Sandie Jones, Irish Eurovision singer, dies aged 68

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She was the first and only singer to perform a song in Irish at Eurovision. The song came in 15th place with 72 points at the 1972 contest in Edinburgh (Luxembourg’s Vicky Leandros won with Aprés Toi). The single went to number one in Ireland, as did her follow-up the same year, What Do I Do?</p> <aside class="related-articles--instream has-3"> <ul> <li class="internal"> <a class="gtm-event" data-evt-category="Related links" data-evt-action="Clicked internal: /culture/music/ric-ocasek-lead-singer-of-the-cars-dies-aged-75-1.4019486 (AUTOMATED)" data-evt-label="Link 1 of 3 (10) on /culture/music/sandie-jones-irish-eurovision-singer-dies-aged-68-1.4024805 (instream)" href="/web/20210614003609/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/ric-ocasek-lead-singer-of-the-cars-dies-aged-75-1.4019486"> <span class="instream-headline">Ric Ocasek, lead singer of The Cars, dies aged 75</span> </a> </li> <li class="internal"> <a class="gtm-event" data-evt-category="Related links" data-evt-action="Clicked internal: /culture/music/christy-dignam-nearly-all-the-people-i-started-with-are-dead-1.4015148 (AUTOMATED)" data-evt-label="Link 2 of 3 (10) on /culture/music/sandie-jones-irish-eurovision-singer-dies-aged-68-1.4024805 (instream)" href="/web/20210614003609/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/christy-dignam-nearly-all-the-people-i-started-with-are-dead-1.4015148"> <span class="instream-headline">Christy Dignam: ‘Nearly all the people I started with are dead’</span> </a> </li> <li class="internal"> <a class="gtm-event" data-evt-category="Related links" data-evt-action="Clicked internal: /culture/music/sin%C3%A9ad-o-connor-s-late-late-performance-hits-1-6m-views-online-1.4012955 (AUTOMATED)" data-evt-label="Link 3 of 3 (10) on /culture/music/sandie-jones-irish-eurovision-singer-dies-aged-68-1.4024805 (instream)" href="/web/20210614003609/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/sin%C3%A9ad-o-connor-s-late-late-performance-hits-1-6m-views-online-1.4012955"> <span class="instream-headline">Sinéad O’Connor’s Late Late performance hits 1.6m views online</span> </a> </li> </ul> </aside> <div class="row section"> <div class="span8"> </div> <div class="span8 "> <html> <head></head> <body> <iframe width="560" height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DJzhQz4V2CU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen class="optanon-category-C0005"></iframe> </body> </html> </div> </div> <p class="no_name">Born in Crumlin in Dublin, and one of 11 children, she began recording songs from 1969, including five singles, before she was selected for Eurovision to sing the song by Joe Burkett and Liam Mac Uistin. 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