David Mindel see www.mindelmusic.com
For more information on Lyn Paul see www.lynpaulwebsite.org For more information on Don Black see www.donblack.co.uk For more information on Alan Hawkshaw see www.alanhawkshaw.com For more information on Carl Wayne see www.carlwayne.co.uk For more information on Tony Macaulay see www.tonymacaulay.com