BIRTHDAY: John Allison from the UK is 80 today Another year ends, and we have a birthday to delight you. As you’ll know, the contest started deep in the 20th Century, so we’re going back to those early days. The United Kingdom of stuff had a proud reputation […]
Unless you were living in a cave in Mars with your fingers in your ears, you will know that the UK has picked a duo to represent it in Stockholm. If you missed it all, you can read the blog here and the winner article here. Here’s the […]
Bob Allison, one half of The Allisons – the UK’s entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 – has died aged 72. The Allisons finished second with the song “Are Your Sure?” at the contest in 1961 behind Luxembourg’s “Nous les Amoureux” (We the Lovers), sung by […]