1958 | Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö

Basic information

Date:

3 March 1958

Venue:

AVRO Studios - Hilversum, The Netherlands

Broadcaster:

NOS

Presenter(s):

Hannie Lips

About the contest:

Sweden made its Eurovision debut in 1958, when Alice Babs came fourth with "Lilla Stjärna" - although she was already a big star, being one of the most popular artists in her country. In these early years of the Contest it was quite common to use established singers and not newcomers, as later became popular.

Although France achieved a clear victory, as is typical with the ESC, it was another song which got all the publicity. Domenico
Modugno's "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu" became a world mega-hit, both in its original Italian version and also in English by the American
singer Dean Martin. Since then, the song has been recorded by lots of different artist in practically every language.

All the countries had ten jurors, who awarded 1 point to their favourite song.

Trivia:

No-one could be left in doubt about who the host country was, as the Netherlands had covered the stage with too many tulips.

Results

Pos.	Country	Participant(s)	Songtitle	Points	Rank
1	Italy	Domenico Modugno	Nel Blu, di Pinto di Blu	13	3rd
2	The Netherlands	Corry Brokken	Heel de Wereld	1	=9th
3	France	André Claveau	Dors, Mon Amour	27	1st
4	Luxembourg	Solange Berry	Un Grand Amour	1	=9th
5	Sweden	Alice Babs	Lille Stjärna	10	4th
6	Denmark	Raquel Rastenni	Jeg Rev et Blad Ud Af Min Dagbog	3	8th
7	Belgium	Fud Leclerc	Ma Petite Chatte	8	=5th
8	Germany	Margot Hielscher	Für Zwei Groschen Musik	5	7th
9	Austria	Liane Augustin	Die Ganze Welt Braucht Liebe	8	=5th
10	Switzerland	Lys Assia	Giorgio	24	2nd

About the songs:

Domeniso Modugno	Italy – Domenico Modugno – Nel Blu, di Pinto di Blu (Italian) Music/Lyrics: Domenico Modugno/Franco Migliacci & Domenico Modugno Conductor: Alberto Semprini Never mind the Eurovision Song Contest, this is one of the most famous songs in the world. Italy chose the Sanremo winner again with probably more confidence than before.
Corry Brokken	The Netherlands – Corry Brokken – Heel de Wereld (Dutch) Music/Lyrics: Benny Vreden/Benny Vreden Conductor: Dolf van der Linden From the top of the scoreboard in 1957 to the bottom in 1958. This was Corry’s third and final song (and arguably her best) and had minimal arrangement, leaving her vocal to dominate. No wonder she gave up after this undeserved placing.
Andre Claveau	France – André Claveau – Dors Mon Amour (French) Music/Lyrics: Pierre Delanoë/Hubert Giraud Conductor: Franck Pourcel France’s first victory was with this typical French ballad, which was also typical of their earlier entries. It’s nice enough but hands up if you prefer it to ‘Nel Blu, di Pinto di Blu. Thought not!
Solange Berry	Luxembourg – Solange Berry – Un Grand Amour (French) Music/Lyrics: Michel Eric/ Monique Laniece & Raymond Roche Conductor: Dolf van der Linden This is the kind of song that would have been heard in late night cabaret, with the piano and double bass adding atmosphere.
Alice Babs	Sweden – Alice Babs – Lille Stjärna (Swedish) Music/Lyrics: Åke Gerhard/Åke Gerhard Conductor: Dolf van der Linden No Schlager here! This is Sweden’s version of what everyone else was sending to the contest.
Raquel Rastenni	Denmark – Raquel Rastenni – Jeg Rev et Blad Ud Af min Dagbog (Danish) Music/Lyrics: Harry Jensen/Harry Jensen Conductor: Kai Mortensen Following a relatively successful debut, Denmark gave us another pleasant, gentle foot-tapper.
Fud Leclerc	Belgium – Fud Leclerc – Ma Petite Chatte (French) Music/Lyrics: André Dohet/André Dohet Conductor: Dolf van der Linden Belgium made good use of the orchestra’s brass section to create a Big Band sound. After singing in Flemish the year before, it was the turn of French this year.
Margot Hielscher	Germany – Margot Hielscher – Für Zwei Groschen Musik (German) Music/Lyrics: Friedrich Meyer/ Fred Rauch and Walter Brandin Conductor: Dolf van der Linden Brass was clearly the ‘in’ sound in 1958. There is also a Big Band feeling to the German song. Judging by her outfit, Margot had clearly just arrived from the Miss World contest
Liane Augustin	Austria – Liane Augustin – Die Ganze Welt Braucht Liebe (German) Music/Lyrics: Günther Leopold and Kurt Werner/ Günther Leopold and Kurt Werner Conductor: Willy Fantl This is a rather non-descript song. While there is nothing to dislike, it doesn’t really have anything likeable either. That’s probably why it finished mid-table.
Lys Assia	Switzerland – Lys Assis – Giorgio (Italian) Music/Lyrics: Paul Berkhard/Fridolin Tschudi Conductor: Dolf van der Linden By far the most up-tempo of Lys’ Eurovision songs and her only one in Italian. This is a fun song which Lys must have enjoyed singing.

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