"Ring-A-Ding Girl" was the entry to the

Eurovision Song Contest 1962 The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song "Nous les amoureux" by Jean-Claude Pascal. The contes ...

, performed in

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. On the night of the contest the song was performed 13th, following 's Lola Novaković with " Ne pali svetla u sumrak" and 's

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with "

Petit bonhomme The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song "Nous les amoureux" by Jean-Claude Pascal. The contes ...

". At the close of the voting the song had received 10 points, placing 4th in a field of 16. The song reached #46 on the

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. Ronnie Carroll returned as the British representative at the following year's Eurovision Song Contest held in

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with " Say Wonderful Things".

Eurovision Song Contest

A Song For Europe

This song participated in the national final to choose the English representative of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, held on February 11 of that year at the BBC TV Center. It was presented by David Jacobs. Ten regional juries were in charge of voting.5 Finally, the song "Ring-A-Ding Girl" was declared the winner among 12 songs with 59 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 1962

This song was the English representation at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962. The orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott. The song was performed 13th on the night of March 18, 1962 by Ronnie Carroll, preceded by Yugoslavia with Lola Novaković performing "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" and followed by Luxemburg with Camillo Felgen performing "Petit bonhomme". The votes, the song had received 10 points, being in 4th place with Yugoslavia out of a total of 16.

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