United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
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The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest
1962. It was held on February 11, 1962 and presented by David Jacobs
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"Ring-a-ding Girl" won the national and went on to come 4th in the contest.
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
1962. It was held on February 11, 1962 and presented by David Jacobs
David Jacobs (disc jockey)
David Lewis Jacobs CBE is a British actor and broadcaster who gained prominence as presenter of the peak-time BBC Television show Juke Box Jury and the BBC Radio 4 political forum, Any Questions?-Early career:...
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Results
| Artist(s) | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Angel | Look, Look Little Angel | ||
| The Brook Brothers The Brook Brothers The Brook Brothers were an English pop duo composed of Geoff Brook and Ricky Brook .... | Tell Tale | ||
| Ronnie Carroll Ronnie Carroll Ronnie Carroll is a Northern Irish singer and entertainer.-Career:... | Ring-a-ding Girl | 1 | 59 |
| Karl Denver Karl Denver Karl Denver was a Scottish singer, who, with his trio had a series of UK hit singles in the early 1960s. Most famous of these was a 1961 version of "Wimoweh", which showed off Denver's falsetto yodelling register... | Never Goodbye | 4 | |
| Donna Douglas | The Message in a Bottle | 3 | |
| Frank Ifield Frank Ifield Francis Edward Ifield is an early Australian-English easy listening and country music singer. He achieved considerable success in the early 1960s, especially in the UK Singles Chart, where he had four Number 1 hits between 1962 and 1963.... | Alone too Long | 2 | 26 |
| Jackie Lee Jackie Lee Jackie Lee is an Irish popular music singer, who has recorded under various names.-Career:Lee was a musical child prodigy. She won a scholarship and trained as a soprano for four years... | There's no one the Whole Wide World | ||
| Kenny Lynch Kenny Lynch Kenny Lynch, OBE is an English singer, songwriter, entertainer and actor from London. Lynch appeared in many variety shows in the 1960s... | There's Never Been a Girl | ||
| Brad Newman | Get a Move on | ||
| Rikki Price | You're for Real | ||
| Doug Sheldon Doug Sheldon Doug Sheldon was an English pop singer, actor, and novelist.Sheldon was born into a family of carnival businesspeople, and he worked as a barker while receiving training in acting. After completing military service, he landed a role in the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone and worked in small theatre... | My Kingdom for a Girl | ||
| Robb Storme | Pretty Hair and Angel Eyes | ||
| The table is ordered by appearance. | |||
"Ring-a-ding Girl" won the national and went on to come 4th in the contest.