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Ring-A-Ding Girl

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United Kingdom "Ring-A-Ding Girl"
Eurovision Song Contest 1962 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
Syd Cordell
Lyricist(s)
Stan Butcher
Conductor
Finals performance
Final result
4th
Final points
10
Entry chronology
◄ "Are You Sure" (1961)
"Say Wonderful Things" (1963) ►

"Ring-A-Ding Girl" was the British 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 Yugoslavia's Lola Novaković with "Ne pali svetlo u sumrak" and Luxembourg'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".

Preceded by United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
1962
Succeeded by