Saturday 6 February 1999

1977 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 22
Date - May 7, 1977
Host broadcaster - BBC, United Kingdom
Host city - London
Venue - Wembley Conference Centre
Host - Angela Rippon
Director - Stewart Morris
Producer - Stewart Morris assisted by Lydia Spratt & Marcus Plantin
Stage designer - Kenneth Sharp
Executive producer - Bill Cotton
Musical director - Ronnie Hazlehurst
Orchestra - BBC Television Orchestra
Concertmaster - Antony Gilbert
Interval act - Mr. Acker Bilck & His Paramount Jazz Men
Scrutineer - Clifford Brown
Number of entries - 18
Winning entry - 'L'oiseau et l'enfant' Marie Myriam (France)
Winning songwriters - Joe Gracy / Jean-Paul Cara
Winning orchestrator - Raymond Donnez
Winning conductor - Raymond Donnez

Celebrations all around with French winner Marie Myriam flanked by her songwriters Jean-Paul Cara (left) and Joe Gracy; to the left of Cara, arranger and conductor Raymond Donnez can be detected 

RESULT

1st place (136 votes)

FRANCE
Song title – "L’oiseau et l’enfant"
Rendition – Marie Myriam 
Lyrics – Joe Gracy
Composition – Jean-Paul Cara
Studio arrangement – Raymond Donnez
Live orchestration – Raymond Donnez
Conductor – Raymond Donnez

2nd place (121 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Rock Bottom"
Rendition – Mike Moran & Lynsey de Paul
Lyrics – Mike Moran / Lynsey de Paul
Composition – Mike Moran / Lynsey de Paul
Studio arrangement – Mike Moran / Lynsey de Paul
Live orchestration – Mike Moran
Conductor – Ronnie Hazlehurst (MD)

3rd place (119 votes)

IRELAND
Song title – “It's Nice To Be In Love Again”
Rendition – The Swarbriggs + 2 (Jimmy Swarbrigg / Tommy Swarbrigg / Alma Carroll / Nicola Kerr)
Lyrics – Jimmy Swarbrigg / Tommy Swarbrigg
Composition – Jimmy Swarbrigg / Tommy Swarbrigg
Studio arrangement – Bill Whelan
Live orchestration – Bill Whelan
Conductor – Noel Kelehan

4th place (96 votes)

MONACO
Song title – “Une petite français”
Rendition – Michèle Torr
Lyrics – Jean Albertini
Composition – Paul De Senneville / Olivier Toussaint
Studio arrangement – Michel Ganot / Yvon Rioland
Live orchestration – Michel Ganot / Yvon Rioland
Conductor – Yvon Rioland

5th place (92 votes)

GREECE
Song title – "Mathema solfege"
Rendition – Pascalis / Marianna / Robert / Bessy 
Lyrics – Sevy Tiliacou
Composition – George Hatzinassios
Studio arrangement – George Hatzinassios
(studio orchestra conducted by George Hatzinassios)
Live orchestration – George Hatzinassios
Conductor – George Hatzinassios

6th place (71 votes)

SWITZERLAND
Song title – "Swiss Lady"
Rendition – Pepe Lienhard Band 
(Pepe Lienhard / Bill von Arx / Pino Gasparini / Christian von Hoffmann / Mostafa Kafa’i Azimi / Georges Walther)
Lyrics – Peter Reber
Composition – Peter Reber
Studio arrangement – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski / Pepe Lienhard Band
Live orchestration – Peter Jacques
Conductor – Peter Jacques

7th place (69 votes)

BELGIUM
Song title – "A Million In One, Two, Three"
Rendition – Dream Express (= Bianca Maessen / Patricia Maessen / Stella Maessen / Luc Smets)
Lyrics – Luc Smets
Composition – Luc Smets
Studio arrangement – Luc Smets
Live orchestration – Luc Smets
Conductor – Alyn Ainsworth

8th place (55 votes)

WEST GERMANY
Song title – "Telegram"
Rendition – Silver Convention (Ronda Heath / Penny McLean / Ramona Wolf)
Lyrics – Michael Kunze
Composition – Sylvester Levay
Studio arrangement – Sylvester Levay
Live orchestration – Sylvester Levay
Conductor – Ronnie Hazlehurst (MD)

9th place (52 votes)

SPAIN
Song title – "Enséñame a cantar"
Rendition – Micky (Miguel Ángel Carreño Schmelter)
Lyrics – Fernando Arbex
Composition – Fernando Arbex
Studio arrangement – Fernando Arbex
Live orchestration – Fernando Arbex
Conductor – Rafael Ibarbia

10th place (50 votes)

FINLAND
Song title – “Lapponia”
Rendition – Monica Aspelund
Lyrics – Monica Aspelund
Composition – Aarno Raninen
Studio arrangement – Aarno Raninen
(studio orchestra conducted by Aarno Raninen)
Live orchestration – Aarno Raninen
Conductor – Ossi Runne

11th place (49 votes)

ISRAEL
Song title – “Ahava hi shir lishnayim”
Rendition – Ilanit
Lyrics – Edna Peleg
Composition – Eldad Shrem
Studio arrangement – Eldad Shrem
Live orchestration – Eldad Shrem
Conductor – Eldad Shrem

12th place (35 votes)

NETHERLANDS
Song title – "De mallemolen"
Rendition – Heddy Lester
Lyrics – Wim Hogenkamp
Composition – Frank Affolter
Studio arrangement – Gerard Stellaard
Live orchestration – Gerard Stellaard
Conductor – Harry van Hoof

13th place (33 votes)

ITALY
Song title – "Libera"
Rendition – Mia Martini 
Lyrics – Luigi Albertelli
Composition – Salvatore Fabrizio
Studio arrangement – Maurizio Fabrizio
Live orchestration – Maurizio Fabrizio
Conductor – Maurizio Fabrizio

14th & 15th place (ex aequo, 18 votes)

NORWAY
Song title – "Casanova"
Rendition – Anita Skorgan
Lyrics – Dag Nordtømme
Composition – Svein Strugstad
Studio arrangement – Øivind Westby
Live orchestration – Øivind Westby
Conductor – Carsten Klouman

PORTUGAL
Song title – "Portugal, no coração"
Rendition – Os Amigos (Luisa Basto / Ana Bola / Paulo de 
Carvalho / Fernanda Picara / Edmundo Silva / Fernando Tordo)
Lyrics – José Carlos Ary dos Santos
Composition – Fernando Tordo
Studio arrangement – José Luis Simões
Live orchestration – José Calvário
Conductor – José Calvário

16th place (17 votes)

LUXEMBOURG
Song title – "Frère Jacques"
Rendition – Anne Marie B. 
Lyrics – Guy Béart / Pierre Cour
Composition – Guy Béart / Pierre Cour
Studio arrangement – Johnny Arthey
Live orchestration – Johnny Arthey
Conductor – Johnny Arthey

17th place (11 votes)

AUSTRIA
Song title – “Boom Boom Boomerang”
Rendition – Schmetterlinge (Schurli Herrnstadt / Erich Meixner / Beatrix Neundlinger / Willi Resetarits / Herbert Zöchling-Tampier)
Lyrics – E. Lukas Resetarits
Composition – Schurli Herrnstadt / Willi Resetarits / Herbert Zöchling-Tampier
Studio arrangement – Christian Kolonovits
Live orchestration – Christian Kolonovits
Conductor – Christian Kolonovits

18th place (2 votes)

SWEDEN
Song title – "Beatles"
Rendition – Forbes (Peter Björk / Claes Bure / Roger Capello / Peter Forbes / Anders Hector / Chino Mariano)
Lyrics – Sven-Olof Bagge
Composition – Claes Bure
Studio arrangement – Anders Berglund / Claes Bure / Peter Björk
Live orchestration – Anders Berglund
Conductor - Anders Berglund

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