"Ring-A-Ding Girl" was the entry to the
Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in
English by
Ronnie Carroll.
On the night of the contest the song was performed 13th, following 's
Lola Novaković
Zorana "Lola" Novaković (25 April 1935 – 3 April 2016) was a Serbian singer, hugely popular during the 1960s and to a lesser degree the 1970s. She was born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She represented FPR Yugoslavia at the Eurovision ...
with "
Ne pali svetla u sumrak
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, held in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Before Eurovision
''Jugovizija 1962''
The Yugoslav national final, to select their entry, was held on 23 January at the RTV Zagreb Studios in Zagreb ...
" and 's
Camillo Felgen with "
Petit bonhomme". 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
UK Singles Chart. Ronnie Carroll returned as the British representative at
the following year's Eurovision Song Contest held in
London 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.
References
Eurovision songs of the United Kingdom
Eurovision songs of 1962
Philips Records singles
1962 songs
1962 singles
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