Sanremo Festival 1968
| Sanremo Festival 1968 | |
|---|---|
| output | 18th |
| date | 1st - 3rd February |
| place | Casinò Municipale in Sanremo |
| Charisma | Programma Nazionale (TV), Secondo programma (radio) |
| Moderation | Pippo Baudo , Luisa Rivelli |
| Attendees | 48 (with 24 songs) |
| winner | Sergio Endrigo / Roberto Carlos - Canzone per te |
| ◄ Sanremo 1967 • Sanremo 1969 ► | |
The 18th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place from February 1st to 3rd in the municipal casino in Sanremo in 1968 and was moderated by Pippo Baudo and Luisa Rivelli .
procedure
The organization of the festival also took over in 1968 Gianni Ravera and after five years with Mike Bongiorno was Pippo Baudo his debut as a presenter Sanremo. While the authorities did everything possible to suppress the memory of Luigi Tenco's suicide during the last edition, in response there was an anonymous bomb threat to avenge Tenco's death. However, the threat remained. In advance, a jury, in which u. a. Renzo Arbore was represented, selecting 24 songs for the competition. Although Don Backy had two songs in the competition, he was not allowed to interpret any of them himself due to the intervention of Adriano Celentano , in whose publishing house the songs were published; Celentano and Backy had previously fallen out. Domenico Modugno, on the other hand, was ultimately assigned to Tony Renis after the jury had rejected his own entry Meraviglioso , among other things because the text played with suicidal thoughts, which would have been too reminiscent of Tenco.
The established stars of this festival were, besides Celentano, Renis and Modugno, Milva , Little Tony , Ornella Vanoni , Iva Zanicchi , Gigliola Cinquetti , Johnny Dorelli , Pino Donaggio and Sergio Endrigo . The international field of participants was 1968 a. a. from the Brazilian Roberto Carlos , the American jazz legend Louis Armstrong , the soul musician Wilson Pickett , the Briton Shirley Bassey , as well as Paul Anka and Dionne Warwick . Also Udo Jürgens was represented (for the second time after 1965). Giusy Romeo, who later became known as Giuni Russo , made her debut as the winner of the Castrocaro Festival . Another important debut was that of Al Bano , who already had a number one hit. Also Massimo Ranieri made his debut this year.
On the first evening, Marisa Sannia and Ornella Vanoni with Casa bianca and Wilma Goich and Dino with Gli occhi miei were successful. The second evening was all about Louis Armstrong: after his performance of Mi va di cantare , instead of leaving the stage, he began with another song. The performance had to be canceled by moderator Pippo Baudo. The hits of the evening were Canzone per te by Sergio Endrigo and Roberto Carlos, Canzone by Celentano and Milva, La tramontana by Gianni Pettenati and Antoine and Quando m'innamoro by Anna Identici and The Sandpipers .
In the final Celentano caused a stir when he the technician, who hired him the microphone stand, a tip was, and on the stage a cigar lit. Before the results were announced, Louis Armstrong also had a jam session with Lionel Hampton . The victory finally went to Canzone per te , ahead of Casa Bianca and Canzone .
Candidates
| placement | Interpreter | song | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Endrigo / Roberto Carlos | Canzone per te | Sergio Endrigo, Sergio Bardotti |
| 2 | Marisa Sannia / Ornella Vanoni | Casa Bianca | Don Backy , Eligio La Valle |
| 3 | Adriano Celentano / Milva | Canzone | Don Backy, Detto Mariano |
| 4th | Fausto Leali / Wilson Pickett | Deborah | Vito Pallavicini , Paolo Conte , Pino Massara |
| 5 | Antoine / Gianni Pettenati | La tramontana | Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri |
| 6th | Anna Identici / The Sandpipers | Quando m'innamoro | Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace, Roberto Livraghi |
| 7th | Massimo Ranieri / I Giganti | Da bambino | Riccardo Pradella, Renato Angiolini |
| 8th | Gigliola Cinquetti / Giuliana Valci | Sera | Roberto Vecchioni , Andrea Lo Vecchio |
| 9 | Al Bano / Bobbie Gentry | La siepe | Vito Pallavicini, Pino Massara |
| 10 | Little Tony / Mario Guarnera | Un uomo piange solo per amore | Petaluma, Mario Vicari, Marcello Marrocchi |
| 11 | Dino / Wilma Goich | Gli occhi miei | Mogol , Carlo Donida |
| 12 | Annarita Spinaci / Yoko Kishi | Stanotte sentirai una canzone | Tato Queirolo, Franco Bracardi |
| 13 | Lara Saint Paul / Louis Armstrong | Mi va di cantare | Vincenzo Buonassisi, Giorgio Bertero, Marino Marini , Aldo Valleroni |
| 14th | Tony Del Monaco / Dionne Warwick | La voce del silenzio | Paolo Limiti, Mogol, Elio Isola |
| Peppino Gagliardi / Eartha Kitt | Che vale per me | Marisa Terzi, Carlo Alberto Rossi | |
| Johnny Dorelli / Paul Anka | La farfalla impazzita | Mogol, Lucio Battisti | |
| Giusy Romeo / Sacha Distel | No amore | Vito Pallavicini, Paolo Conte, Mansueto Deponti, Enrico Intra | |
| The Rokes / The Cowsills | Le opere di Bartolomeo | Sergio Bardotti, Ruggero Cini | |
| Iva Zanicchi / Udo Jürgens | Per vivere | Nisa , Umberto Bindi | |
| Domenico Modugno / Tony Renis | Il posto mio | Alberto Testa, Tony Renis | |
| Nino Ferrer / Pilade | Il re d'Inghilterra | Nino Ferrer | |
| Pino Donaggio / Timi Yuro | Le solite cose | Vito Pallavicini, Pino Donaggio | |
| Orietta Berti / Piergiorgio Farina | Tu che non sorridi may | Marisa Terzi, Sauro Sili | |
| Elio Gandolfi / Shirley Bassey | La vita | Antonio Amurri , Bruno Canfora |
successes
Eleven of the 14 final entries made it into the top 20 of the single charts, four of them in both versions. Canzone entered both the version by Celentano and that of the author Don Backy, whose presentation at the Festival Celentano had prevented. The biggest hit landed Antoine with La tramontana . The only non-finalist in the charts were the Rokes with Le opere di Bartolomeo .
Winner Sergio Endrigo represented with the new song Marianne Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 in London , where he reached place 10 out of 17.
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 IT
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| 1968 | La tramontana |
IT1 (15 weeks) IT |
Version by Antoine
5th place |
| Canzone |
IT2 (13 weeks) IT |
Version by Don Backy (author)
3rd place |
|
| Casa Bianca |
IT2 (12 weeks) IT |
Version by Marisa Sannia
2nd place |
|
| Canzone per te |
IT2 (11 weeks) IT |
Version by Sergio Endrigo
1st place |
|
| Canzone |
IT3 (12 weeks) IT |
Version by Adriano Celentano
3rd place |
|
| Deborah |
IT3 (11 weeks) IT |
4th version of Wilson Pickett |
|
| Canzone per te |
IT5 (9 weeks) IT |
Version by Roberto Carlos
1st place |
|
| Casa Bianca |
IT5 (8 weeks) IT |
Version by Ornella Vanoni
2nd place |
|
| Mi va di cantare |
IT7 (8 weeks) IT |
Version of Louis Armstrong
13th place |
|
| Un uomo piange solo per amore |
IT7 (13 weeks) IT |
Version of Little Tony
# 10 |
|
| Quando m'innamoro |
IT8 (9 weeks) IT |
Version of Anna Identici
6th place |
|
| Gli occhi miei |
IT10 (7 weeks) IT |
Version of Dino
seat 11 |
|
| Da bambino |
IT10 (6 weeks) IT |
Version of I Giganti
place 7 |
|
| La siepe |
IT12 (8 weeks) IT |
Version of Al Bano
9th place |
|
| Quando m'innamoro |
IT13 (4 weeks) IT |
Version of The Sandpipers
# 6 |
|
| Le opere di Bartolomeo |
IT15 (2 weeks) IT |
Version of The Rokes
|
|
| La tramontana |
IT20 (1 week) IT |
Version by Gianni Pettenati
5th place |
Web links
- Festival di Sanremo 1968 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
- Sanremo 1968 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)
supporting documents
- ↑ Meraviglioso. In: HitParadeItalia. Retrieved November 5, 2016 (Italian).
- ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on November 4, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access).