Knokke Song Festival
The Knokke Song Festival ( Dutch Song Festival van Knokke ; French Festival de la chanson de Knokke or Coupe d'Europe du tour de chant ) was a musical competition with participants from numerous northern, western and southern European countries. It was held annually from 1959 to 1973 in the casino in the Belgian city of Knokke and in the 1960s, following the Sanremo Festival and the Eurovision de la Chanson Grand Prix, it was the most important competition in the genre of hits , chansons and pop music. For some interpreters, Knokke marked the start of his international career.
Participating States
Each participating country sent five (at the last events only three) artists whose presentations were judged by a jury made up of two people from each participating country; the competition lasted a whole week and ran according to the cup mode known from sport with teams leaving and progressing through to the final. The exact regulations were subject to small changes over the years. In addition to Belgium, the Netherlands , France , the Federal Republic of Germany , the United Kingdom and Italy took part in all 15 festivals. Other participants came from Austria (1964), Spain (1969–1973), Denmark (1971), Sweden (1972), Portugal (1972) and - as the only state in the Eastern Bloc - Romania (1971 and 1972).
The only German victory in 1960 went to Heinz Sagner , Frank Forster , Inge Brandenburg as well as the two Austrians Hannelore Auer and the highest rated Udo Jürgens . They prevailed against the Netherlands with 445 to 421 points in the final.
In 1972, after the actual competition, there was another competition between teams from Europe and the USA. The best-placed athletes (Kalinka, Mary Roos, Malcolm Roberts, Nino Bravo and Dida Dragan) took part in this superfinal for the European countries, while David Blue , Annette Peacock , Lori Lieberman , Richard Landis and Nelson Sardelli took the stage for the United States . The Europeans won with 399 to 309 points.
In 1972 the Dutch broadcasting company KRO transferred the preliminary round day with the teams from Great Britain, Portugal and the Netherlands on July 8, 1972 under the title Veertiende Europabeker voor zangvoordracht ("14th European Cup for Singing Lecture ") to Nederland-1 . The semifinals were also broadcast; however, the final was not broadcast after the Dutch team was eliminated. However, on July 12, 1972, the audience was able to watch the "superfinal" Europe versus USA.
In the United Kingdom, on September 16, 1972, there was a summary of the competition presented by Malcolm Roberts on the 1972 Golden Seashallow Awards broadcast on BBC2 .
The winners of the festival
Other well-known artists
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The host country Belgium was represented among many other artists by Louis Neefs (1959), Eddie Defacq (1965) and Micha Marah (1973). For France, Barbara (1960), Jean Ferrat , Isabelle Aubret (both 1961), Pierre Barouh (1964), Pascal Danel (1966), Romuald Figuier (1967), Michèle Torr (1969), Dominique Dussault (1970) also appeared in Knokke. and Noëlle Cordier (1970 and 1973). The number of well-known Dutch performers who used this festival as a European stage was particularly large in the early years: 1959 Annie Palmen , 1960 Teddy Scholten , Corry Brokken , Willy Alberti and Rita Reys (this one again in 1973), 1961 Ramses Shaffy , 1962 Anneke Grönloh and Mieke Telkamp , 1967 Patricia Paay and Jerry Rix , 1968 and 1973 Ben Cramer , 1969 Marjol Flore and Dave Levenbach .
Great Britain also sent Craig Douglas (1959), Matt Monro (1960), Noel Harrison and Anita Harris (1962), Clodagh Rodgers (1963), Dave Berry (1965 and 1973), Wayne Fontana , Marty Wilde (both 1968) and Tony Christie (1970) to Belgium. The list of well-known artists who represented West Germany in Knokke began in 1959 with Ted Herold and continued until 1966 with Wyn Hoop , Rainer Bertram , Angelina Monti , Nana Gualdi , René Kollo , Mary Roos , Peter Beil , Roy Black , Bernd, among others Spier , Tony Marshall , Katja Ebstein and Marion left . In the later years of the competition, Suzanne Doucet , Reinhard Mey , Daisy Door , Johnny Tame , Sibylle Kynast , Roberto Blanco , Joy , Peter Rubin or Cindy and Bert tried - albeit in vain - to help Germany achieve a second victory after 1960 . From Italy, for example, Iva Zanicchi , Nicola Di Bari and Bruno Lauzi performed at the festival in 1965 , Pino Donaggio and Dori Ghezzi in 1968 and Fiorella Mannoia in 1971 . Teddy Binder , Heinz Wimmer , Heidi Molnar , Gerda Nord and Fred Perry (1964 for Austria), the Danish Birthe Kjær (1971) and the Portuguese Tonicha (1972) are also worth mentioning in their only participation .
Web links
- All participants of the festival at europopmusic.eu
- Festival history website at euromediarts.com
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- ↑ According to this article on europopmusic.eu, the 1973 event was more like a big farewell concert than a competition.
- ↑ after the editorial "Talent Springboard" in Billboard from July 29, 1967 ( online version )
- ↑ see the article “Whittaker Sparks UK's Song Victory; Beat France in Final "in Billboard from July 29, 1967 ( online version )
- ↑ according to this presentation at europopmusic.eu
- ↑ a b A. vd H., Engelse ploeg wint in Knokke , Leidse Courant of July 12, 1972
- ^ Britain Wins Belgium Song Contest; Totals 256 Points , Billboard July 29, 1972, p. 47; at Google books
- ^ Program preview of the Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant of July 8, 1972, p. 19
- ↑ Nederland is in Knokke al uitgeschakeld , Leidsch Dagblad of July 10, 1972, p. 5
- ↑ Program scheme on the BBC website
- ↑ see for this section the list of all festival participants under web links