Eurovision 1956: A Wibbly Wobbly Boom-Bang-a-Goof
Apologies to regular reader KMatthews and anyone else who enjoyed A Bluffer's Guide to the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest.
Further research has shown that Shirley Abicair was not set to sing something called Wibbly Wobbly Man if the UK had gone to Switzerland, but the far less interestingly titled Little Ship.
We can also tell you that the other song intended to be sent by the BBC was performed by Denis Lotis and The Keynotes.
So, from which corner of my memory did Wibbly Wobbly Man - possibly the best song title ever conceived - come from? I'm starting to worry.
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Jamie McLoughlin - The news editor of Southport Visiter reveals all about his musical hobby that more people should admit to having.
Our campaign to get Wibbly Wobbly Man as next year's British Eurovision entry was a very short one.
But thanks for your honesty. Just think how embarrassing it could have been if I dropped a clanger like that down the pub!
Yes. Almost as embarrassing as talking loudly about Eurovision in the pub at the moment that the whole pub falls quiet.