Richard Winters Peebles (born 1956), who performs under the name Rikki, is a Scottish singer, songwriter and producer who is known for having written songs for the band
Middle of the Road.
Peebles's song "
Only the Light" won the BBC's ''
A Song for Europe
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'' contest in 1987 going on to be the UK entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1987
The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Brussels, Belgium, following the country's victory at the with the song "J'aime la vie" by Sandra Kim. Organised by the European Broadc ...
where it placed 13th out of 22 .
[Barclay, Simon (2010) ''The Eurovision Song Contest: Lugano 1956 - Oslo 2010'', lulu.com, , p. 84] It failed to reach the UK Top 75 singles chart.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
External links
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Musicians from Glasgow
Scottish songwriters
Scottish pop singers
British hi-NRG musicians
CBS Records artists
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the United Kingdom
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1987
Living people
1956 births
Date of birth missing (living people)