1960年第一屆星島業餘歌唱比賽，三十人進入決賽，其中包括因為怕輸而改名黃霑的黃湛森。

比賽分成國語時代曲和歐西歌曲兩組，沒有粵語的組別。整個比賽由初賽開始，吸引了過千人參加，是城中大事。參賽者自選的招牌飲歌，反映了1960年流行聲音的向背。

那一年，黃湛森在歐西歌曲組進入最後十五名後慘被淘汰，成終生憾事。老友詹小屏二話不說，以詹小屏的聲，唱Patti Page的歌，順利奪得冠軍。

國語時代曲組得冠軍的張海韻，學古典音樂出身，唱梁樂音作的《賣糖歌》，用古典技法，唱流行之音，唱出了時代曲站在時代街角的風釆。

然後所有歌手，不論歐西國語，一起向前，行入一個叫做六十年代的新世界。

All for the Love of a Girl (1959)

Composer: Johnny Horton
Lyricist: Johnny Horton
Vocalist: Johnny Horton

Well, today I'm so weary
Today I'm so blue
Sad and broken hearted
And it's all because of you

Life was so sweet dear
Life was a song
Now you've gone and left me
Oh where do I belong?

And it's all for the love
Of a dear little girl
All for the love
That sets your heart in a whirl

I'm a man who'd give his life
And the joys of this world
All for the love of a girl

And it's all for the love
Of a dear little girl
All for the love
That sets your heart in a whirl

I'm a man who'd give his life
And the joys of this world
All for the love of a girl