In which year did the UK first win the Eurovision Song Contest with Sandi Shaw's Puppet on a String?
Puppet on a String Popular de Lisboa. It's featured on their eighth album with the same title Puppet on a String "Puppet on a String" is the name of the Eurovision Song Contest-winning song in 1967 by British singer Sandie Shaw. It was her thirteenth UK single release. The song was a UK Singles Chart number one hit on 27 April 1967, staying at the top for a total of three weeks. Al Hirt released a version of the song in 1967 that went to number 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #129 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Shaw had originally performed the
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 she was arguably the first real "pop" star to be chosen as the UK representative. Shaw and her manager Eve Taylor were permitted to select one of the finalists, submitting "Had a Dream Last Night" written by her regular song writer and producer Chris Andrews, who had previously had a song in the 1965 UK final, "One Day" performed by Kathy Kirby. Shaw had recorded a version of that track herself. Viewers voted on postcards via mail to decide the winner and the chosen song was "Puppet On A String". After placing second five times, the UK finally won Eurovision