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  1. Where the biggest 60s and 70s Eurovision entries are now – including knighted ’60s pop star

    Eurovision might have become the home of over-the-top outfits and meme-able nonsense, but back in the ’60s and…
    #Europe #EU #Eurovision #CliffRichard #EurovisionSongContest2026 #GettyImages #MaryHopkin #PuppetonaString #SandieShaw
    europesays.com/europe/47037/

  2. The UK’s most successful Eurovision Song Contest acts – How many do you remember?

    The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, is finally here, and we can officially get excited. This year’s…
    #Europe #EU #Eurovision #BucksFizz #EurovisionGrandFinal #eurovisionsongcontest #EurovisionSongContest2026 #MaryHopkin #SamRyder #UK
    europesays.com/europe/42931/

  3. "Those Were the Days" is a song composed by #BorisFomin (1900–1948) but credited to #GeneRaskin, who put a new English lyric to Fomin's #RussianRomance song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu", with words by the poet #KonstantinPodrevsky. The song is a reminiscence of youth and romantic idealism. It also deals with tavern activities, which include drinking, singing, and dancing. The Welsh singer #MaryHopkin covered "Those Were the Days" as her debut single in 1968.
    youtube.com/watch?v=JnxTT7XXMPA

  4. "Those Were the Days" is a song composed by #BorisFomin (1900–1948) but credited to #GeneRaskin, who put a new English lyric to Fomin's #RussianRomance song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu", with words by the poet #KonstantinPodrevsky. The song is a reminiscence of youth and romantic idealism. It also deals with tavern activities, which include drinking, singing, and dancing. The Welsh singer #MaryHopkin covered "Those Were the Days" as her debut single in 1968.
    youtube.com/watch?v=JnxTT7XXMPA