Sanremo Festival 1963

Sanremo Festival 1963
output	13
date	7th-9th February
place	Casinò Municipale in Sanremo
Charisma	Programma Nazionale (TV), Secondo programma (radio)
Moderation	Mike Bongiorno , Edy Campagnoli , Maria Giovannini , Rossana Armani , Giuliana Copreni
Attendees	22 (with 20 songs)
winner	Tony Renis / Emilio Pericoli  - Uno per tutte
◄ Sanremo 1962 • Sanremo 1964 ►

The 13th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place from February 7th to 9th in 1963 at the municipal casino in Sanremo and was moderated by Mike Bongiorno .

procedure

The municipal casino, venue of the Sanremo Festival

For the second time, the festival was organized by Gianni Ravera . Star presenter Mike Bongiorno made his debut at the Sanremo Festival this year and should present ten other editions. At Bongiorno's side were the four women Rosanna Armani, Giuliana Copreni, Maria Giovannini and Edy Campagnoli. Much to Bongiorno's dissatisfaction, the RAI barely left him room in the program, probably in order not to distract too much from the competition, and (as in the previous year) only broadcast the final evening live on television. The orchestras were directed by Cinico Angelini and Gianni Ferrio .

Ravera had meanwhile also taken over the organization of the Castrocaro Festival and determined that the winners (this year Eugenia Foligatti and Gianni Lacommare) automatically qualify for the Sanremo Festival. Otherwise, there were hardly any debutants among the Sanremo participants, the favorites were, without any major surprises, Claudio Villa, Milva and last year's discovery Tony Renis. This year, the vote was again completely transferred to the juries: 20 across the entire national territory and one 112 in the audience of the casino. From the twenty songs presented, five each qualified for the final on Thursday and Friday evening.

What promised to be a head-to-head race between Claudio Villas Amor, mon amour, my love and Milvas Ricorda turned into an unexpectedly contested podium on the last evening: The younger generation, above all Renis / Pericoli, Donaggio / Mazzetti, and Dorelli / De Angelis, was able to convince the juries, and so Uno per tutte won this edition of the festival rather unexpectedly . Claudio Villa managed to get second, while Milva slipped to fifth.

Candidates

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Emilio Pericoli / Tony Renis	Uno per tutte	Mogol , Alberto Testa , Tony Renis
2	Claudio Villa / Eugenia Foligatti	Cupid, mon amour, my love	Walter Malgoni, Pinchi, Bruno Pallesi
3	Cocky Mazzetti / Pino Donaggio	Giovane giovane	Pino Donaggio, Alberto Testa
4th	Johnny Dorelli / Wilma De Angelis	Non costa niente	Giorgio Calabrese, Diego Calcagno, Eros Sciorilli
5	Luciano Tajoli / Milva	Ricorda	Carlo Donida , Mogol
6th	Eugenia Foligatti / Tonina Torrielli	Perdonarsi in due	Giovanni D'Anzi, Pinchi
7th	Aurelio Fierro / Claudio Villa	Occhi neri e cielo blu	Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace
8th	Emilio Pericoli / Sergio Bruni	Sull'acqua	Mario Pagano, Franco Maresca
9	Arturo Testa / Aura D'Angelo	Tu venisti dal mare	Furio Rendine, Pugliese
10	Gianni Lacommare / Milva	Non sapevo	Pino Calvi, Bruno Pallesi
	Ennio Sangiusto / Quartetto Radar	La ballata del pedone	Pierantoni
	Aurelio Fierro / Sergio Bruni	Un cappotto rivoltato	Oronzo Leuzzi, Francesco Specchia
	Gianni Lacommare / Tonina Torrielli	Com'è piccolo il cielo	Signori, Garavaglia
	Joe Sentieri / Johnny Dorelli	Fermata il mondo	Bruno Canfora, Dino Verde
	Mario Abbate / Quartetto Radar	Oggi non ho tempo	Corrado Lojacono, Nicola Salerno
	Cocky Mazzetti / Tony Renis	Perché, perché?	Gigi Cichellero
	Arturo Testa / Joe Sentieri	Quando ci si vuol bene ... (come noi)	Elio Isola, Bruno Zambrini, Giorgio Calabrese
	Flo Sandon's / Wilma De Angelis	Se passerai di qui	Gian Carlo Testoni, Angelo Camis
	Ennio Sangiusto / Luciano Tajoli	Le voci	Gianni Fallabrino, Medici
	Flo Sandon's / Mario Abbate	Vorrei fermare il tempo	Gino Redi, Franchini

successes

Five entries from this edition of the festival (the top five of the finalists) were subsequently able to reach the top 15 of the single charts. The winning song reached number one and was later presented by Emilio Pericoli at the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest , where it came in third. Pino Donaggio's Giovane giovane sold the most , but overall sales of Sanremo contributions in 1963 were rather weak.

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments)	Remarks
		IT
1963	Uno per tutte	IT1 (10 weeks) IT	Version of Tony Renis 1st place
	Giovane giovane	IT2 (13 weeks) IT	Version by Pino Donaggio 3rd place
	Cupid, mon amour, my love	IT3 (6 weeks) IT	Version of Claudio Villa 2nd place
	Ricorda	IT6 (7 weeks) IT	Version of Milva 5th place
	Non costa niente	IT9 (5 weeks) IT	Version of Johnny Dorelli 4th place

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1963 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1963 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)

supporting documents

1. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on September 24, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access).