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The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third Eurovision Song Contest . The contest took place in Hilversum , Netherlands , following the country ' s win at the 1957 Contest , forming the convention that the winning country of the previous Eurovision Song Contest hosts the following year ' s contest . The event was held on Wednesday 12 March 1958 at AVRO Studios . The winner was France with the song " Dors , mon amour ", performed by André Claveau , written by ___MASK98___ and composed by Hubert Giraud . The Rhine (, , ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps , forms part of the Swiss - Austrian , Swiss - Liechtenstein , Swiss - German and then the Franco - German border , then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands . The largest city on the river Rhine is Cologne , Germany , with a population of more than 1 , 050 , 000 ___MASK15___ . It is the second - longest river in Central and Western Europe ( after the Danube ), at about , with an average discharge of about . André Claveau ( 17 December 1911  4 July 2003 ) was a popular singer in France from the 1940s to the 1960s . He won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 singing " Dors , mon amour " ( Sleep , My Love ) with music composed by ___MASK98___ and lyrics by Hubert Giraud . `` Dors , mon amour '' ( `` Sleep , My Love '' ) was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 . Performed in French by André Claveau representing France , the song was the first entry sung by a male soloist to win the contest . The song was performed third on the night ( following the Netherlands ' Corry Brokken with `` Heel de wereld '' and preceding Luxembourg ' s Solange Berry with `` Un grand amour '' ) . By the close of voting , it had received 27 points , placing it first in a field of ten entries . The song is something of a lullaby by the singer to his lover . He tells her to sleep , while he muses on their love and the power of the night . The song was succeeded as contest winner in 1959 by Teddy Scholten representing the Netherlands singing `` Een beetje '' . It was succeeded as French representative at the 1959 contest by Jean Philippe with `` Oui , oui , oui , oui '' . France , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million ___MASK15___ as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . ___MASK98___ ( 16 December 1918  27 December 2006 ), born Pierre Charles Marcel Napoleon Leroyer in Paris , France , was a French songwriter / lyricist who wrote for dozens of singers such as Edith Piaf , Charles Aznavour , Petula Clark , Johnny Hallyday , and Mireille Mathieu . The term cult usually refers to a social group defined by their religious , spiritual , or philosophical beliefs , or ___MASK49___ interest in a particular personality , object or goal . The term itself is controversial and has divergent definitions in popular culture and in academia and has been an ongoing source of contention among scholars across several fields of study . In the sociological classifications of religious movements , a cult is a social group with socially deviant or novel beliefs and practices , although this is often unclear . Other researchers present a less - organized picture of cults on the basis that cults arise spontaneously around novel beliefs and practices . The word " cult " has always been controversial because it is ( in a pejorative sense ) considered a subjective term , used as an " ad hominem " attack against groups with differing doctrines or practices . Cults range in size from local groups with a few members to international organizations with millions .