United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1964 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) | |||
| Country |  United Kingdom | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: A Song for Europe 1964 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 7 February 1964 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Matt Monro | |||
| Selected song | "I Love the Little Things" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Tony Hatch | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 2nd, 17 points | |||
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The United Kingdom was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "I Love the Little Things", written by Tony Hatch, and performed by Matt Monro. The British participating broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.
Before Eurovision
[edit]A Song for Europe 1964
[edit]The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) held a national selection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1964. It was held on 7 February 1964 and presented by David Jacobs.
BBC chose Matt Monro to sing the entries and juries made up of members of the public in sixteen British cities selected "I Love the Little Things" for him to sing at Eurovision.
| Draw | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Choose" | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | "It's Funny How You Know" | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | "I Love the Little Things" | 1 | 87 |
| 4 | "I've Got the Moon on My Side" | 2 | 43 |
| 5 | "Ten Out of Ten" | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | "Beautiful, Beautiful" | 3 | 20 |
Monro released all six songs from the British final on an Extended Play maxi single A Song for Europe, which reached number 16 in the EP top 20 chart. He subsequently released the winning song on single, with the runner up on the B-Side, but this single failed to reach the official UK Singles Chart.
At Eurovision
[edit]"I Love the Little Things" went on to come 2nd in Eurovision.
At Eurovision the BBC TV commentary was provided by David Jacobs, whilst Ian Fenner provided radio commentary for British Forces Radio.
The Austrian entry in the 1964 contest "Warum nur, warum?", performed by songwriter Udo Jürgens, caught Monro's ear, despite its sixth-place finish, and he recorded an English version titled "Walk Away" (lyric by Monro's manager Don Black), earning him another hit single late in 1964.
Voting
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 1964". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.