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Herreys
Herreys (), sometimes Herrey's or Herrey, is a Swedish pop group, consisting of the three brothers Per Herrey (born 9 August 1958), Richard Herrey (born 19 August 1964), and Louis Herrey (born 3 November 1966). They won the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song " Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley". Richard and Louis Herrey became the first teenage males to win Eurovision and remain the youngest ever male winners, being 19 years and 260 days and 18 years and 184 days of age respectively. In 1985, they won the Sopot International Song Festival with " Sommarparty". At the time Herreys won Eurovision, the brothers were living and working as singers in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Herreys continued to record and tour for a few years, but had no hits of the same magnitude as the Eurovision winner. They were the first European boyband preceding the international boom a few years later. Herreys was the bestselling pop group in Sweden in the 1980s, and enjoyed enormous success touring and perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herreys In 2016 (cropped)
Herreys (), sometimes Herrey's or Herrey, is a Swedish pop group, consisting of the three brothers Per Herrey (born 9 August 1958), Richard Herrey (born 19 August 1964), and Louis Herrey (born 3 November 1966). They won the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song " Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley". Richard and Louis Herrey became the first teenage males to win Eurovision and remain the youngest ever male winners, being 19 years and 260 days and 18 years and 184 days of age respectively. In 1985, they won the Sopot International Song Festival with "Sommarparty". At the time Herreys won Eurovision, the brothers were living and working as singers in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Herreys continued to record and tour for a few years, but had no hits of the same magnitude as the Eurovision winner. They were the first European boyband preceding the international boom a few years later. Herreys was the bestselling pop group in Sweden in the 1980s, and enjoyed enormous success touring and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diggi Loo, Diggi Ley
''Diggi Loo, Diggi Ley'' is the debut studio album by Herreys, released in 1984. The most notable song on the album is "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley", which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1984. Track listing # "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" # "Kom loss" (" Footloose") # "Inget som hindrar mig" ("Break My Stride "Break My Stride" is a song performed by American recording artist Matthew Wilder. It was released in October 1983 as the lead single from his debut album, '' I Don't Speak the Language'', and became a major worldwide hit single for him in late ...") # "Är det sant" # "Om vi möts igen" # "Manhattan" # "Mitt hjärta slår samma slag" # "Mirror Mirror upon the Wall" # "Kom och ta mig" # "Every Song You Sing" # " Kall som is" # "Vill inte dansa mer" Charts References Citations External links * {{Authority control 1984 debut albums Herreys albums Mariann Grammofon albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sommarparty
"Sommarparty" (English "Summer Party") is a summer song written by Lasse Holm and Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and originally performed by the Herreys at the 1985 Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix, winning the contest. The Herreys also recorded the song on the 1985 album ''Crazy People'', and in English, as "Summerparty", on the 1986 album '' Herrey's Story'' Other recordings The song was recorded by Stig-Roland Holmblm on the 1985 album ''Memories'' 1985. In 1996, Flamingokvintetten Flamingokvintetten is a Swedish dansband formed in Partille in 1960. The group consists of Hasse Carlsson (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Dennis Janebrink (bass guitar), Stefan Kardebratt (keyboards), Douglas Möller (lead guitar) and Ulf Ge ... also recorded the song, releasing it as a single. and on the album Favoriter. Chart trajectories References 1985 songs Herreys songs Songs written by Lasse Holm Songs with lyrics by Ingela Forsman Swedish-language songs {{1980s-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy People (Herreys Album)
''Crazy People'' is a 1985 music album by Herreys. In 1985 Herreys won the Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix performing the song "Sommarparty", which was released as a single. "Varje liten droppe regn" was also released as a single both in Swedish and in English (as "People Say It's in the Air"). " People from Ibiza" is a cover of the 1984 single performed by Sandy Marton. Track listing # "Varje liten droppe regn" ("People Say It's in the Air") # " People from Ibiza" # "Nej du kan inte få ner mig på knä igen" # "I'm So Sorry" # "Stopp" # "10 9 8 7 6 5 4" # "Sommarparty "Sommarparty" (English "Summer Party") is a summer song written by Lasse Holm and Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and originally performed by the Herreys at the 1985 Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix, winning the contest. The Herreys also recorded the song ..." ("Summer Party") # "Crazy People" # "Turn Turn Turn" # "Vintergatan" # "Reduced to Tears" # "Why Why" Chart performance On 22 February 1985, the album peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden In The Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 61 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests since then (1964, 1970 and 1976). Since 1959, the Swedish entry has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. At the contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden hosted the contest six times: three times in Stockholm (, , ), twice in Malmö (, ) and once in Gothenburg (). Sweden is one of the most successful competing participants at the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of six victories, second only to 's seven wins. Sweden also has the most top five results of the 21st century, with 12; in total, Sweden has achieved 26 top five results in the contest. After finishing second with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in , Sweden went on to achieve its six victories with ABBA (), Herreys (), Carola (), Charlotte Nilsson (), Loreen () and Måns Zelmerlöw (). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congratulations (Eurovision)
''Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest'' was a television programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to commemorate the Eurovision Song Contest's fiftieth anniversary and to determine the Contest's most popular entrant of its fifty years. Hosted by Katrina Leskanich and Renārs Kaupers, the event took place at Forum, in Copenhagen on 22 October 2005. The host broadcaster was Danmarks Radio (DR). Fourteen songs from the Contest's first half-century, chosen through an internet poll and by a jury, contested the event.Michael Dwyer (20 October 2005)Dearth of the cool ''The Age''. Retrieved on 26 December 2007. Thirty-one EBU-member countries broadcast the concert (although notably , and the did not) and televoting and juries in these countries decided the winner.. Eurovision.tv. Retrieved on 26 December 2007. A total of 2.5 million votes were cast during the live broadcast.Jeffrey de Hart (25 October 2005)ABBA's "Waterloo" named best Eurovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1984
The Eurovision Song Contest 1984, the 29th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song " Si la vie est cadeau" by Corinne Hermes. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster RTL Télévision (RTL), the contest was held at the Théâtre Municipal on 5 May 1984 and was hosted by Luxembourgish multimedia Désirée Nosbusch, who was only 19 years at the date, making her the youngest presenter in adult Eurovision history. Nineteen countries took part in the contest. did not enter due to it conflicting with the country's Yom HaZikaron holiday again. was also absent. On the other hand, , who had not participated the previous year, returned this year. The winner was with the song " Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys. This was the first winning song in Swedish, as ABBA had performed "Waterloo" in English when they won in . Richard and Louis Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley
"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 performed in Swedish by the trio of brothers Herrey's, representing . Lyrics were written by Britt Lindeborg, and the tune by Torgny Söderberg. It was produced by Anders Engberg and Torgny Söderberg. The song is an upbeat 1980s-style dance song, performed by three clean-cut young men – fellow Swedish Eurovision participant Tommy Körberg famously dubbed them "the dancing deodorants" in the press, a derogatory nickname that stuck with them for the rest of their career in their home country – and the nonsensical title harking back to previous entries such as "Boom Bang-a-Bang", "Ding-a-dong" and "La, la, la". The song has achieved considerable fame among Eurovision Song Contest fans, with a well-known archive of contest lyrics using the domain name diggiloo.net, named after it. Despite the reception the song receives today, in the run-up to the contest it was not an immediate favorite to win: boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits
''Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits'' (also known as ''Eurovision's Greatest Hits'') was a live television concert programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. The concert took place on 31 March 2015 at the Eventim Apollo, in Hammersmith, London. Guy Freeman was the executive producer and Geoff Posner the director, both of whom held the same positions as the last time the BBC hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in . Simon Proctor was the senior producer and David Arch was the musical director for the concert. Tickets for the event went on sale at 10:15 (GMT) on 6 February 2015. Graham Norton and Petra Mede hosted the event, which saw fifteen acts from thirteen countries performing their Eurovision entries from yesteryear. During the televised show, video montages from the Eurovision archives were shown in-between each live performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Eurovision Song Contest Winners
69 songs written by 139 songwriters have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual competition organised by member countries of the European Broadcasting Union. The contest, which has been broadcast every year since its debut in 1956 (with the exception of 2020), is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. The contest's winner has been determined using numerous voting techniques throughout its history; centre to these have been the awarding of points to countries by juries or televoters. The country awarded the most points is declared the winner. The first Eurovision Song Contest was not won on points, but by votes (two per country), and only the winner was announced. There have been 66 contests, with one winner each year except the tied 1969 contest, which had four. Twenty-seven countries have won the contest. Switzerland won the first contest in 1956. The country with the highest number of wins is Ireland, with seven. The only person to have won m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most popular television program in Sweden;Television in Sweden Sweden.se (30 September 2005). Retrieved on 20 October 2006. it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the heats averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population. The festival has produced six [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Si La Vie Est Cadeau
"Si la vie est cadeau" (; "If Life Is a Gift") by Jean-Pierre Millers (music) and Alain Garcia (lyrics) was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in French by French singer Corinne Hermès for . The song is a dramatic ballad dealing with the wonder of life, likening it to a gift. The lyrics tell of the singer's suffering in love with a man "who promised erthe whole world" and did not follow through: "what about the child I wanted to give to you in the spring?". She then sings that any kind of gift is welcome, whether it be given, stolen or returned, and warns that the good times are too short, implying that the listener should savor them for all they are worth. Hermès also recorded the song in English and German, as "Words of Love" and "Liebe gibt und nimmt" ("Love gives and takes") respectively. The song was performed 20th (last) on the night, following 's Pas de Deux with " Rendez-vous". At the close of voting, it had received 142 points, placing 1st in a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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