As noted in author and historian John Kennedy O ' Connor's book The Eurovision Song Contest-The Official History, at one point before the contest Turkey was going to participate.

However, in 2008 two noted Italian musicians, Vince Tempera ( he helped San Marino which took part in the ESC in 2008 ) and Eurovision winner Toto Cutugno expressed their sorrow at Italy's absence from the contest and called for the country to return to the contest.

As noted by author and historian John Kennedy O ' Connor, with 26 entries in the Eurovision field, this made " Cry Baby " the least successful song in the history of the contest.

* 1142 – Execution, believed wrongful, of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei.

Scholars have noted that Song of Songs shows similarities of various kinds with other Ancient Near Eastern love poetry in general, but particularly some Sumerian erotic passages, and the Ramesside Egyptian love poetry.

( She noted that Song of the Last Meeting, dated 29 September 1911, was her 200th poem ).

In addition to these artists, two other noted recording acts ( though not signed to the label ) were credited artists on Swan Song singles, both of which were UK hits in 1981: B.

** Song of Summer, Ken Russell's noted TV documentary about Frederick Delius, is shown for the first time as part of the BBC's Omnibus series.

Regarded by many as the foremost interpreter of the works of Stephen Sondheim, Peters is particularly noted for her roles on the Broadway stage, including Mack and Mabel, Sunday in the Park with George, Song and Dance, Into the Woods, Annie Get Your Gun and Gypsy.

Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( born June 6, 1952 ) is an American actor and playwright, noted for the distinction of winning Tony Awards for both writing and originating the lead role in his long-running play Torch Song Trilogy, about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family, as well as writing the award-winning book to the musical La Cage aux Folles.

The Song dynasty ( 960-1279 ) was noted for its poetry, perhaps especially the development of the Ci form ; indeed, the ci as a poetic form perhaps reached a high point during the Song Dynasty.

Some interpreters have noted that the homonym levav means " heart ," and the verbal form of l-v-v occurs in the Song of Songs as well.

Although most Song gazetteers credited local officials as the authors, already in the Song there were bibliographers who noted that non-official literati were asked to compose these works or did so on their on behalf.

It should be noted, however, that Su Shi was aware that it was Shen Kuo who, as regional inspector of Zhejiang, presented Su Shi's poetry to the court sometime between 1073 to 1075 with concern that it expressed abusive and hateful sentiments against the Song court.

Certain media portrayals, including the events surrounding Bobby in the episode " Peggy's Turtle Song ", are noted.

Gesang der Jünglinge ( literally " Song of the Youths ") is a noted electronic music work by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Scholars specializing in the study of the history and subculture of Judaism in premodern China ( Sino-Judaica ) have noted this work has surprising similarities with the liturgy of the Kaifeng Jews, descendants of Persian Merchants who settled in the Middle Kingdom during the early Song Dynasty.

An Episcopal Church report published in 1995 entitled Continuing the Dialogue, A Pastoral Study Document of the House of Bishops to the Church as the Church Considers Issues of Human Sexuality noted, in reference to the Song of Songs that " in praise of sexual love, celebrating youthful passion, with no reference to marriage ....

Before the film's release, the popular band Spike Jones and His City Slickers, noted for their parodies of popular songs of the time, released a version of Oliver Wallace's theme song, " Der Fuehrer's Face " ( also known informally as " The Nazi Song ").

It is noted as the oldest surviving wooden structure in southern China since the main hall of the present temple dates back to 1013 CE during the Northern Song dynasty.

During the Northern Song period it was noted by historians that this phenomenon had a negative influence on training in the military.

During the Northern Song period, it was noted by historians this type of training had a negative influence on training in the military.

Among noted sidemen on his own Blue Note albums were Jaki Byard, who appears on Fuchsia Swing Song, Herbie Hancock and Freddie Hubbard.

The Tahquamenon is noted as being the land of Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha-" by the rushing Tahquamenaw " where Hiawatha built his canoe.

They noted, " An indication of the particular sexual activities that are valued is provided by various versions of a questionnaire parody entitled ' Virtue Test ' or ' Official Purity Test ' or the like.

Official portraits of all Philippine Presidents are on the walls, from Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the Malolos Republic, to Benigno Aquino III, painted by Fernando Amorsolo, García Llamas and other noted artists.

Official U. S. PlayStation Magazine noted that the game's inventory was too limited for the vast number of customizations possible ; this was considered particularly troublesome because some boss enemies are only vulnerable to certain types of weapons.

Official figures from the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry report a total amount of false morels sold in Finland of 21. 9 tonnes in 2006 and 32. 7 tonnes, noted as being above average, in 2007.

It also noted that according to the house ethics manual, “ Official stationery ... may be used only for official purposes.

In a report published in 2004 on the 35th anniversary of the Official Languages Act, Commissioner Dyane Adam noted that only 86 % of posts designated " bilingual " in the federal public service were occupied by person who had effectively mastered the two official languages.

Except as noted, these are in the Pacifica Radio Archives and on the Official Black Mass site:

These achievements will be noted on both the graduates Official Transcript and his or her diploma.

Whether a student is graduating with an Honors Diploma / Honors Recognition or not, an Honors course is noted as “ HONORS: ( course title )” on the Official Transcript.

They are also noted for providing " Crash " ( a big-beat cover version of Brass Incorporated's At the Sign of the Swinging Cymbal, perhaps best known as the theme song of BBC Radio 1's Pick of the Pops ) as the theme tune to Radio 1's ' Official Chart Show ' between 1998 and 2002, when Mark Goodier was the host.

: Unless otherwise noted, the specifications discussed in this section refer to those described within the Official Baseball Rules, under which Major League Baseball is played

Sly Cooper is a third person platforming video game that incorporates stealth elements ; as noted by an Official PlayStation Magazine retrospective, the game " tries to mix one-hit-kill arcade action with Splinter Cell sneaking ".

Official British resident James Busby is credited with producing wine at Kerikeri in 1833, and Charles Darwin noted the winery in his diary when he visited Kerikei in 1835.

John Thorn ( born April 17, 1947 ) is a noted sports historian, and the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball.

Earlier in the year, a Washington Post article about Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's possible run for president noted that Governing had recently named him a " Public Official of the Year ".

The accepted size figure of 1, 600 meters in length and roughly 1, 900 meters in height was first noted by fan writer Brandon Bray, who worked as a consultant for Mongoose Publishing, producers of the Official Babylon 5 Role Playing Game.

Barron noted journalist Robert Fisk's suggestion that the bombings were carried out by militant UVF members opposed to meetings between UVF delegations and the Official and Provisional IRA, which had taken place earlier in 1974: The Dublin bombings were apparently carried out to show other members of the UVF that, left-wing though it might have become, this did not imply any deals with republicans.

There were discrepancies noted in the Exit Poll results of 2004 vis-à-vis NAMFREL and Official counts.

This is not completely revolutionary in that this merely entrenches laws already found in An Act Recognizing the Equality of the Two Official Linguistic Communities in New Brunswick ( 1981 ), as noted in the 2001 Court of Appeal case Charlebois v. Mowat.