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Not since the Battle of Agincourt fought by the Brits against the French in 1415 and the war against the Spanish, with their doomed matchstick built boats of the Armada, in 1588, have the Brits been so insulted by the Europeans (well, at least until Prime Minister Edward Heath took them into The E.E.C. in 1973) but when Sir Cliff Richard was robbed of victory in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest due to vote rigging by General Franco’s fascist regime, that was just quiet beyond the pale.
As with all conspiracy theories, the assassination of John F Kennedy, the suicide of Marilyn Monroe and the death of Princess Diana, eventually the truth will prevail!
A documentary aired on Spanish television has revealed that Cliff’s, other wise huge hit, Congratulations, was manipulated into second position by ‘bought’ vote rigging which would see the Spanish entry holding the winning votes, and all in an attempt to boost the country’s international image.
Despite coming second to Massiel’s La La La, (some deep and meaningful lyrics there!!) Congratulations went on to become a UK number one hit for Sir Cliff in 1968 and topped the charts in many other countries.
The song stayed at number one in Germany for seven weeks and sold more than one million copies.
Cliff’s hit still resounds at any British function where winning is an inevitable outcome for the Brits and will forever be associated with the UK’s much loved Peter Pan of Pop!
Also, here at Yuddy we don’t have Massiel on the site, but Sir Cliff Richard has pride of place among the British celebrities!
As Basil Faulty, played by John Cleese in the British sit-com Fawlty Towers remarked of the Spaniards to his dumb Spanish waiter, Manual, “God knows how they ever got an Armada together.”
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