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29.1.02

Single Of The Week

Mull Historical Society - Watching Xanadu
....and single of the year so far, at least until Marilyn Manson's Tainted Love comes out. Jolly Scotpop which takes me back to the carefree days of The Bluebells and Aztec Camera. Joyous.

Sun 27/01/02

Enrique, Spanish #1s and the paternal Eurovision connection

So Enrique beats off a1 for the number one spot. Mmmm....let's just savour that image for a while, shall we?
That means instead of a1's third #1 ever, we get Spain's third #1 ever instead. And all of them have Eurovision connections, on the weekend that the first national contests were held to choose this year's Eurovision songs (in Finland and Estonia) and the UK's final eight songs get revealed on the Radio2 website tomorrow.

Baccara and Julio Iglesias (Enrique's Dad) are the only Spanish acts to have a UK #1 before now, and they both sang in Eurovision. Julio came 4th for Spain in 1970, but Baccara sang for Luxembourg in 1978. Neither of their #1s were their Eurovision songs. In fact, neither of their Eurovision songs charted in the UK, even though Baccara had hit the top with 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' only eight months before, and #8 with 'Sorry I'm A Lady' only four months before Eurovision. I'm guessing that their entry 'Parlez-Vous Francais' wasn't released here, which is a shame, because it's hilarious!

Amazingly, BOTH of today's #1 and #2 new entries have Eurovision connections through their Dads. Apparently, the father of a1's Christian Ingebrigtsen tried to represent Norway in their national contest, but unlike Julio, he never made it though.

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