Sanremo Festival 1953

Sanremo Festival 1953
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date	29.-31. January
place	Casinò Municipale in Sanremo
Charisma	Secondo programma
Moderation	Nunzio Filogamo
Attendees	10 (with 20 songs)
winner	Carla Boni / Flo Sandon's  - Viale d'autunno
◄ Sanremo 1952 • Sanremo 1954 ►

The third edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place in 1953 from January 29th to 31st at the municipal casino in Sanremo and was moderated by Nunzio Filogamo .

Innovations and procedure

The municipal casino, venue of the Sanremo Festival

The increasing popularity of the event led to several innovations in 1953: The competition only began on Thursday, so that the final could be held on a Saturday; the public area no longer served as a dining room; the previous Orchestra Italiana by Cinico Angelini was joined by the jazz-oriented orchestra Eclipse by Armando Trovajoli and it became the rule that each participating song was performed in two different versions (two performers, two orchestras, two arrangements); in addition, the number of singers rose to ten (seven newcomers in addition to Nilla Pizzi , Achille Togliani and Gino Latilla ). Similar music festivals began to be initiated in other places in Italy, the attention of the press grew, and the RAI improved the financing of the Sanremo Festival accordingly.

The ten songs (or twenty appearances) that were performed on the first two evenings were evaluated by a large jury, which was divided between the auditorium and the radio audience. As usual, five songs made it into the final, during which the song Viale d'autunno , which was interpreted once by Carla Boni and once by Flo Sandon’s , was chosen as the winner.

Candidates

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Carla Boni / Flo Sandon’s	Viale d'autunno	Giovanni D'Anzi
2	Nilla Pizzi and Doppio Quintetto Vocale / Teddy Reno and Quartetto Stars	Campanaro	Bixio Cherubini, Carlo Concina
3 (ex aequo)	Achille Togliani / Teddy Reno	Lasciami cantare una canzone	Michele Cozzoli, Cesare Andrea Bixio
	Gino Latilla and Doppio Quintetto Vocale / Giorgio Consolini	Vecchio scarpone	Calibi, Pinchi, Carlo Donida
5	Gino Latilla / Giorgio Consolini	Vecchia villa comunale	Renato Ruocco, Nino Oliviero
6th	Achille Togliani / Katyna Ranieri	No, Pierrot	Armando Costanzo, Renato Salani
7th	Carla Boni and Doppio Quintetto Vocale / Quartetto Stars	Il passerotto	Eldo Di Lazzaro, Dante Valentini
8th	Nilla Pizzi and Doppio Quintetto Vocale / Teddy Reno and Quartetto Stars	Sussurrando buonanotte	Danpa, Bruno Pallesi, Virgilio Panzuti
9	Gino Latilla and Doppio Quintetto Vocale / Giorgio Consolini	Tamburino del reggimento	Deani
10	Nilla Pizzi and Doppio Quintetto Vocale / Teddy Reno and Quartetto Stars	Papa Pacifico	Nino Rastelli, Armando Fragna
	Carla Boni / Katyna Ranieri	Acque amare	Nicola Salerno , Carlo Alberto Rossi
	Flo Sandon's / Nilla Pizzi	L'altra	Vittorio Mascheroni, Biri
	Carla Boni / Flo Sandon's	Buona sera	Maria Evangelisti Tumminelli, Cosimo Di Ceglie
	Nilla Pizzi / Teddy Reno	Canto della solitudine	Enzo Bonagura, Gino Redi
	Achille Togliani / Katyna Ranieri	Domandatelo	Vincenzo Baselice, Giuseppe Fiorelli
	Gino Latilla / Teddy Reno	Innamorami	Mario Ruccione, Enzo Ceragioli, Umberto Bertini
	Achille Togliani / Giorgio Consolini	La mamma che piange di più	Gigi Pisano, Furio Rendine
	Achille Togliani / Katyna Ranieri	La pianola stonata	Marcello Gigante, Ettore De Mura
	Gino Latilla / Giorgio Consolini	Povero amico mio	Marcella Rivi, Carlo Innocenzi
	Carla Boni / Flo Sandon's	Qualcuno cammina	Nino Rastelli, Nino Casiroli

successes

The third-placed song Vecchio scarpone , interpreted by Gino Latilla and Giorgio Consolini, was the greatest success after the festival. For newcomer Teddy Reno, whose interpretations reached second and third place, the 1953 festival proved to be a career springboard.

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1953 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1953 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)