Ring-A-Ding Girl

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Eurovision Song Contest 1962 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
Syd Cordell
Lyricist(s)
Stan Butcher
Conductor
Finals performance
Final result
4th
Final points
10
Entry chronology
◄ "Are You Sure" (1961)
"Say Wonderful Things" (1963) ►

"Ring-A-Ding Girl" was the British entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in English by Ronnie Carroll.

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On the night of the contest the song was performed 13th, following Yugoslavia's Lola Novaković with "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" and Luxembourg's Camillo Felgen with "Petit bonhomme". At the close of the voting the song had received 10 points, placing 4th in a field of 16.

The song reached #46 on the UK Singles Chart. Ronnie Carroll returned as the British representative at the following year's Eurovision Song Contest held in London with "Say Wonderful Things".

Eurovision Song Contest

A Song For Europe

This song participated in the national final to choose the English representative of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, held on February 11 of that year at the BBC TV Center. It was presented by David Jacobs. [1] Ten regional juries were in charge of voting.5 Finally, the song "Ring-A-Ding Girl" was declared the winner among 12 songs with 59 points. [2]

Eurovision Song Contest 1962

This song was the English representation at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962. [3] The orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott. [4]

The song was performed 13th on the night of March 18, 1962 by Ronnie Carroll, preceded by Yugoslavia with Lola Novaković performing "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" and followed by Luxemburg with Camillo Felgen performing "Petit bonhomme". The votes, the song had received 10 points, being in 4th place with Yugoslavia out of a total of 16. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "UK NATIONAL FINAL 1962". natfinals.50webs.com. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  2. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest : National Final : United Kingdom 1962 : ESC-History". www.esc-history.com. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  3. ↑ "Ronnie Carroll". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  4. ↑ "And the conductor is: Under construction". www.andtheconductoris.eu. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  5. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1962, Scoreboard". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  6. ↑ O'Connor, John Kennedy (2005). The Eurovision Song Contest 50 Years The Official History. London: Carlton Books Limited. ISBN   1-84442-586-X.
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