Virginia Plain Plain" from one of his own paintings, featuring an image of cigarette packaging - "Virginia Plain" is a variety of cigarette tobacco. Ferry later said in an interview: It was a watercolor or a painting on paper. It was just like a surreal drawing of a giant cigarette packet, with a pin-up girl on it. I liked that phrase Virginia Plain…so it later became the title of the first single I put out with Roxy Music – with a slightly imponderable lyric... The name "Robert E. Lee" refers to music industry lawyer Robert Lee, practising at London law firm Harbottle
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1972. It was held on 12 February 1972 and presented by Cliff Richard as a special edition of his BBC1 TV series "" All songs were performed by the group The New Seekers, the first group ever to represent the UK in the contest and the first quintet ever to appear in Eurovision as a group. Contemporary press reports suggested that Cliff Richard was the first artist selected to represent the UK in