Irish songstress Clodagh Rodgers died last month.  She is perhaps best remembered for representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971, singing Jack In The Box (a rather too obvious attempt to repeat the success of Puppet on a String. I also recall Monty Python’s Flying Circus  lampooning the song.) As a result of her agreeing to sing the UK entry she apparently received death threats from the IRA.

Prior to that she had had UK hits in 1969 with Come Back and Shake Me (a no 3) and this song, which made no 4 in the charts.

Clodagh Rodgers: Goodnight Midnight

Clodagh Rodgers: 5/3/1947 – 18/4/2025. So it goes.

Another Eurovision song.

This was Vicky, representing Luxembourg in 1967.

Vicky: L’Amour Est Blue

In the contest that year Vicky came fourth. Puppet on a String won. However, unlike most non-winners of Eurovision, L’Amour Est Blue, as Love Is Blue, became a world-wide hit – particularly the Paul Mauriat instrumental version below.

Vicky, as Vicky Leandros, became a serial Eurovision contestant – even winning once in the 1970s.

Paul Mauriat: Love Is Blue