Emma (singer)
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Emma is a Welsh
singer who sang the UK entry, "Give a Little Love Back to the World
", in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
.
This was the third of four entries representing the UK composed by Paul Curtis
. The song finished 6th and climbed to #33 in the UK charts. At fifteen, she is the youngest singer to have represented the UK in the contest and only narrowly made the newly implemented age rule in the competition, where all contestants must be 16 in the year they compete. As author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor notes in his book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, the song had an environmental theme. Many of the 1990 entries chose the momentous events taking place in Eastern Europe and European Unity as their theme. She released one more single in the UK on Big Wave Records. 1991's "Dance All Night" which failed to chart. She had a minor hit in the Netherlands
in 1991 with a cover version of Liquid Gold's "Dance Yourself Dizzy".
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
singer who sang the UK entry, "Give a Little Love Back to the World
Give a Little Love Back to the World
"Give a Little Love Back to the World", written and composed by Paul Curtis, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, performed by Emma...
", in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
The Eurovision Song Contest 1990, the 35th in the series, was held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia on 5 May 1990. The presenters were Helga Vlahović Brnobić and Oliver Mlakar. Toto Cutugno was the winner of this contest with the song "Insieme: 1992"...
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This was the third of four entries representing the UK composed by Paul Curtis
Paul Curtis (musician)
Paul Michael Curtis is an English singer, songwriter, record producer from London, who holds the record for the most number of songs to make the finals of the A Song for Europe contest, the BBC's annual competition to choose the UK entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, competing with 22 separate...
. The song finished 6th and climbed to #33 in the UK charts. At fifteen, she is the youngest singer to have represented the UK in the contest and only narrowly made the newly implemented age rule in the competition, where all contestants must be 16 in the year they compete. As author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor notes in his book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, the song had an environmental theme. Many of the 1990 entries chose the momentous events taking place in Eastern Europe and European Unity as their theme. She released one more single in the UK on Big Wave Records. 1991's "Dance All Night" which failed to chart. She had a minor hit in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1991 with a cover version of Liquid Gold's "Dance Yourself Dizzy".