"Nur in der Wiener Luft" ("Only in the Vienna Air") was the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

Eurovision Song Contest 1962

The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the seventh in the series. France's win was their third and marked the first time a country had won three contests. Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain all scored "null points" for the first time....

, performed in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 by Eleonore Schwarz

Eleonore Schwarz

Eleonore Schwarz is an Austrian singer.In the 1960s and 1970s, Schwarz was an opera singer at the Vienna Volksoper....

.

The song was performed fourth on the night, following Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

's Victor Balaguer

Victor Balaguer (singer)

Victor Balaguer was a Spanish singer of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for his participation in the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest. Balaguer was known as a versatile singer who moved between popular music and zarzuela, singing in both Spanish and Catalan.Balaguer was born and died in Barcelona...

 with "Llámame

Llámame

"Llámame" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in Spanish by Victor Balaguer.The song was performed third on the night, following Belgium's Fud Leclerc with "Ton nom" and preceding Austria's Eleonore Schwarz with "Nur in der Wiener Luft"...

" and preceding Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

's Ellen Winther

Ellen Winther

Ellen Winther Lembourn was a Danish opera singer and actress, best known internationally for her participation in the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest....

 with "Vuggevise

Vuggevise

"Vuggevise" was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in Danish by Ellen Winther.The song was performed fifth on the night, following Austria's Eleonore Schwarz with "Nur in der wiener Luft" and preceding Sweden's Inger Berggren with "Sol och vår"...

"). At the close of voting, it had received no points, placing last in a field of 16 (joint last place along with Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

's Victor Balaguer

Victor Balaguer (singer)

Victor Balaguer was a Spanish singer of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for his participation in the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest. Balaguer was known as a versatile singer who moved between popular music and zarzuela, singing in both Spanish and Catalan.Balaguer was born and died in Barcelona...

 with "Llámame

Llámame

"Llámame" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in Spanish by Victor Balaguer.The song was performed third on the night, following Belgium's Fud Leclerc with "Ton nom" and preceding Austria's Eleonore Schwarz with "Nur in der Wiener Luft"...

", the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

' De Spelbrekers

De Spelbrekers

De Spelbrekers were a Dutch singing duo, known for their participation in the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest.- 1940s and 1950s :...

 with "Katinka" and Belgium

Belgium

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's Fud Leclerc

Fud Leclerc

Fud Leclerc was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Born Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq, Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, song writer and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor...

 with "Ton nom

Ton Nom

"Ton nom" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in French by Fud Leclerc.The song was performed second on the night, following Finland's Marion Rung with "Tipi-tii" and preceding Spain's Victor Balaguer with "Llámame"...

").

The song is the second Austrian entry in praise of Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 (following closely on the heels of Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien

Der K Und K Kalypso Aus Wien

"Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, performed in German by Ferry Graf....

). Schwarz sings about the magical quality of the wind in Vienna, which inspires the Waltz

Waltz

The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...

 among other things.

The song was succeeded as Austrian representative

Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Austria has appeared frequently at the Eurovision Song Contest. The country has won once, in 1966, with the song "Merci Chérie".In recent years, Austria's entries have tended towards the humorous, in contrast with the dance-pop achieving success. 2003 saw comedian and personality Alf Poier perform...

 at the 1963 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1963

The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was the 8th Eurovision Song Contest. France had won the contest in 1962 but were incapable of hosting in 1963, as was their right, due to financial shortcomings. As was the case in 1960 - and as would become a tradition when smaller broadcasters could not afford to...

 by Carmela Corren

Carmela Corren

-Biography:Carmela Corren was born on February 13, 1938 in Tel Aviv. She dreamed of being a dancer but switched to singing in the wake of an injury....

 singing "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder

Vielleicht Geschieht Ein Wunder

"Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, performed predominantly in German by Carmela Corren....

".