Johnny Blue

Johnny Blue

Infobox ESC entry
artist = Lena Valaitis
song = flagicon|Germany Johnny Blue
country = Germany
year = 1981
as =
with =
language = German
languages =
composer = Ralph Siegel
lyricist = Bernd Meinunger
conductor = Wolfgang Rödelberger
place = 2nd
points = 132
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1981de from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip =
prev = Theater (song)
prev_link = Theater (song)
next = Ein Bißchen Frieden
next_link = Ein Bißchen Frieden

Johnny Blue was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, performed in German by Lena Valaitis.
The song was performed third on the night (following Turkey's Modern Folk Üçlüsü & Ayşegül Aldinç with Dönme Dolap and preceding Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Pascal with C'Est Peut-Être Pas L'Amérique). At the close of voting, it had received 132 points, placing 2nd in a field of 20.

The song is a ballad about the tititular "Johnny Blue" a blind boy who is shunned by other children because of his disability. He receives a guitar and soon learns how to play it, writing popular songs encouraging others to overcome their problems - and thus attaining the fame and popularity that was always his right.
Written and composed by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, the song has become something of a favourite in Germany, placing 9th in the Best of Eurovision poll.

It was succeeded as German representative at the 1982 Contest by Nicole with Ein Bißchen Frieden.


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