eurovision 1965
Butch Moore
Butch Moore represented Ireland at Eurovision 1965 in Naples with “I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain”, finishing 6th of 18.
- who
- Irish singer
- born
- 10 January 1938, Dublin, Ireland
- died
- 3 April 2001 (aged 63)
- contest
- 1965
- best result
- 6th, 1965
- music
- pop
- record labels
- Pye Records
- sang for
- Ireland
Biography
Butch Moore, who died in 2001, was an Irish singer, born in Dublin, and a star of the showbands in the 1960s. Moore sang the first song Ireland sent to the contest, “I’m Walking the Streets in the Rain”, and finished sixth in Naples in 1965.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Butch Moore”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1965 Naples
“I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain”
6th of 18 Finished 6th of 18, with 11 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Teresa Conlon, Joe Harrigan, George Prendergast
- Conductor
- Gianni Ferrio
- Running order
- 4th of 18
- Age on the night
- 27
- Won that year
- Luxembourg: France Gall, “Poupée de cire, poupée de son”
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