United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964
The British participating broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.BBC chose Matt Monro to sing the entries and juries made up of members of the public in sixteen British cities selected "I Love the Little Things" for him to sing at Eurovision.Monro released all six songs from the British final on an Extended Play maxi single A Song for Europe, which reached number 16 in the EP top 20 chart.The contest was broadcast on BBC TV, with commentary provided by David Jacobs.", performed by songwriter Udo Jürgens, caught Monro's ear, despite its sixth-place finish, and he recorded an English version titled "Walk Away" (lyric by Monro's manager Don Black), earning him another hit single late in 1964.