The 10th and FINAL year of Wind Machine Podcast continues, and we are ending where Eurovision started – the 1950s!

In this episode, we chat about host city of Frankfurt, the host of 1957, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1957, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play all 10 songs of 1957!

Songs Include:

Wohin, kleines Pony? – Bob Martin (Austria)

L’Enfant que j’étais – Lys Assia (Switzerland)

Straatdeuntje – Bobbejaan Schoepen (Belgium)

All – Patricia Bredin (United Kingdom)

Corde della mia chitarra – Nunzio Gallo (Italy)

Telefon, Telefon – Margot Hielscher (Germany)

Tant de peine – Danièle Dupré (Luxembourg)

Skibet skal sejle i nat – Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler (Denmark)

La Belle Amour – Paule Desjardins (France)

Net als toen – Corry Brokken (Netherlands)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 112, we’re heading to Hilversum for Eurovision 1958!

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“We at Wind Machine Podcast have taken every legal step allowed to us to present this podcast with a current APRA licence and we claim “Fair Use” for the music played.

We are not affiliated with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), its partners, or SBS (Special Broadcasting Service). We are just fans.”

Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.