Sandie Shaw won the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest with Puppet On A String The singer added: "Upon hearing this story I wanted to do what I could to help these brave mothers and children." ...

But that is, of course, part of the competition's charm. While entrants used to stick to the current fashions (see Lulu, Sandie Shaw and Olivia Newton-John), over the years, competitors have begun ...

Morrissey, the man who rescued Sandie's career when he coerced her into recording "Hand In Glove", once described her as "the most prolific figure in the entire history of British popular music".

The first two discs show him whipping "It's Not Unusual" from under Sandie Shaw's nose and becoming an international superstar via great soul thumpers ("Stop Breaking My Heart"; "Once There Was ...

Bill Martin wrote Puppet on a String with Phil Coulter, and it was performed by Sandie Shaw at the final in Vienna. Two further medals are being auctioned for songs which won the BBC's A Song for ...