Thursday 4 February 1999

1969 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 14
Date - March 29, 1969
Official name - Gran Premio de la Canción de Eurovision 1969
Host broadcaster - TVE, Spain
Host city - Madrid
Venue - Teatro Real
Host - Laurita Valenzuela
Director - Ramón Diez
Producer - Ramón Diez
Executive producer - Arturo Kaps
Stage designer - Bernardo Ballester 
Stage sculpture - Amadeo Gabino
Poster design - Salvador Dali
Musical director - Augusto Algueró
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Interval act - "La España Diferente" 
(composed by Luis de Pablos & directed by Javier Aguirre)
Scrutineer - Clifford Brown
Number of entries - 17
Winning entries - 'Vivo cantando' Salomé (Spain) / 'Boom Bang-A-Bang' Lulu (United Kingdom) / 'De troubadour' Lenny Kuhr (Netherlands) / 'Un jour, un enfant' Frida Boccara (France)
Winning songwriters - Aniano Alcalde / Maria José de Cerato (Spain) - Peter Warne / Alan Moorhouse (United Kingdom) - David Hartsema / Lenny Kuhr (Netherlands) - Eddy Marnay / Emile Stern (France)
Winning orchestrators - Joan Barcons (Spain) / Johnny Harris (United Kingdom) / Bert Paige & Frans de Kok (Netherlands) / Alain Goraguer & Franck Pourcel (France)
Winning conductors - Augusto Algueró (Spain) / Johnny Harris (United Kingdom) / Frans de Kok (Netherlands) / Franck Pourcel (France)

Frans de Kok conducting Lenny Kuhr's winning performance of 'De troubadour' in Madrid, with Piet Souer backing her up on the guitar

RESULT

1st place (ex aequo, 18 votes)

SPAIN
Song title – "Vivo cantando"
Rendition – Salomé 
Lyrics – Aniano Alcalde
Composition – Maria José de Cerato
Studio arrangement – Joan Barcons
Live orchestration – Joan Barcons
Conductor – Augusto Algueró (MD)

UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Boom Bang-A-Bang"
Rendition – Lulu 
Lyrics – Peter Warne
Composition – Alan Moorhouse
Studio arrangement – Johnny Harris
Live orchestration – Johnny Harris
Conductor – Johnny Harris

NETHERLANDS
Song title – “De troubadour”
Rendition – Lenny Kuhr (feat. Piet Souer, guitarist)
Lyrics – David Hartsema
Composition – Lenny Kuhr
Studio arrangement – Bert Paige
Live orchestration – Bert Paige / Frans de Kok
Conductor – Frans de Kok

FRANCE
Song title – "Un jour, un enfant"
Rendition – Frida Boccara
Lyrics – Eddie Marnay
Composition – Emile Stern
Studio arrangement – Alain Goraguer
(studio orchestra conducted by Alain Goraguer)
Live orchestration – Alain Goraguer / Franck Pourcel
Conductor – Franck Pourcel

5th place (13 votes)

SWITZERLAND
Song title – "Bonjour, bonjour"
Rendition – Paola Del Medico
Lyrics – Jack Stark
Composition – Henry Mayer
Studio arrangement – Henry Mayer
(studio orchestra conducted by Henry Mayer)
Live orchestration – Henry Mayer
Conductor – Henry Mayer

6th place (11 votes)

MONACO
Song title – “Maman, maman”
Rendition – Jean-Jacques Bortolaï feat. Achille Pellegrini
Lyrics – Jo Perrier
Composition – Jo Perrier
Studio arrangement – Hervé Roy
(studio orchestra conducted by Achille Pellegrini)
Live orchestration – Hervé Roy
Conductor – Hervé Roy

7th & 8th place (ex aequo, 10 votes)

IRELAND
Song title – “The Wages Of Love”
Rendition – Muriel Day & The Lindsays (Mary Doyle / Patricia Doyle / Sheila Flynn)
Lyrics – Michael Reade
Composition – Michael Reade
Studio arrangement – Johnny Devlin
Live orchestration – Johnny Devlin
Conductor – Noel Kelehan

BELGIUM
Song title – "Jennifer Jennings"
Rendition – Louis Neefs
Lyrics – Philippe Van Cauwenbergh
Composition – Paul Quintens
Studio arrangement – Marcel Picavet
(studio orchestra conducted by Francis Bay)
Live orchestration – Jef Pauwels / Marcel Picavet
Conductor – Francis Bay

9th & 10th place (ex aequo, 8 votes)

SWEDEN
Song title – “Judy, min vän”
Rendition – Tommy Körberg 
Lyrics – Britt Lindeborg
Composition – Roger Wallis
Studio arrangement – Lars Samuelson
Live orchestration – Lars Samuelson
Conductor – Lars Samuelson

WEST GERMANY
Song title – "Primaballerina"
Rendition – Siw Malmkvist 
Lyrics – Hans Blum
Composition – Hans Blum
Studio arrangement – Hans Blum
Live orchestration – Hans Blum
Conductor – Hans Blum

11th place (7 votes)

LUXEMBOURG
Song title – Cathérine
Rendition – Romuald Figuier
Lyrics – André Pascal
Composition – André Borly / Paul Mauriat
Studio arrangement – André Borly
Live orchestration – André Borly
Conductor – Augusto Algueró (MD)

12th place (6 votes)

FINLAND
Song title – “Kuin silloin ennen”
Rendition – Jarkko Antikainen & Laura Ruotsalo
Lyrics – Juha Vainio
Composition – Toivo Kärki
Studio arrangement – Nacke Johansson
(Nacke Johansson Orchestra conducted by Toivo Kärki)
Live orchestration – Nacke Johansson
Conductor – Ossi Runne

13th & 14th place (ex aequo, 5 votes)

YUGOSLAVIA
Song title – "Pozdrav svijetu"
Rendition – Ivan & 3M 
(Ivica Krajač / Željko Ružić / Saša Sablić / Branko Marušić) 
Lyrics – Milan Lentić
Composition – Milan Lentić
Studio arrangement – Stipica Kalogjera 
(Zabavni Orkestar RTV Zagreb conducted by Miljenko Prohaska)
Live orchestration – Stipica Kalogjera
Conductor – Miljenko Prohaska

ITALY
Song title – "Due grosse lacrime bianche"
Rendition – Iva Zanicchi
Lyrics – Carlo Daiano
Composition – Piero Soffici
Studio arrangement – Ezio Leoni
Live orchestration – Ezio Leoni
Conductor – Ezio Leoni

15th place (4 votes)

PORTUGAL
Song title – "Desfolhada Portuguesa"
Rendition – Simone de Oliveira
Lyrics – José Carlos Ary dos Santos
Composition – Nuno Nazareth Fernandes
Studio arrangement – Joaquim Luís Gomes
(studio orchestra conducted by Joaquim Luís Gomes)
Live orchestration – Joaquim Luís Gomes
Conductor – Ferrer Trindade

16th place (1 vote)

NORWAY
Song title – "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli"
Rendition – Kirsti Sparboe
Lyrics – Arne Bendiksen
Composition – Arne Bendiksen
Studio arrangement – Egil Monn-Iversen
(studio orchestra conducted by Kjell Karlsen)
Live orchestration – Egil Monn-Iversen
Conductor – Øivind Bergh

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