Saturday 18 October 2008

Webber's first Eurovision entry from the 1960s

Here at Eurovision Express, we knew that Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber had submitted an entry to the UK Song For Europe before, and we always thought it ended up in Jesus Christ Superstar. However, mistakenly, we thought it was I Don't Know How To Love Him.

In fact it turns out that it was a song called Try It and See. We're still unsure if this was entered in 1967 or 1969 (reports differ), but after it failed to make it to the UK national final, it became - with different lyrics - King Herod's Song from the afore-mentioned hit musical.

Here's a version of Try It and See by Rita Pavone:



Eurovision Express distinctly hopes Lord Webber will be entering something a little less oom-paa-paa, and has its fingers crossed for a big ballad!

2 comments:

Schlagerboys said...

yet!That's a bit os a schlager stomper! There's hope for UK

Schlagerboys said...

Ooops! That's meant to say.... "That's a bit of a schlager stomper! There's hope for UK 2009 yet!" This Finnish keyboard has lots of funny letters on it....