and we moved towards a more interesting direction with 1961.
notable new countries this year: finland, singing in finnish, and yugoslavia, singing in serbo-croatian. so the first languages outside of germanic and romance languages.
lots of happy songs, and curiously many songs about seasons.
my favourite was Spain: Conchita Bautista - Estando Contigo https://y.com.sb/watch?v=qPOP5gTnGcY&list=PL87D7940A1F2E4BA2&index=0
also, Italy had a good power ballad: Betty Curtis - Al Di Là https://y.com.sb/watch?v=yUt5XlrAAY4&list=PL87D7940A1F2E4BA2&index=15