Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson

Pearl Lavinia Carr (2 November 1921 – 16 February 2020)[1] and Edward Victor "Teddy" Johnson (4 September 1919[2] – 6 June 2018) were English husband-and-wife entertainers who were best-known during the 1950s and early 1960s.

Cochran show, and later joined the Three in Harmony singing group, which appeared in the revue Best Bib And Tucker starring Tommy Trinder at the London Palladium in November, 1942.

[4] During 1944, she toured with Phil Green and his Basin Street Orchestra,[5] and then she became a singer with various RAF Bands led by Leslie Douglas in 1945.

[7] Carr became the lead singer of a vocal quartet, The Keynotes, in 1949, who recorded popular songs such as 1951's "There's a Harvest Moon Tonight".

During World War II, Johnson served in the merchant navy, working on the Queen Mary ship as a butcher on the transatlantic run.

After the war, he was part of the resident band at the Locarno dance hall in Streatham, south London, and he also broadcast as a singer with the bandleader Jack Payne.

The duo were part of a record-breaking season at the London Palladium with Bruce Forsyth, and were chosen to appear in the 1960 Royal Variety Performance.

"We had never heard of the Eurovision Song Contest before and were going to be booked as solo singers, but that consummated Pearl and Teddy as a double act.

When we won, the BBC Head of Television Light Entertainment Eric Maschwitz said he was thrilled that Pearl and I would now represent our country in the Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes.

They also tried to represent the United Kingdom again in 1960, entering two songs into the pre-selection, "Pickin' Petals" and "When The Tide Turns"; the latter made the final.

Carr and Johnson continued to appear in summer seasons around the UK and on cruise ships for the Royal Viking Line.

[15] After this, they appeared in the West End revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies,[3] playing vaudeville couple Wally and Emily Whitman, singing "Rain on the Roof".