Sanremo Festival 1965

Sanremo Festival 1965
output	15th
date	28-30 January
place	Casinò Municipale in Sanremo
Charisma	Programma Nazionale (TV), Secondo programma (radio)
Moderation	Mike Bongiorno , Maria Grazia Spina
Attendees	43 (with 24 songs)
winner	Bobby Solo / New Christy Minstrels  - Se piangi, se ridi
◄ Sanremo 1964 • Sanremo 1966 ►

The 15th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place in the municipal casino in Sanremo from January 28th to 30th in 1965 and was moderated by Mike Bongiorno together with Maria Grazia Spina .

procedure

The municipal casino, venue of the Sanremo Festival

After the success of the previous year, everything remained the same in the organization of the festival in 1965: 24 songs, twelve of which made it to the final; an international partner for every emerging singer; an orchestra with changing conductors; Voting only by demoscopic juries; Orientation by the Azienda Turistico Alberghiera ; Organization by Gianni Ravera . Among the 16 conductors this year were Augusto Martelli , Enrico Intra , Franco Pisano , Gianfranco Reverberi , Franco Monaldi , Riccardo Vantellini and Enrico Simonetti .

In the field of participants was again found Milva , Pino Donaggio , last year's winner Gigliola Cinquetti and Bobby Solo , returned from the international stars only Gene Pitney back. Newcomers, however, were Dusty Springfield , Kiki Dee , Petula Clark or Connie Francis , from the Italian side Ornella Vanoni , Iva Zanicchi , Bruno Lauzi , Fred Bongusto , Nicola Di Bari and the two winners of the festival by Castrocaro , Franco Tozzi and Vittorio Inzaina . Udo Jürgens , Bernd Spier and Audrey Arno were represented from German-speaking countries, all three of whom reached the final. The absence of the two old stars Claudio Villa and Domenico Modugno , whose submissions neither made it through the preselection, made itself felt; Stars like Rita Pavone , Mina , Adriano Celentano and Gianni Morandi also stayed away from the event. In protest against the rule that each label was only allowed to send a maximum of three songs in the competition, the Italian RCA also boycotted this edition, which meant that international stars such as Paul Anka , Neil Sedaka and Dalida could not participate.

During the festival, Pino Donaggio's Io che non vivo (senza te) was particularly popular, with Jody Miller as an international performer . Vito Pallavicini , co-author of the song, was the best represented songwriter for this edition with a further six songs in the competition. But the victory went to the song Se piangi, se ridi , sung by Bobby Solo and the New Christy Minstrels , which was also attributed to the fact that Solo had already been considered a “moral winner” in 1964 and his Una lacrima sul viso afterwards best-selling single, so the juries would have wanted to compensate him for it this year. For songwriter Mogol it was already the third victory in Sanremo, also this year he had four more songs in the race.

Candidates

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Bobby Solo / New Christy Minstrels	Se piangi, se ridi	Mogol , Gianni Marchetti, Roberto Satti
finalist	Ornella Vanoni / Udo Jürgens	Abbracciami forte	Mogol, Carlo Donida
finalist	Nicola Di Bari / Gene Pitney	Amici miei	Vito Pallavicini , Gene Colonnello
finalist	Bruno Filippini / Yukari Ito	L'amore ha i tuoi tatting	Vito Pallavicini, Gorni Kramer
finalist	Fred Bongusto / Kiki Dee	Aspetta domani	Vito Pallavicini, Fred Bongusto
finalist	Wilma Goich / New Christy Minstrels	Le colline sono in fiore	Mogol, Calibi, Carlo Donida, Renato Angiolini
finalist	Gigliola Cinquetti / Connie Francis	Ho bisogno di vederti	Piero Ciampi, Roberto Ciampi
finalist	Betty Curtis / Petula Clark	Invece no	Vito Pallavicini, Ezio Leoni
finalist	Pino Donaggio / Jody Miller	Io che non vivo (senza te)	Vito Pallavicini, Pino Donaggio
finalist	Remo Germani / Audrey	Prima o poi	Vito Pallavicini, Antonio Amurri , Giorgio Ferrari
finalist	Vittorio Inzaina / Les Surfs	Si vedrà	Enrico Gentile, Lentini
finalist	Milva / Bernd Spier	Vieni con noi	Franco Maresca, Mario Pagano
	Beppe Cardile / Anita Harris	L'amore è partito	Beppe Cardile
	John Foster / Joe Damiano	Cominciamo ad amarci	Vito Pallavicini, Gino Mescoli
	Ricky Gianco / Jody Miller	Devi essere do	D'Acquisto, Ricky Gianco
	Gianni Mascolo / Dusty Springfield	Di fronte all'amore	Simoni, Umberto Bindi
	Don Miko / Timi Yuro	E poi verrà l'autunno	Antonio Amurri, Bascerano
	Giordano Colombo / Hoagy Lands	Io non volevo	Rosario Leva, Gian Piero Reverberi
	Robertino / Daniel Gerard	Mia cara	Mogol, Pino Massara
	Franco Tozzi / Johnny Tillotson	Non a caso il destino (ci ha fatto incontrare)	Antartide, Carlo Alberto Rossi
	Peppino Gagliardi / Timi Yuro	Ti credo	Gaetano Amendola, Peppino Gagliardi
	Fabrizio Ferretti / Dusty Springfield	Tu che ne sai?	Antonio Amurri, Franco Pisano
	Bruno Lauzi / Kenny Rankin	Il tuo amore	Bruno Lauzi
	Iva Zanicchi / Gene Pitney	I tuoi anni più belli	Mogol, Mimma Gaspari, Enrico Polito

successes

Sales in 1965 were weaker than in the previous year, but at least twelve songs made it into the top 20 of the Italian single charts, including one non-finalist ( Cominciamo ad amarci ). Amici miei made the chart entry in both the version of Gene Pitney and that of Nicola Di Bari. Of the finalists, only Vieni con noi (Milva / Bernd Spier) missed the charts. The winning song was the most successful, but Le colline sono in fiore also landed a number one hit in the version of the New Christy Minstrels. The favorite Io che non vivo (senza te) developed into an international hit, at the latest when Dusty Springfield recorded an English version under the title You Don't Have to Say You Love Me .

Bobby Solo appeared with the winning song as a representative of the host country at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 in Naples and reached fifth place.

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1965	Se piangi, se ridi	IT1 (16 weeks) IT	Version by Bobby Solo 1st place
	Le colline sono in fiore	IT1 (15 weeks) IT	Version by New Christy Minstrels
	Amici miei	IT3 (11 weeks) IT	Version by Gene Pitney
	Io che non vivo (senza te)	IT3 (16 weeks) IT	Version by Pino Donaggio
	Abbracciami forte	IT4 (4 weeks) IT	Version by Ornella Vanoni
	Amici miei	IT4 (7 weeks) IT	Version by Nicola Di Bari
	Si vedrà	IT4 (8 weeks) IT	Version of Les Surfs
	Invece no	IT5 (9 weeks) IT	Version by Petula Clark
	Ho bisogno di vederti	IT7 (4 weeks) IT	Version by Gigliola Cinquetti
	Prima o poi	IT10 (5 weeks) IT	Version by Remo Germani
	L'amore ha i tuoi tatting	IT10 (3 weeks) IT	Version by Bruno Filippini
	Cominciamo ad amarci	IT12 (4 weeks) IT	Version by John Foster not a finalist
	Aspetta domani	IT15 (1 week) IT	Version by Fred Bongusto

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1965 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1965 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)

supporting documents

1. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on October 1, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access).