Een speeldoos

"Een speeldoos"
Single by Annie Palmen Eurovision Song Contest 1963
Language	Dutch
Released	1963
Genre	Pop
Label	Philips
Composer(s)	Pieter Goemans
Lyricist(s)	Pieter Goemans
Annie Palmen Eurovision Song Contest 1963 singles chronology
"Katinka" (1962) "Een speeldoos" (1963) "Jij bent mijn leven" (1964)

Annie Palmen recorded the song selected for the Eurovision Song Contest at the Phonogram Studio in Hilversum (1963)

Een speeldoos (Dutch for "A music box"), sometimes known as Speeldoos, is a song written by Pieter Goemans and performed by Dutch singer Annie Palmen. It was released as a 45 rpm single in 1963.

It represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, held on 23 March in London.

Eurovision

Main article: Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963

National selection

The song was selected on 23 January 1963 by the NTS during the Nationaal Songfestival 1963, originally under the title "Geen ander" (Nobody else).

The title was subsequently changed to "Een droombeeld" before finally being renamed "Een speeldoos". This final version represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 in London.

At the contest

The song was performed entirely in Dutch, ^[1] the Netherlands’ official language, as was customary before 1966. The orchestra was conducted by British conductor Eric Robinson.

Een speeldoos was performed second on the night, following the United Kingdom’s "Say Wonderful Things" by Ronnie Carroll and preceding Germany’s Marcel by Heidi Brühl.

At the close of voting, the song received no points, placing joint last (13th=) with Norway’s Solhverv by Anita Thallaug, Finland’s Muistojeni laulu by Laila Halme, and Sweden’s En gång i Stockholm by Monica Zetterlund, out of 16 entries. ^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pieter Goemans.

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Een speeldoos"	Pieter Goemans
2.	"Bij jou"	Johan Hendrik Holshuysen, Karel Prior

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Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Netherlands [3]	1963	7" single	Philips

References

1. "Een speeldoos - lyrics - Diggiloo Thrush". diggiloo.net. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
2. "London 1963 Final – Participants". eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
3. " Een speeldoos " at Discogs (Netherlands 7" single, Annie Palmen – Een speeldoos) (Retrieved 7 April 2019)