Co-Co (Terry Bradford, Cheryl Baker, Kay Langfield, Keith Hasler and Peter Pereira)
2
Do You Believe In Love At First Sight?
Ron Roker, Gerry Shury, Chris Rae & Frank McDonald
Polly Brown
3
Save Your Kisses For Me
Tony Hiller, Lee Sheridan & Martin Lee
Brotherhood Of Man (Martin Lee, Lee Sheridan, Nicky Stevens and Sandra Stevens)
4
Couldn't Live Without You
Paul Curtis
Hazel Dean
5
A Love For All Seasons
Wayne Bickerton & Tony Waddington
Champagne
6
Ain't Gonna Take No For An Answer
Tony Craig & Eddie Adamberry
Frank Ifield
7
Maria
Rod McQueen & Eva McQueen
Sunshine
8
Love's A Carousel
Harold Spiro
Tammy Jones (aka Helen Wyn Jones)
9
Going To The Movies
Daniel Boone
Joey Valentine
10
Love, Kiss & Run
Barry Blue & Stephen Worth
Sweet Dreams (Polly Brown and Tony Jackson)
11
Take The Money And Run
Roger Saunders & Scott English
Louisa Jane White
12
Queen Of The Mardi Gras
Geoff Stephens & Tony Macaulay (aka Anthony Instone)
Tony Christie (aka Anthony Fitzgerald)
* Research has subsequently revealed that Wake Up was actually composed by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker, with slightly different lyrics. It was recorded by the group The Arrows, but never released at the time. It has since appeared on a compilation album of The Arrows released in 2004.
THE VOTING
Bristol
Bangor
Leeds
N'wich
N'Castle
A'deen
B'mgham
Mancs
Belfast
Cardiff
P'mouth
Glasgow
So'ton
London
Total
Placing
Wake Up
11
11
11
12
9
9
11
10
9
10
12
7
5
11
138
2nd
Do YouBelieve..
2
3
8
9
3
2
12
8
4
4
6
3
2
5
71
10th
Save YourKisses ..
9
9
12
8
12
12
5
11
11
11
10
12
8
10
140
1st
Couldn'tLive..
3
4
4
6
2
8
10
6
8
7
4
5
7
3
77
8th =
Love ForAll Season
8
5
2
5
11
3
6
5
7
5
5
2
4
9
77
8th =
Ain't Gonna ...
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
21
12th
Maria
6
6
5
4
5
11
4
1
6
3
11
8
6
4
80
7th
Love's ACarousel
1
12
10
7
7
10
2
4
10
9
7
4
9
6
98
6th
Going ToMovies
5
10
3
2
4
6
3
2
3
2
1
6
3
2
52
11th
Love, Kiss , Run
12
2
7
11
8
4
8
7
5
8
8
9
12
8
109
4th
Take TheMoney..
7
8
6
3
10
5
9
9
1
6
9
10
10
7
100
5th
Queen OfThe Mardi
10
7
9
10
6
7
7
12
12
12
3
11
11
12
129
3rd
At the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 in The Hague, Netherlands on 3rd April, Save Your Kisses For Me finished in first place with 164 points. The song was conducted by Alyn Ainsworth. It reached number one in the UK charts. See more details on the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 in the Winning Years section. A Song For Europe 1976 exists in the BBC archives.
Date: Wednesday 9th March, 1977 (Scheduled at 19:30)
Broadcast on Radio 2 at 21:02
Venue: New London Theatre
Presented by Terry Wogan
Musical Director: Ronnie Hazlehurst
Produced by Stewart Morris
Voting: Regional Juries
Title
Composer(s)
Artist
1
What Do You Say To Love
Nick Ryan & Robin Slater
Mary Mason
2
Where Were You When I Needed Your Love
John Macleod & Dave Meyers
The Foundations (Leroy Carter, John Savile, Valentine Pascal, Clem Curtis & Georges Delanbanque)
3
Leave A Little Love
Alan Hawkshaw & Ray Cameron
Tony Monopoly (aka Antonio Rosario Monopoli)
4
If Everybody Loved The Same As You
Geoff Stephens & Don Black
Lyn Paul (aka Linda Susan Belcher)
5
Just For You
Biddu, Gerry Shury & Ron Roker
High Society (Garry Travers, Joy Yates, Jacquie Sullivan & Alex Keenan)
6
A Little Give, A Little Take
Roger Greenaway & Tony Macaulay (aka Anthony Instone)
Carl Wayne (aka Colin David Tooley)
7
Rock Bottom
Lynsey De Paul (aka Lynsey Monckton Rubin) & Mike Moran
Lynsey De Paul (aka Lynsey Monckton Rubin) & Mike Moran
8
You're My Sweet Sensation
Melvyn Taggart & Raymond Roberts
Sweet Sensation (Vincent James, St Clair Palmer, Seaton Daye & Ricki Patrick)
9
Swings And Roundabouts
Richard Crowe & Nicholas Portlock
Val Stokes
10
Everybody Knows
Freddie Phillips
Beano (Freddie Phillips, Ken Smith, Ray Johnson &John Birch)
11
After All This Time
David Mindel & Gary Benson
Wesley, Park & Smith (Steve Womack, Lennie Wesley, Terence Jenkinson & Christopher Smith Eusatu)
12
Promises, Promises
Richard Gillinson & David Hayes
Rags (Jill Shirley, Steve Glen & Nichola Martin)
THE VOTING
Belfast
Bristol
A'deen
Leeds
Bangor
London
B'mgham
Cardiff
Glasgow
Mancs
So'ton
N'wich
N'castle
P'mouth
Total
Placing
What Do You Say To Love
7
10
10
10
11
9
12
10
9
7
6
12
10
9
132
2nd
Where Were You When I..
10
11
8
4
10
8
7
7
11
11
7
9
12
10
125
3rd
Leave A Little Love
1
7
7
1
4
12
1
3
7
6
2
10
3
2
66
9th
If Everybody Loved Same
4
4
5
6
2
5
5
5
8
9
5
7
6
3
74
6th =
Just For You
11
1
3
8
9
6
2
2
6
4
4
1
9
8
74
6th =
A Little Give, A Little Take
5
6
6
7
7
4
4
4
1
1
9
3
1
4
62
10th
Rock Bottom
12
12
12
12
12
11
8
9
12
3
12
5
11
12
143
1st
You're My Sweet Sensation
2
5
4
2
3
10
3
6
2
8
8
6
7
7
73
8th
Swings And Roundabouts
8
2
2
3
5
1
6
1
5
12
1
2
8
1
57
12th
Everybody Knows
3
3
1
5
1
3
11
12
3
2
3
4
4
4
60
11th
After All This Time
6
8
11
11
6
2
10
11
4
10
11
8
2
6
106
5th
Promises, Promises
9
9
9
9
8
7
9
8
10
5
10
11
5
11
120
4th
At the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 in Wembley, United Kingdom on 7th May, Rock Bottom finished in second place with 121 points. It was conducted by Ronnie Hazlehurst. The song reached number 19 in the UK charts. Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran also recorded a German version of the song entitled Fur Immer. See more details on the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 in the Host Years section.