Teach-In & Ding-a-Dong
Of course everyone has heard of ABBA, makers of magical music and winners of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with their first big hit "Waterloo". But how many are familiar with the group that followed in the footsteps of greatness and won the song contest in 1975? If you can't seem to place them, don't worry. You are in luck. Today's random Wikipedia article has more than you need to know about Teach-In:
Teach-In were a group who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, representing the Netherlands. The victory was particularly notable because they were the first contestants to perform that year; it is generally considered an advantage to be last on stage.Teach-In were Gettie Kaspers, Chris de Wolde, Ard Weenink, Koos Versteeg, John Gaasbeek and Ruud Nijhuis. The band was formed in 1967, with a different line up as in 1975. Singer Getty joined the band in 1971, when they got their first recording contract with producer and composer Eddy Ouwens. In 1974 the band had three top 15 hits, after which their Eurovision entry was recorded. "Ding-A-Dong" won of course, which resulted in a chart entry in nearly every European country. Teach-In toured Europe for the next two years, but the success took its toll when the band split up in 1978. Getty tried a solo career, but that wasn't successful. In 1979 Ruud Nijhuis and Koos Versteeg reformed the band, this time with two new female singers. After three more hits the group split up again. In 1997, news came that the original line up (with Gettie Kaspers) had re-recorded some of their old hits and had plans to tour again.
Teach-In's "Ding-a-Dong," who can forget it? Especially with lyrics like these:
When you feelin' alright, everything is up-tight Try to sing a song that goes ding ding-a-dong There will be no sorrow when you sing tomorrow And you walk along with your ding-dang-dong
I can't even count the number of mornings I've woken up with that song in my head. Alright, so I've never heard of this band or this song. But it sounds catchy, right?
