This 1966 release, originally recorded by Porter Wagoner in 1965, has a nostalgic feeling. Once it tooke the charts by storm, ...

The UK last won in 1997 with Katrina and The Waves, after success with Brotherhood Of Man (1976), Bucks Fizz (1981), and twice with solo acts: Sandie Shaw (1967) and Lulu (joint winner in 1969).

In 1967, Sandie Shaw won the contest with ‘Puppet On A String’, followed by Lulu in 1969 with ‘Boom Bang-a-Bang’ in what was a four-way tie with Spain, the Netherlands, and France.

Sandie Shaw – Puppet on a String (1967) Sandie Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. (Getty) After five second-placed finishes, the UK scored its first Eurovision win in 1967 thanks to Sandie ...

The song was originally offered to English pop swinger Sandie Shaw, but she was so impressed with Jones after he demoed it for her that she recommended he sing it instead.

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Sandie Shaw, MBE is an English singer born Sandra Ann Goodrich on February 26, 1947 in Dagenham, Essex. Sandie was an aspiring model and singer when she was spotted by Adam Faith after she ...

Hopkin’s debut single was “Those Were the Days” which went to no. 1 on the U.K. Singles chart even with competition from Sandie Shaw’s version of the song that same year.

Sulton lead the crowd through a singalong during “Always Something There to Remind Me” (more Naked Eyes than Sandie Shaw) and offered fine versions of “Heartlight” and “This Guy’s in ...

With Sandie Shaw's 'Puppet On A String' back in the charts via an homage-paying sample, we look back at the song that gave the United Kingdom its very first victory at the Eurovision Song Contest.

As if all of that wasn’t enough, it also incorporates a distorted sample of Sandie Shaw ’s Eurovision -winning signature tune Puppet On A String.

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