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"Cherry Oh Baby" — Eric Donaldson (Festival Song 1971)

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Eric Donaldson's 1971 winner and the most widely travelled Festival Song ever: covered by UB40 for a UK hit and by the Rolling Stones on Black and Blue, a parish-contest song that entered the international songbook. Donaldson went on to win the competition repeatedly.

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