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CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF EUROVISION – SONG 52 – THE NETHERLANDS

This year we celebrate 70 years of EUROVISION. ESC Covers will pick 70 Eurovision songs but we will not publish the original as those songs are well known. Instead we will pick a cover, in various languages and by various singers. There is no order, it is just as they come into our minds. One song per day will be posted. Continue reading CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF EUROVISION – SONG 52 – THE NETHERLANDS

DUTCH EUROVISION COMPOSER HANS VAN HEMERT PASSED AWAY

Norbert from the facebook LOVE FOR MUSIC wrote sad news. It is about Dutch Eurovision composer HANS VAN HEMERT who passed away. Continue reading DUTCH EUROVISION COMPOSER HANS VAN HEMERT PASSED AWAY

R S G SERIES ON THE SONGS FROM THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – episode 5

The fifth episode of the R S G (radio sonder grense) series was broadcast  after 6 pm on Sunday 30 July. Elsje van Jaarsveld presented it while Ilse Schurmann wrote the text and produced the show. Continue reading R S G SERIES ON THE SONGS FROM THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – episode 5

VAI NIIN VAL NIIN – DANNY & EIJA MERILA

Ilkka Johannes Lipsanen (born September 24, 1942), commonly known by his stage name Danny, is a Finnish singer and guitarist. Still active, Danny’s singing career is one of the longest in Finland, spanning over more than 50 years. He has recorded many evergreen hit songs. And now at the age of 78 he is one of the 7 finalists in the Finnish Eurovision selection. To celebrate this achievement, ESC Covers has decided to highlight around 15 songs Danny has recorded over his long career, most covers – after all this is a website focusing on  the covering of songs. We start off today with Danny in duet with Eija Merila covering the song HOW DO YOU DO, originally by Dutch duo Mouth & Macneal. This duo represented the Netherlands at the 1974 Eurovision song contest with I SEE A STAR. The Finnish title of How do you do is called VAI NIIN VAL NIIN.

100 RALPH SIEGEL SONGS – SONG 7 (Alright, okay, I love you)

ESC Covers always thought THE WINDOWS were the German equivalent of the Dutch duo MOUTH & MACNEAL. They were active the same time and Windows even covered their song “How do you do”. This song was composed by Ralph Siegel for them. Thanks for the help of Mike Howell we now could add the Afrikaans cover by Kobu & Hannelie.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8FzmcVu_GM

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC – SONG TWENTY-FOUR

Finally we reached the end of the ABBA songs.

Thank you for the music, the songs I’m singing

Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing

Well, we had to end the whole ABBA saga off with this song, it is such a classic. Thank you ABBA for all the music and the songs we are constantly singing.

The question is name 3 Eurovision songs you constantly feel like singing

For me it is Cliff Richard and Congratulations every time I see someone is having a birthday. Then Mouth and Macneal with I see a star, and often it is the Afrikaans lyrics of it. Lastly Nicole’s Ein bisschien frieden, after all I have many versions of it (53 in total) and in 21 different languages.

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