Sanremo Festival 1966
| Sanremo Festival 1966 | |
|---|---|
| output | 16 |
| date | 27.-29. January |
| place | Casinò Municipale in Sanremo |
| Charisma | Programma Nazionale (TV), Secondo programma (radio) |
| Moderation | Mike Bongiorno , Paola Penni , Carla M. Puccini |
| Attendees | 47 (with 26 songs) |
| winner | Domenico Modugno / Gigliola Cinquetti - Dio, come ti amo |
| ◄ Sanremo 1965 • Sanremo 1967 ► | |
The 16th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place in the municipal casino in Sanremo from January 27-29 , 1966 and was moderated by Mike Bongiorno together with Paola Penni and Carla M. Puccini .
procedure
This year, two more songs were allowed than in previous years, so 13 songs were presented on the first two evenings. Six of them made it to the final, and two were “brought back” by their own jury, so that on the last evening a total of 14 songs competed for victory. An international partner was no longer mandatory, which meant that more Italian participants were again in the competition. Detto Mariano and Nello Ciangherotti made their debut among the orchestra's 21 conductors . The organization remained with Gianni Ravera , the moderation with Mike Bongiorno.
The combination of Domenico Modugno and Gigliola Cinquetti attracted a lot of attention in the field of participants , after all Modugno had sharply criticized Cinquetti's victory in 1964; but the now adult singer was able to present herself again. Other interesting compilations this year were Claudio Villa and Pino Donaggio as well as Ornella Vanoni and Orietta Berti . Adriano Celentano returned to the festival after five years and Bobby Solo was able to participate again despite resistance from the RAI . The young Lucio Dalla was new . From abroad, the band The Yardbirds and singer Pat Boone took part. Noticeable was the influence of the Beatlemania triggered beat wave on which groups like Equipe 84 or I Ribelli came to Sanremo.
The big discovery in 1966 was 19-year-old Caterina Caselli , who was able to convince with Nessuno mi può giudicare and her appearance. Other favorites were Sergio Endrigo with Adesso sì and Iva Zanicchi with La notte dell'addio . Stars like Celentano, Solo or Gino Paoli as well as the modern beat groups, however, failed the juries. In the finale there was an uproar when I Ribelli (her discoverer Celentano was present in the audience) allowed fans to celebrate and refused to leave the stage; to make Iva Zanicchi's next appearance possible, the organizers had to use the police. This caused outrage among those present of the Celentano clan and due to the angry protests the television broadcast had to be interrupted. Four people (including Miki Del Prete ) were subsequently reported for threatening an official.
The festival ended in 1966 with the victory of Dio, come ti amo , but Casellis Nessuno mi può giudicare proved to be the most successful competition entry of the year.
Candidates
| placement | Interpreter | song | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Domenico Modugno / Gigliola Cinquetti | Dio, come ti amo | Domenico Modugno |
| finalist | I Ribelli / New Christy Minstrels | A la buena de Dios | Walter Malgoni, Bruno Pallesi |
| finalist | Sergio Endrigo / Chad & Jeremy | Adesso sì | Sergio Endrigo |
| finalist | Claudio Villa / Pino Donaggio | Una casa in cima al mondo | Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini |
| finalist | Remo Germani / Les Surfs | So come viene | Ezio Leoni, Vito Pallavicini |
| finalist | Wilma Goich / Les Surfs | In un fiore | Carlo Donida , Mogol |
| finalist | Orietta Berti / Ornella Vanoni | Io ti darò di più | Memo Remigi, Alberto Testa |
| finalist | Giorgio Gaber / Pat Boone | May, may, may, Valentina | Gene Colonnello, Alberto Testa |
| finalist | Milva / Richard Anthony | Nessuno di voi | Gorni Kramer , Vito Pallavicini |
| finalist | Caterina Caselli / Gene Pitney | Nessuno mi può giudicare | Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri, Luciano Beretta , Miki Del Prete |
| finalist | Iva Zanicchi / Vic Dana | La notte dell'addio | Arrigo Amadesi, Giuseppe Diverio, Memo Remigi, Alberto Testa |
| finalist | Edoardo Vianello / Françoise Hardy | Parliaments | Edoardo Vianello, Vito Pallavicini |
| finalist | Anna Identici / New Christy Minstrels | Una rosa da Vienna | Gianluigi Guarnieri, Bruno Lauzi |
| finalist | Peppino Gagliardi / Pat Boone | Se tu non fossi qui | Carlo Alberto Rossi, Marisa Terzi |
| Gino Paoli / Ricardo | La carta vincente | Gino Paoli | |
| Gino / Luciana Turina | Dipendesse da me | Vito Pallavicini, Iller Pattacini | |
| Equipe 84 / Renegades | Un giorno tu mi cercherai | Pantros, Franco Campanino | |
| Franco Tozzi / Bobby Vinton | Io non posso crederti | Gianni Marchetti, Gianni Sanjust | |
| Anna Marchetti / Plinio Maggi | Io ti amo | Gianni Fallabrino, Plinio Maggi | |
| Nicola Di Bari / Gene Pitney | Lei mi aspetta | Vito Pallavicini, Alberto Baldan Bembo | |
| Lucio Dalla / The Yardbirds | Pafff ... bum | Sergio Bardotti, Gian Franco Reverberi | |
| Giuseppe Di Stefano / PJ Proby | Per questo voglio te | Mogol, Mansueto Deponti | |
| Luciano Tomei / Los Paraguayos | Quando vado sulla riva | Franco Maresca, Mario Pagano | |
| Bobby Solo / The Yardbirds | Questa volta | Mogol, Roberto Satti | |
| Adriano Celentano / Trio del Clan | Il ragazzo della via Gluck | Luciano Beretta, Miki Del Prete, Adriano Celentano | |
| Paola Bertoni / John Foster | Se questo ballo non finisse mai | Vito Pallavicini, Gino Mescoli |
successes
Nine final entries made it into the top 15 of the charts, six of them in both versions. Nessuno mi può giudicare was also in first place in both versions, Dio, come ti amo only in the version by Modugno. Of the songs that did not qualify for the final, two managed to enter the charts: Questa volta by Bobby Solo and Il ragazzo della via Gluck by Adriano Celentano.
Modugno also entered the Eurovision Song Contest in Luxembourg in 1966 with his winning song (it was his third ESC participation), but came in last with 0 points.
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 IT
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| 1966 | Nessuno mi può giudicare |
IT1 (16 weeks) IT |
Version by Caterina Caselli
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| Nessuno mi può giudicare |
IT1 (13 weeks) IT |
Version by Gene Pitney
|
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| Dio come ti amo |
IT1 (11 weeks) IT |
Version by Domenico Modugno
1st place |
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| Il ragazzo della via Gluck |
IT2 (18 weeks) IT |
Version by Adriano Celentano
|
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| In un fiore |
IT4 (14 weeks) IT |
Version by Wilma Goich
|
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| May, may, may Valentina |
IT4 (10 weeks) IT |
Version by Pat Boone
|
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| In un fiore |
IT4 (9 weeks) IT |
Version of Les Surfs
|
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| Dio come ti amo |
IT5 (9 weeks) IT |
Version by Gigliola Cinquetti
|
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| Io ti darò di più |
IT6 (7 weeks) IT |
Version by Ornella Vanoni
|
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| May, may, may Valentina |
IT8 (2 weeks) IT |
Version by Giorgio Gaber
|
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| So come viene |
IT9 (7 weeks) IT |
Version by Remo Germani
|
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| Adesso sì |
IT10 (8 weeks) IT |
Version by Sergio Endrigo
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| So come viene |
IT10 (3 weeks) IT |
Version of Les Surfs
|
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| Questa volta |
IT11 (3 weeks) IT |
Version by Bobby Solo
|
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| Una casa in cima al mondo |
IT11 (2 weeks) IT |
Version by Pino Donaggio
|
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| Se tu non fossi qui |
IT12 (1 week) IT |
Version by Pat Boone
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| Una casa in cima al mondo |
IT13 (2 weeks) IT |
Version by Claudio Villa
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| Una casa in cima al mondo by Donaggio / Villa also made it into the charts in a third version, namely by Mina : | |||
| 1966 | Una casa in cima al mondo |
IT8 (11 weeks) IT |
Version of Mina
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Web links
- Festival di Sanremo 1966 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
- Sanremo 1966 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)
supporting documents
- ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on October 12, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access).