La, la, la

1968

La, la, la is the title of winner 's contribution to the Euro Vision Song Contest 1968 in London. It was composed by Ramón and Manuel de la Calva Arcusa (also known as Dúo Dinámico ) and interpreted by the Spanish singer Massiel. Your background singers who wore tealfarbene dresses, María Jesús Aguirre were, María Dolores Arenas and Mercedes Valimaña Macaria.

Massiel took the song in Spanish, Italian, German and as La, la, la (He Gives Me Love ) into English. Later, the title of the Italian singer Mina in the music program Canzonissima, by the Finnish singer Carola and in English by the American singer Lesley Gore was covered. The latter version reached # 119 on the Billboard charts. In 1998, the song was recorded with a date different from the original English text by the British Electronic band Saint Etienne and released on the album Euro Trash. However, the most famous cover version is derived from the Portuguese Fado singer Amália Rodrigues, who released the song in Spanish, and thus on the Iberian Peninsula was able to record a great success. From singer Alpay there is a Turkish version entitled Sen Gidince (La La La)

Controversy

Originally, the Catalan singer Joan Manuel Serrat was to start for Spain. However, the dictatorial Franco regime suppressed the Catalan language and demanded a post in Spanish. So you finally decided on Massiel. Only in 2004 in Istanbul, there were from the first pre Andorra bearing in Catalan contribution to the Euro Vision Song Contest. La, la, la scored 29 points and hit the jury traded as favorites contribution Congratulations by Cliff Richard at only one point. Bill Martin, author of the UK's contribution, described the Spanish song as " a piece of junk ."

A documentary that ran on Spanish television in 2008, claims that General Franco Song Contest was using to give Spain a victory and thus stimulate the country's reputation abroad. As thanks for the jury votes, the documentation, the Spanish national television TVE bought hardly successful television programs from abroad and allowed little-known foreign artists appearances in Spain. The makers of the documentary quoted the journalist José María Íñigo, who said: " Massiel won the Euro vision with bought votes ". Bjørn Erichsen, Director of Euro Vision TV, asked: " Franco was really so keen to let Spain win? We 're not talking about NATO or the EU, or political influence, we speak of a song contest. " Massiel was outraged by the allegations in the film and explained that she would have won, because her song was better and that Franco was not able to buy all the voices for their first place. José María Iñigo, author of the assertion in the documentary, apologized to Massiel and said that he had repeated a rumor.