OSLO

Another Eurovision Song Contest melody has been issued by Egil Monn Iversen (Arne Bendiksen) on Sonet, "Warum Nur, Warum", sung by Udo Jurgens, who also participated in the contest in Copenhagen in March.

HOLLAND

Merel Laseur presented the following artists at the Grand Gala du Disque Popular in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, on Saturday (3).
Lia Dorana and Jasperina de Jong (both Edison winners), Trea Dobbs, Geert and Hermien Timmerman, Rob de Nijs, (Edison winner), Peter Nero, Josephine Baker, Dusty Springfield, Nina and Frederik, the Austrian soprano Rita Streich, the German Sisters Jacob, the South American Los Indios Tabajaros, the Spanish singer Nino de Murcia, the Austrian Udo Jurgens, the German singer Rene Carol, Adamo (Edison winner), Gerry an the Pacemakers, the Swingle Singers, Jones (Edison winner), Gitte and Rex Gildo. The Werner Muller Orchestra (35 members) will accompany the artists, and Willem O. Duys, organizer of the Grand Gala, will present the Edison awards. [...]

MUNICH

300,000 records have been sold of the British version "Walk Away" from the German hit, "Warum Nur, Warum" by Udo Juergens. The British version is sung by Matt Monro.