'n Beetje

1959 song by Teddy Scholten n Beetje Teddy Scholten - Een beetje.jpg song Dutch Teddy Scholten Eurovisie Song Festival 1959 Philips Dick Schallies nl Willy van Hemert yes Netherlands n Beetje" 1959 Netherlands Teddy Scholten Dutch Dick Schallies Willy van Hemert Dolf van der Linden 1st 21 Heel de wereld Heel de wereld Wat een geluk Wat een geluk Official performance video om6emizQS3A "'n Beetje" "n Beetje" (nl əm ˈbeːtɕə; "A little bit"),Catalog of Copyright Entries Library of Congress. Copyright Office - 1962 -- Page 339 "THE MOMENT 'n Beetje. Original lyrics by Willy van Hemert, English lyrics by Johnny Lehmann, m Dick Schallles. Great Britain" spelled in full as "Een beetje", is a song recorded by Dutch singer Teddy Scholten with music composed by Dick Schallies nl and Dutch lyrics written by Willy van Hemert. It Netherlands represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 held in Cannes, winning the contest. It was the second victory for the country in the first four years of the contest. Background Conception "n Beetje" was composed by Dick Schallies nl and Dutch lyrics by Willy van Hemert.https://nieuws.nl/algemeen/20171009/componist-en-pianist-schallies-overleden/ Componist en pianist Schallies overleden 2017-10-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20171010055405/https://nieuws.nl/algemeen/20171009/componist-en-pianist-schallies-overleden/ 2017-10-10 dead It is more up-tempo than the previous winners had been, as well as being somewhat less serious. It is sung from the perspective of a young woman being asked by her lover if she is "true" and "faithful", to which she answers "A little bit". This unusual admission is then justified by the comment that "everyone is in love at least once", hence nobody can be said to be entirely faithful to anyone. Befitting the lyrics, the music has a lilt to it which had been missing from the previous winners.Een beetje - lyrics https://www.diggiloo.net/?1959nl The Diggiloo Thrush Eurovision On 17 February 1959, "n Beetje" performed by both Teddy Scholten –with a full orchestra– and John de Mol –in a more pared-down style– competed in the Netherlands 1959 4th edition of the Nationaal Songfestival, the national final organized by the Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS) to select its song and performer for the 1959 4th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the competition so it became the Netherlands Dutch entrant for Eurovision. The expert jury chose then Scholten with the full orchestra version of the song.http://natfinals.50webs.com/50s_60s/Netherlands1959.html Dutch National Final 1959 natfinals.50webs.com Scholten recorded it in Dutch, German –as "Sei ehrlich"–, French –"Un p'tit peu"–, Italian –"Un poco"–, and Swedish –"Om våren"–. She sang an English version for the BBC as "The Moment". On 11 March 1959, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the fr Palais des Festivals et des Congrès unset in Cannes hosted by fr Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française unset (RTF) and broadcast live throughout the continent. Scholten performed the song fifth in a field of eleven entrants, following Monaco 1959's "Mon ami Pierrot" by Jacques Pills and preceding Germany 1959's "Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n" by Alice and Ellen Kessler. Dolf van der Linden conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Dutch entry.Eurovision Song Contest 1959 Eurovision Song Contest 1959 Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest RTF / EBU 11 March 1959 By the close of voting, it had received 21 points, placing it first in a field of eleven, winning the contest.https://eurovision.tv/event/cannes-1959/final Official Eurovision Song Contest 1959 scoreboard Eurovision Song Contest The song was succeeded as Dutch representative in 1960 by "Wat een geluk" by Rudi Carrell, and as Contest winner by "Tom Pillibi" by Jacqueline Boyer for France. Reception thumb|Teddy Scholten arriving at Schipol Airport just after winning Eurovision. "Een beetje"'s Eurovision performance was called "excellent" and "surprisingly fresh" in an article published a few days after the contest by Dutch newspaper Eindhovens Dagblad, which added that its mid-show timing, after four entries with six more to go, already showcased it as standing out in the field and predicted to get a decent score. With that, it viewed that for some time it looked as though Switzerland and then the United Kingdom will swoop the win, while pointing that Italy was given the best chance to win prior to the evening; and as part of the article's big-lettered title, reviewed that the United Kingdom was a "tough competitor". In addition it opined that the entry's musical director, Dutch conductor Dolf van der Linden, didn't seem very enthusiastic with the melodic execution, by France's RTF orchestra.Teddy won alles met "'n beetje" https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=MMRHCE02:163631060:mpeg21:p00001 Eindhovens Dagblad 12 March 1957 nl 21 August 2022 DutchNews.nl described the song as having a "charming performance" by Scholten, a lively rhythm and lyrics peppered with wordplay which "added to the song's musicality – even for those who did not speak Dutch", and altogether as the reasons the entry "won over everybody". However, it adds that Scholten was a "surprising winner" since the "growing army of Eurovision pundits put their bets on the UK entry" performed by Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, whom it viewed as a potential "English equivalent" of Scholten and her fellow artist husband Henk.Sixty years of the Dutch at Eurovision: all you need to know https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2015/05/sixty-years-of-the-dutch-at-eurovision-all-you-need-to-know/ DutchNews.nl/ 15 May 2015 27 November 2022 Comparing the song to the previous 1956–1958 contests winners, entertainment website Screen Rant reviewed it in 2021 as having "a bit more innocuous" lyrics, reflecting the writers' "inherently self-effacing nature", a "faster pace" music and noting "energy" in Scholten's performance. It concludes those to "prove" the entry as "among the most influential Eurovision songs to date" as well as the first Eurovision entry to "hint at what the identity of the contest would come to be"; bearing ingredients of the contest's styles and popularity celebrated nowadays. Eurovision: The First 10 Winners (& Their Songs) https://screenrant.com/eurovision-first-winners-songs/ Screen Rant MELLO DAVID 11 July 2021 27 November 2022 References "Dors, mon amour" by André Claveau Eurovision Song Contest winners "Tom Pillibi" by Jacqueline Boyer 1959 songs Category:Eurovision songs of the Netherlands Category:Dutch-language songs Category:Eurovision songs of 1959 Category:Eurovision Song Contest–winning songs Category:Songs with lyrics by Willy van Hemert Category:Philips Records singles Category:1959 songs