Sanremo Festival 1961
| Sanremo Festival 1961 | |
|---|---|
| output | 11 |
| date | 26.-28. January and February 6th |
| place | Casinò Municipale in Sanremo |
| Charisma | Programma Nazionale (TV), Secondo Programma (radio) |
| Moderation | Lilly Lembo , Giuliana Calandra |
| Attendees | 42 (with 24 songs) |
| winner | Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli - Al di là |
| ◄ Sanremo 1960 • Sanremo 1962 ► | |
The eleventh edition of the festival Italian Song Sanremo found in 1961 from 26 to 28 January and 6 February in urban casino in Sanremo and were attended by Lilly Lembo and Giuliana Calandra moderated.
procedure
While the organization of the festival remained with Ezio Radaelli , both the moderator duo (for the first time two women came to the train) and the conductors were changed: Gianfranco Intra and Bruno Canfora led the orchestras on the first three evenings, Enzo Ceragioli and Piero Soffici on the last evening . The number of permitted contributions was increased to 24, these were interpreted by 42 singers - among them again Mina and Tony Dallara , but now for example Adriano Celentano , Gino Paoli , Giorgio Gaber , Pino Donaggio , Milva , Tony Renis , Umberto Bindi , Edoardo Vianello and Luciano Tajoli . Gino Latilla , Tonina Torrielli , Teddy Reno , Carla Boni , Aurelio Fierro and Achille Togliani returned to the festival as representatives of tradition .
Mina and Gino Paoli enjoyed the greatest popularity with the public and the press at the beginning of the festival, both of whom had already landed several successful hits in Italy. Adriano Celentano, who had to obtain special permission from Defense Minister Giulio Andreotti for temporary exemption from military service , and Milva attracted a great deal of attention .
This year, a new voting system was introduced with the intention of making the competition more transparent: After the juries, as usual, allowed half of the contributions presented in two versions for the final on the first two evenings, after the final evening, still no decision made, the VotoFestival , a week-long voting period during which anyone over the 100 lire expensive Enalotto (one the bills Toto similar competition) could be given up to six votes for the twelve finalists of the festival. Only after the votes had been counted was the final score announced on an additional evening. There, Al di là was able to prevail against favored competitors in the interpretation of Betty Curtis and Luciano Tajoli .
While Mina withdrew from the festival after various reviews and the relatively poor performance of her songs, Milva and Celentano in particular were able to use it as a career springboard.
Candidates
| placement | Interpreter | song | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli | Al di là | Mogol , Carlo Donida |
| 2 | Little Tony / Adriano Celentano | 24,000 baci | Piero Vivarelli , Lucio Fulci , Adriano Celentano |
| 3 | Gino Latilla / Milva | Il mare nel cassetto | Piero Carlo Rolla, Eligio La Valle, Fernando Lattuada |
| 4th | Mina / Nelly Fioramonti | Io amo tu ami | Gino Redi, Enzo Bonagura |
| 5 | Jenny Luna / Mina | Le mille bolle blu | Vito Pallavicini , Carlo Alberto Rossi |
| 6th | Pino Donaggio / Teddy Reno | Come sinfonia | Pino Donaggio |
| 7th | Arturo Testa / Tonina Torrielli | Febbre di musica | Biri, Vittorio Mascheroni |
| 8th | Sergio Bruni / Teddy Reno | Mandolino ... mandolino | Vian, Pugliese |
| 9 | Rocco Granata / Sergio Bruni | Carolina, dai! | Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri |
| 10 | Gino Paoli / Tony Dallara | Un uomo vivo | Gino Paoli |
| 11 | Miranda Martino / Umberto Bindi | Non mi dire chi sei | Giorgio Calabrese, Umberto Bindi |
| 12 | Fausto Cigliano / Joe Sentieri | Lei | Riccardo Pazzaglia , Joe Sentieri |
| Bruno Martino / Jula de Palma | AAA Adorabile cercasi | Bruno Martino, Brighetti, Vito Pallavicini | |
| Giorgio Gaber / Maria Monti | Benzina e cerini | Giorgio Gaber | |
| Edoardo Vianello / Luciana Rondinella | Che freddo! | Carlo Rossi, Edoardo Vianello | |
| Jolanda Rossin / Nadia Liani | Una goccia di cielo | Gino Negri | |
| Jimmy Fontana / Miranda Martino | Lady Luna | Dino Verde , Armando Trovajoli | |
| Betty Curtis / Joe Sentieri | Dragonfly | Alberto Testa, Guido Viezzoli | |
| Claudio Villa / Sergio Renda | Mare di dicembre | Luciano Beretta , Giulio Libano | |
| Aura D'Angelo / Silvia Guidi | Notturno senza luna | Giovanni D'Anzi | |
| Gianni Meccia / Wilma De Angelis | Patatina | Gianni Meccia, Franco Migliacci | |
| Niki Davis / Tony Renis | Pozzanghere | Orfellius, Lamberto Pellini, Tony Renis, Matteo Treppiedi | |
| Achille Togliani / Cocky Mazzetti | Qualcuno mi ama | Piero Soffici, Manlio Darena | |
| Aurelio Fierro / Carla Bonuses | Do con me | Antonio Amurri , Ettore Ballotta |
successes
Already in the voting week Celentanos sold 24,000 baci the strongest of all entries and even after the festival he was only (surprisingly) overtaken by Donaggio's Come sinfonia . Several songs were noted in the charts in both versions, including the winning title. Only two of the final entries missed the top 20 of the charts, namely Febbre di musica (Testa / Torrielli) and Lei (Cigliano / Sentieri).
Betty Curtis also presented Al di là at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 and was able to achieve fifth place (out of 15).
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 IT
|
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| 1961 | 24,000 baci |
IT1 (12 weeks) IT |
Version by Adriano Celentano
2nd place |
| Come sinfonia |
IT1 (22 weeks) IT |
Version by Pino Donaggio
6th place |
|
| Al di là |
IT2 (6 weeks) IT |
Version by Luciano Tajoli
1st place |
|
| Il mare nel cassetto |
IT3 (9 weeks) IT |
Version of Milva
3rd place |
|
| Un uomo vivo |
IT4 (13 weeks) IT |
Version by Gino Paoli
10th place |
|
| Le mille bolle blu |
IT5 (8 weeks) IT |
Version of Mina
5th place |
|
| Carolina, dai! |
IT5 (5 weeks) IT |
Version by Sergio Bruni
9th place |
|
| Al di là |
IT7 (6 weeks) IT |
Version of Betty Curtis
1st place |
|
| Carolina, dai! |
IT9 (4 weeks) IT |
Version of Rocco Granata
No. 9 |
|
| Non mi dire chi sei |
IT9 (8 weeks) IT |
Version by Umberto Bindi
11th place |
|
| Io amo tu ami |
IT11 (2 weeks) IT |
Version of Mina
place 4 |
|
| 24,000 baci |
IT13 (3 weeks) IT |
Version of Little Tony
2nd place |
|
| Mandolino ... mandolino |
IT13 (5 weeks) IT |
Version by Sergio Bruni
8th place |
Web links
- Festival di Sanremo 1961 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
- Sanremo 1961 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)
supporting documents
- ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on June 27, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access).