Un premier amour

Background

Conception

"Un premier amour" was composed by with French lyrics by Roland Valade, and recorded by Isabelle Aubret. It is a typically dramatic ballad, with Aubret singing about the power that a first love has over people.

Eurovision

The Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF) internally selected the song as for the of the Eurovision Song Contest.

On 18 March 1962, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg hosted by the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) and broadcast live throughout the continent. Aubret performed "Un premier amour" ninth on the night, following the ' "Katinka" by De Spelbrekers and preceding 's "Kom sol, kom regn" by Inger Jacobsen. Franck Pourcel conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the French entry.

By the close of voting, it had received 26 points, placing it first in a field of sixteen, and winning the contest. It was succeeded as contest winner in by "Dansevise" performed by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann representing . It was succeeded as French representative that year by "Elle était si jolie" by Alain Barrière.

Aftermath

Aubret returned to the contest in , again representing France, singing "La source", placing third with 20 points, behind winner "La, la, la" by Massiel and runner-up "Congratulations" by Cliff Richard. She performed "Un premier amour" in the Eurovision twenty-fifth anniversary show Songs of Europe held on 22 August 1981 in Mysen.

References

References

1. "Un premier amour - lyrics".
2. "National Selections: 1962".
3. (18 March 1962). "Eurovision Song Contest 1962".
4. "Official Eurovision Song Contest 1962 scoreboard".
5. O'Connor, John Kennedy. (2005). "The Eurovision Song Contest 50 Years The Official History". Carlton Books Limited.
6. "Official Eurovision Song Contest 1968 scoreboard".
7. (22 August 1981). "Songs of Europe".