Friday 5 February 1999

1975 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 20
Date - March 22, 1975
Host broadcaster - SVT, Sweden
Host city - Stockholm
Venue - S:t Eriksmässan
Host - Karin Falck
Director - Bo Billtén
Producer - Bo Billtén assisted by Gunilla Larsén / Marianne Wesslau
Stage designer - Bo-Ruben Hedwall
Executive producer - Roland Eiworth
Musical director - Mats Olsson
Orchestra - SR Symphony Orchestra featuring a freelance rhythm section
Special arrangements - Mats Olsson
Interval act - The World of John Bauer with pictures from The Jonköping Museum
Scrutineer - Clifford Brown
Number of entries - 19
Winning entry - 'Ding Dinge Dong' Teach-In (Netherlands)
Winning songwriters - Will Luikinga / Eddy Ouwens / Dick Bakker
Winning orchestrator - Dick Bakker
Winning conductor - Harry van Hoof

Harry van Hoof conducting the SR Symphony Orchestra for Teach-In's winning performance in Stockholm

RESULT

1st place (152 votes)

NETHERLANDS
Song title – "Ding Dinge Dong"
Rendition – Teach-In (John Gaasbeek / Getty Kaspers / Ruud Nijhuis / Koos Versteeg / Ard Weeink / Chris de Wolde)
Lyrics – Will Luikinga / Eddy Ouwens
Composition – Dick Bakker
Studio arrangement – Dick Bakker
Live orchestration – Dick Bakker
Conductor – Harry van Hoof

2nd place (138 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Let Me Be The One"
Rendition – The Shadows (= Brian Bennett / John Farrar / Hank B. Marvin / Bruce Welch)
Lyrics – Paul Curtis
Composition – Paul Curtis
Studio arrangement – John Fiddy / The Shadows
Live orchestration – John Fiddy
Conductor – Alyn Ainsworth

3rd place (115 votes)

ITALY
Song title – "Era"
Rendition – Wess Johnson & Dori Ghezzi
Lyrics – Andrea Lo Vecchio
Composition – Shel Shapiro
Studio arrangement – Shel Shapiro / Natale Massara
Live orchestration – Natale Massara
Conductor – Natale Massara

4th place (91 votes)

FRANCE
Song title – “Et bonjour à toi l’artiste”
Rendition – Nicole Rieu
Lyrics – Pierre Delanoë
Composition – Jeff Barnel
Studio arrangement – Jean Musy
Live orchestration – Jean Musy
Conductor – Jean Musy

5th place (84 votes)

LUXEMBOURG
Song title – "Toi"
Rendition – Geraldine Branagan 
Lyrics – Phil Coulter / Bill Martin
Composition – Phil Coulter / Bill Martin
Studio arrangement – Phil Coulter
Live orchestration – Phil Coulter
Conductor – Phil Coulter

6th place (77 votes)

SWITZERLAND
Song title – "Mikado"
Rendition – Simone Drexel
Lyrics – Simone Drexel
Composition – Simone Drexel
Studio arrangement – Sylvester Levay
Live orchestration – Sylvester Levay
Conductor – Peter Jacques

7th place (74 votes)

FINLAND
Song title – "Old Man Fiddle (Viulu-ukko)"
Rendition – Pihasoittajat (Kim Kuusi / Henrik Bergendahl / Arja Karlsson / Hannu Karlsson / Harry Lindahl / Seppo Sillanpää)
Finnish lyrics – Hannu Karlsson
English lyrics – Arthur Ridgway Spencer
Composition – Kim Kuusi
Studio arrangement – Kim Kuusi
Live orchestration – Henrik Otto Donner
Conductor – Ossi Runne

8th place (72 votes)

SWEDEN
Song title – “Jennie, Jennie”
Rendition – Lars Berghagen 
Lyrics – Lars Berghagen 
Composition – Lars Berghagen 
Studio arrangement – Lars Samuelson
Live orchestration – Lars Samuelson
Conductor – Lars Samuelson

9th place (68 votes)

IRELAND
Song title – “That's What Friends Are For”
Rendition – The Swarbriggs
Lyrics – Jimmy Swarbrigg / Tommy Swarbrigg
Composition – Jimmy Swarbrigg / Tommy Swarbrigg
Studio arrangement – John Drummond
Live orchestration – John Drummond
Conductor – Colman Pearce

10th place (53 votes)

SPAIN
Song title – "Tú volverás"
Rendition – Sergio & Estíbaliz 
Composition – Juan Carlos Calderón
Studio arrangement – Juan Carlos Calderón
Live orchestration – Juan Carlos Calderón
Conductor – Juan Carlos Calderón 

11th place (40 votes)

ISRAEL
Song title – “At ve'ani”
Rendition – Shlomo Artzi
Lyrics – Ehud Manor
Composition – Shlomo Artzi
Studio arrangement – Eldad Shrem
Live orchestration – Eldad Shrem
Conductor – Eldad Shrem

12th place (32 votes)

MALTA
Song title – "Singing This Song"
Rendition – Renato Micallef
Lyrics – Mary Iris Mifsud
Composition – Sammy Galea
Studio arrangement – Claudio Gizzi
Live orchestration – Claudio Gizzi
Conductor – Vince Tempera

13th & 14th place (ex aequo, 22 votes)

YUGOSLAVIA
Song title – “Dan ljubezni”
Rendition – Pepel & Kri / Ashes & Blood (Ditka Haberl / Tadej Hrušovar / Palmira Klobovs / Ivo Mojzer / Oto Pestner / Nada Žgur)
Lyrics – Dušan Velkaverh
Composition – Tadej Hrušovar
Studio arrangement – Deco Žgur
(Zabavni Orkester RTV Ljubljana conducted by Mario Rijavec)
Live orchestration – Deco Žgur
Conductor – Mario Rijavec

MONACO
Song title – “Une chanson c'est une lettre”
Rendition – Sophie Hecquet
Lyrics – Boris Bergman
Composition – André Popp
Studio arrangement – André Popp
(studio orchestra conducted by André Popp)
Live orchestration – André Popp
Conductor – André Popp

15th place (17 votes)

BELGIUM
Song title – "Gelukkig zijn / Could It Be Happiness"
Rendition – Ann Christy
Lyrics – Mary Boduin
Composition – Mary Boduin
Studio arrangement – John Sluszny
Live orchestration – John Sluszny
Conductor – Francis Bay

16th place (16 votes)

PORTUGAL
Song title – “Madrugada”
Rendition – Duarte Mendes
Lyrics – José Luis Tinoco
Composition – José Luis Tinoco
Studio arrangement – Pedro Osório
Live orchestration – Pedro Osório
Conductor – Pedro Osório

17th place (15 votes)

WEST GERMANY
Song title – “Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein / Bridge Of Love”
Rendition – Joy Fleming
German lyrics – Michael Holm
English lyrics – Fred Jay
Composition – Rainer Pietsch
Studio arrangement – Rainer Pietsch
Live orchestration – Rainer Pietsch
Conductor – Rainer Pietsch

18th place (11 votes)

NORWAY
Song title – "Touch My Life With Summer 
(Det skulle ha vært sommer nå)"
Rendition – Ellen Nikolaysen
Lyrics – Johnny Sareussen
Composition – Svein Hundsnes
Studio arrangement – Carsten Klouman
Live orchestration – Carsten Klouman
Conductor – Carsten Klouman

19th place (3 votes)

TURKEY
Song title – “Seninle bir dakika”
Rendition – Semiha Yankı
Lyrics – Hikmet Munir Ebcioğlu
Composition – Kemal Ebcioğlu
Studio arrangement – Timur Selçuk
(studio orchestra conducted by Tony Rallo)
Live orchestration – Timur Selçuk
Conductor – Timur Selçuk

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