Getty Kaspers
| Getty Kaspers | |
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Getty Kaspers celebrating with members of Teach-In after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
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| Background information | |
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5 March 1948 Graz, Styria, Austria |
| Origin | Netherlands |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active |
1971 - 75, 1976 - present |
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1971 - 75,
Getty Kaspers (born 5 March 1948) is a Dutch singer. She was a singer and lead vocalist in the Dutch Band Teach-In.
Kaspers was born in Graz, Austria on 5 March 1948. In 1971 she joined the Dutch band Teach-In. In 1974 the band had three Top 15 hits in the Netherlands. The band also featured international success with some songs. One such song, "In The Summernight", reached and held Number 5 in South Africa for 13 weeks and also peaked at Number 3 in the Dutch and Belgium Charts for 10 and 9 weeks respectively.
Teach-In attended the Dutch National Final for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest in Jaarbeurs, Utrecht. The event was hosted by Willem Duys and for the first time since 1970, the Dutch performer had not been preselected by broadcaster NOS, but rather selected in a two-stage process. Teach-In were required to perform their song "Ding-a-dong" in the first round to select the song that would represent the Netherlands. A five-member international jury selected the winning song 4 votes to 1 over the songs "Ik heb geen geld voor de trein" from Albert West and "Circus" from Debbie (interestingly Dutch versions of Teach-In songs "Tennessee Town" and "The Circus Show").
With the song "Ding-a-dong" successful, all three performers were required to sing the winning song to decide the winning artist. The final vote would consist of a public vote resulting in Teach-In winning the National Final with 56 points, compared to 33 points for Albert West and 11 points for Debbie.
As Lead Vocals of Teach-In, Kaspers performed the opening song and won the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest in , Sweden receiving 152 points with the hit song "Ding-a-dong", written and composed by Dick Bakker and lyrics by Will Luikinga and Eddy OuwensTeach-In broke Eurovision convention that favours songs performing later in the program by winning the contest despite performing first. This was a first for the competition and was repeated a year later by Brotherhood of Man in the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest. This feat has only been repeated by one further act; Herreys in 1984.
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