"Le plus beau jour de ma vie" ("The most beautiful day of my life") was the second Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1956

Eurovision Song Contest 1956

The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland on 24 May 1956...

, performed in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 by Mony Marc

Mony Marc

Mony Marc is a Belgian singer.She was the second singer to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest, in its first year 1956, singing "Le plus beau jour de ma vie" with music by Claude Alix and lyric by David Bee Mony Marc is a Belgian singer.She was the second singer to represent Belgium...

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The song was performed tenth on the night (following Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

's Lys Assia

Lys Assia

Lys Assia born Rosa Mina Schärer on 3 March 1924, Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland) is a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. When Lys Assia was a young girl she was a dancer. In 1940, however, she stood in for a female singer...

 with "Refrain

Refrain (song)

"Refrain" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1956, co-written by Émile Gardaz and Géo Voumard, performed by Lys Assia representing Switzerland. It was the first-ever winner of the Contest, but not the first-ever performance by Switzerland...

" and preceding Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

's Freddy Quinn

Freddy Quinn

Freddy Quinn is an Austrian singer and actor whose popularity within the German-speaking world soared in the late 1950s and 1960s. Similar to Hans Albers two generations before him, Quinn adopted the persona of the rootless wanderer who goes to sea but longs for a home, family and friends...

 with "So geht das jede Nacht

So Geht Das Jede Nacht

"So geht das jede Nacht" was the second German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 , performed in German by Freddy Quinn.The song was performed eleventh on the night "So geht das jede Nacht" (English translation: "That's How It Is Every Night") was the second German entry in the Eurovision...

"). As the scoreboard for the 1956 Contest has never been made public, it is impossible to say with certainty which position this song held at the close of voting.

The song is in the chanson style and describes the singer's wedding, which she describes as the best day of her life.

The song was accompanied at the 1956 contest by Fud Leclerc

Fud Leclerc

Fud Leclerc was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Born Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq, Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, song writer and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor...

 with "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine

Messieurs Les Noyés De La Seine

"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" was the first Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956, performed in French by Fud Leclerc....

" and was succeeded as Belgian representative at the 1957 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1957

The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the 2nd Eurovision Song Contest. Like the first contest, this one was still mainly a radio programme, but there was a noticeable increase in the number of people with televisions....

 by Bobbejaan Schoepen

Bobbejaan Schoepen

Bobbejaan Schoepen is a pseudonym of Modest Schoepen was a Flemish pioneer in Belgian pop music, vaudeville, and European country music...

 with "Straatdeuntje

Straatdeuntje

Straatdeuntje was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in Dutch by Bobbejaan Schoepen.The song was performed first on the night...

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