Sandie Jones was an Irish singer. She began her career with the release of her first single in 1969 and although follow-up releases failed to sell well, they established her as a top female vocalist.
In 1972, she was selected as the country's representative at the Contest in Edinburgh, Scotland with a song performed in Irish, marking the only time until the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest that the country would enter a song in its native language. Despite coming in fifteenth out of nineteen participants, it still came in number one on the Irish charts. Her follow-up single, “What do I do?”, also topped the single charts.
She continued to have a successful career in her homeland post-Contest with a number of top-twenty hits, but little is known of her activities after 1981. She then sung in the Middle East before moving to the United States to pursue further fame there.
She passed away on 19 September 2019 at the age of 68 after a long illness. Her dying wish was to be buried in Ireland beside her parents.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1972 | |||
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 Mary Roos •  Betty Mars •  Sandie Jones •  Jaime Morey •  The New Seekers •  Grethe Kausland & Benny Borg •  Carlos Mendes •  Véronique Muller •  Helen & Joseph •  Päivi Paunu & Kim Floor •  Milestones •  Nicola di Bari •  Téréza Kesovija •  Family Four •  Anne-Marie Godart & Peter McLane •  Serge & Christine Ghisoland •  Vicky Leandros •  Sandra & Andres
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| Songs | |||
| Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben • Comé-comédie • Ceol an Ghrá • Amanece • Beg, Steal or Borrow • Småting • A festa da vida • C'est la chanson de mon amour • L'Imhabba • Muistathan • Falter im Wind • I giorni dell'arcobaleno • Musika i ti • Härliga sommardag • Comme on s'aime • À la folie ou pas du tout • Après toi • Als het om de liefde gaat
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