Sanremo Festival 1964

Sanremo Festival 1964
output	14th
date	January 30th - February 1st
place	Casinò Municipale in Sanremo
Charisma	Programma Nazionale (TV), Secondo programma (radio)
Moderation	Mike Bongiorno , Giuliana Lojodice
Attendees	40 (with 24 songs)
winner	Gigliola Cinquetti / Patricia Carli  - Non ho l'età (per amarti)
◄ Sanremo 1963 • Sanremo 1965 ►

The 14th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place from January 30th to February 1st in the municipal casino in Sanremo in 1964 and was moderated by Mike Bongiorno and Giuliana Lojodice .

procedure

The municipal casino, venue of the Sanremo Festival

After the rather disappointing success of the last edition, Gianni Ravera , now for the third time the organizer of the festival, introduced some innovations. The songs sent in, now again 24 instead of 20, had to be assigned to their performers by the record companies, instead of being assigned by the organizers as before. For the traditional second version of each song, however, international singers and groups were invited who, with a few exceptions, also sang in Italian. The conductors were also assigned to the songs, so that this year 22 different people came to the conductor's desk. In addition, the RAI no longer only broadcast the finals live, but also the second evening.

Among the stars of the 40 participants were the Americans Paul Anka , who was assigned to the newcomer Roby Ferrante , Ben E. King , Frankie Avalon , Bobby Rydell , Frankie Laine , Peggy March and Gene Pitney . Peter Kraus was represented from Germany , once at the side of Nicola Arigliano and once with Emilio Pericoli . In addition to 16-year-old Peggy March, many young singers appeared, including the winners of the last Castrocaro Festival , Gigliola Cinquetti (16) and Bruno Filippini (18), but also Robertino (17), Bobby Solo (18), Lilly Bonato ( 16) and Fabrizio Ferretti (18). The well-known faces included Claudio Villa , Domenico Modugno , Pino Donaggio , Tony Renis , Milva , Giorgio Gaber and Gino Paoli .

Domenico Modugno made a name for himself that year because he refused to speak to Paul Anka, allegedly because of an unsuccessful loan at an earlier meeting in Los Angeles in 1959 . Anka also expressed his lack of understanding of Modugno's unjust behavior in an interview. In addition to this incident, Bobby Solo also came into the spotlight, as he could only sing in playback due to a sore throat , which was actually not allowed. Solo's record company did not want to leave the advertising platform Sanremo unused, which is why it was decided that his contribution Una lacrima sul viso should not be considered for the final evaluation.

In 1964, the new voting system stipulated that 50% of the 20 polling juries spread across the country were made up of minors (<25 years of age). In addition, the jury was completely abolished. Accordingly, the average age of the finalists was relatively low and greats like Claudio Villa, Tony Renis and Milva were eliminated early. While the prognoses now envisaged Ogni volta (Roby Ferrante / Gene Pitney) and Che me ne importa… a me (Domenico Modugno / Frankie Laine) as contenders for victory, Gigliola Cinquetti's Non ho l'età (per amarti) was surprising and the Belgian Patricia Carli prevail - much to the displeasure of Modugno, who immediately disapproved of the winning song, but to the delight of Minas , who was in the audience and had foreseen the victory. Cinquetti still holds the record as the youngest winner of the Sanremo Festival.

Candidates

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Gigliola Cinquetti / Patricia Carli	Non ho l'età (per amarti)	Mario Panzeri, Nisa , Gene Colonnello
final	Robertino / Bobby Rydell	Un bacio piccolissimo	Giovanni Ornati, Gino Mescoli
final	Domenico Modugno / Frankie Laine	Che me ne importa… a me	Domenico Modugno
final	Tony Dallara / Ben E. King	Come potrei dimenticarti	Vito Pallavicini , Ezio Leoni
final	Gino Paoli / Antonio Prieto	Ieri ho incontrato mia madre	Gino Paoli
final	Bobby Solo / Frankie Laine	Una lacrima sul viso	Mogol , Bobby Solo
final	Pino Donaggio / Frankie Avalon	Motivo d'amore	Pino Donaggio
final	Roby Ferrante / Paul Anka	Ogni volta	Carlo Rossi, Roby Ferrante
final	Fabrizio Ferretti / The Fraternity Brothers	La prima che incontro	Vito Pallavicini, Gorni Kramer
final	Little Tony / Gene Pitney	Quando vedrai la mia ragazza	Carlo Rossi, Enrico Ciacci
final	Bruno Filippini / The Fraternity Brothers	Sabato sera	Bruno Pallesi, Walter Malgoni
final	Remo Germani / Nino Tempo & April Stevens	Stasera no, no, no	Vito Pallavicini, Evasio Roncarati
	Nicola Arigliano / Peter Kraus	20 km al giorno	Mogol, Pino Massara
	Giorgio Gaber / Patricia Carli	So felice	Giorgio Gaber
	Fausto Cigliano / Gene Pitney	E se domani	Giorgio Calabrese, Carlo Alberto Rossi
	Piero Focaccia / Bobby Rydell	L'inverno cosa fai?	Nisa, Gene Colonnello
	Cocky Mazzetti / Los Hermanos Rigual	Mezzanine	Carlo Rossi, Angelo Rotunno
	Claudio Villa / Little Peggy March	Passo su passo	Franco Migliacci , Umberto Bindi
	Emilio Pericoli / Peter Kraus	Piccolo piccolo	Antonio Amurri , Lelio Luttazzi
	Aurelio Fierro / Marina Moran	Sole pizza e amore	Tata Giacobetti, Antonio Virgilio Savona
	Laura Villa / Los Hermanos Rigual	Brine brine	Laura Zanin, Arturo Casadei
	Tony Renis / Frankie Avalon	I sorrisi di sera	Mogol, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis
	Lilly Bonato / Richard Moser Jr.	Tu piangi per niente	Vito Pallavicini, Piero Soffici
	Milva / Frida Boccara	L'ultimo tram (a mezzanotte)	Giorgio Calabrese, Eros Sciorilli

successes

Compared to previous years, the songs of this festival were very successful, eleven of the twelve finalists subsequently reached the top 15 of the single charts. While Quando vedrai la mia ragazza reached the charts in both versions, only Come potrei dimenticarti (Dallara / King) missed the charts. E se domani , which did not reach the final, was brought into the charts by Mina the following year .

The most successful was Bobby Solo's Una lacrima sul viso , but the winning song Non ho l'età was even more popular thanks to Cinquetti's repeated victory at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 .

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1964	Una lacrima sul viso	IT1 (21 weeks) IT	Version by Bobby Solo
	Non ho l'età	IT1 (18 weeks) IT	Version by Gigliola Cinquetti 1st place
	Quando vedrai la mia ragazza	IT2 (14 weeks) IT	Version by Gene Pitney
	Ogni volta	IT2 (14 weeks) IT	Version by Paul Anka
	Sabato sera	IT5 (10 weeks) IT	Version by Bruno Filippini
	Stasera no, no, no	IT5 (9 weeks) IT	Version by Remo Germani
	Un bacio piccolissimo	IT6 (12 weeks) IT	Version by Robertino
	Quando vedrai la mia ragazza	IT6 (9 weeks) IT	Version of Little Tony
	Che me ne importa a me	IT8 (6 weeks) IT	Version by Domenico Modugno
	La prima che incontro	IT9 (3 weeks) IT	Version by Fabrizio Ferretti
	Motivo d'amore	IT12 (1 week) IT	Version by Pino Donaggio
	Ieri ho incontrato mia madre	IT13 (2 weeks) IT	Version by Antonio Prieto

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1964 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1964 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)
• TV report about Sanremo 1964 from February 6, 1964 on Repubblica.it

supporting documents

1. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on September 25, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access).