Patricia Bredin ( born 1935 , in Swansea ) is a British actress and one-time singer from Hull , England , who was best known as the very first United Kingdom representative in the Eurovision Song Contest . She took part in the 1957 contest , held in Frankfurt , and finished in seventh place out of ten entries with the song " All " , the first ever song sung in English at the Eurovision . At 1:52 , this was for a long time the shortest performance in the history of the contest . However , this record was beaten in 2015 when Finland selected Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät to represent them in the 2015 edition of the contest . Their entry “ Aina mun pitää ” was only 1:27 long
1957 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1957
Patricia Bredin