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The Eurovision Song Contest came from the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland.
Decimal Day, the day the UK adopted decimal currency, occurred on 15 February 1971.
UK number one singles included:
Finally, it was the year I was born on 30 September 1971.
If you have any more memories of 1971, please air them here.
- 18 countries took part.
- A new voting method was used: each country had two jurors, both of whom had to give 1-5 points to every song.
- This meant it was impossible for any country to end on nul points; assuming no country could vote for itself, the least one individual country could award to another was 2 points, and the least any country could end up with that year was 34 points (17 x 2).
- Monaco won with "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue" sung by Séverine, scoring 128 points.
- The UK's entry "Jack In The Box" sung by Clodagh Rodgers, finished 4th with 98 points.
- Newcomers Malta finished last with 52 points: "Marija L-maltija" sung by Joe Grech.
Decimal Day, the day the UK adopted decimal currency, occurred on 15 February 1971.
UK number one singles included:
- Clive Dunn - "Grandad"
- Middle Of The Road - "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"
- T.Rex - "Get It On"
- Rod Stewart - "Maggie May"
- Slade - "Cos I Luv You"
Finally, it was the year I was born on 30 September 1971.
If you have any more memories of 1971, please air them here.
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