ESC birthdays 26 April – Dance dance dance

It’s time for a winner of our favourite TV show, as it’s been a while. And it’s possibly the coolest winner of all time. It exudes laid-backness and I for one could listen to this little dance ballad again and again. You’re probably thinking it’s from one of those trendy countries from the eastern end of Europe that always ends up contriving to finish second. But no, it’s the first winner from Scandinavia. It’s in black & white. It’s a duo but only one of the duo sang. Jørgen Ingmann played guitar to his then wife Grethe and they won fair and square. Neither of them are any longer with us. Jørgen would have been 91 today.