article_title background birth_date genre origin name occupation
ulla pia
 solo_singer 17 february 1945 pop , jazz copenhagen , denmark ulla pia singer
ulla pia

ulla pia -lrb- born 17 february 1945 , copenhagen -rrb- is a danish singer , best known internationally for her participation in the 1966 eurovision song contest .
ulla pia started her career as a vocalist with bands and orchestras in copenhagen .
in the mid-1960s she was singing with jazz musician finn ziegler , and it was suggested in 1966 that she enter a song in the danish eurovision selection , dansk melodi grand prix .
she performed the song `` stop - mens legen er go ' '' -lrb- `` stop , while the going 's good '' -rrb- , and to her surprise , emerged the clear winner .
ulla pia stated in a recent interview that she had assumed that one of her better-known competitors -lrb- such as dario campeotto or gustav winckler -rrb- would win , and her victory came as a shock to her .
ulla pia went forward to the eleventh eurovision song contest , held on 5 march in luxembourg city , where `` stop - mens legen er go ' '' could manage only 14th place of the 18 entries , despite an engaging performance in which ulla pia was joined on stage , unusually for the time , by two dancers .
it would prove to be denmark 's last eurovision appearance for over a decade , as broadcaster dr withdrew from the competition in 1967 , and would not return until 1978 .
in the years following her eurovision appearance , ulla pia went on to release several popular singles in denmark , notably `` karina '' and the topical `` flower power tøj '' .
she toured regularly into the 1970s , but towards the end of the decade increasing family commitments , combined with a period of ill-health , caused her to retire from showbusiness .
