Sanremo Festival 1973

Sanremo Festival 1973
output	23
date	8-10 March
place	Casinò Municipale in Sanremo
Charisma	Programma Nazionale (TV), Secondo programma (radio)
Moderation	Mike Bongiorno , Gabriella Farinon
Attendees	30 (with 30 songs)
winner	Peppino di Capri  - Un grande amore e niente più
◄ Sanremo 1972 • Sanremo 1974 ►

The 23rd edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place from March 8th to 10th in 1973 in the municipal casino in Sanremo and was moderated by Mike Bongiorno and Gabriella Farinon .

procedure

The municipal casino, venue of the Sanremo Festival

In 1973 the RAI decided to stop participating in the Sanremo Festival, amid protests not only from the Mayor of Sanremo. Only the final of the competition was televised. The organization passed to Vittorio Salvetti , while the moderator remained (for the sixth time) Mike Bongiorno , this time supported by the actress Gabriella Farinon . The number of participating songs was initially increased from 28 to 32, but Terra che non senti was disqualified by Rosa Balestrieri for violating the rules (the song had already been performed once) and L'unica chance was unable to participate because Adriano Celentano was ill for a short time, so that last 30 contributions were presented; 16 were able to qualify for the final on the first two evenings.

Celentano had polemically named the poor selection of songs by the previous jury as the reason for his illness; He was particularly critical of the exclusion of some well-known names such as Ivano Fossati , Lucio Dalla and Antonello Venditti , given the large number of newcomers who had made it into the selection. Nevertheless, some (budding) stars were also represented in 1973, such as Drupi , the actor Christian De Sica , the band JET (predecessor of Matia Bazar ) and Roberto Vecchioni . Among the newcomers, 19-year-old Gilda Giuliani , who was compared to Édith Piaf , made a name for herself: she finally reached fifth place. Otherwise, mainly well-known names could win the competition, Ricchi e Poveri , Milva and Peppino di Capri in first place (when he participated for the third time).

This year, the RAI used cameras with color recording for the first time to broadcast the final evening, although the broadcast on television in Italy continued to be in black and white, as color television was not yet widespread. The recording was long thought to be lost, but was found again in 2017.

Candidates

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Peppino di Capri	Un grande amore e niente più	Franco Califano , Gianni Wright, Peppino di Capri, Claudio Mattone
2	Peppino Gagliardi	Come un ragazzino	Gaetano Amendola, Peppino Gagliardi
3	Milva	Da troppo tempo	Luigi Albertelli, Gene Colonnello
4th	Ricchi e Poveri	Dolce frutto	Cristiano Minellono, Umberto Balsamo
5	Gilda Giuliani	Serena	Vito Pallavicini , Gino Mescoli
6th	Wess e Dori Ghezzi	Do nella mia vita	Lubiak, F. Monti Arduini
7th	Roberto Vecchioni	L'uomo che si gioca il cielo a dadi	Roberto Vecchioni
8th	Fausto Leali	La bandiera di sole	Vito Pallavicini , Fausto Leali
9	Umberto Balsamo	Amore mio	Cristiano Minellono, Umberto Balsamo
10	Anna Identici	Mi son chiesta aunt volte	Pier Paolo Preti, Gianni Guarneri
11	Camaleonti	Come be bella	Giancarlo Bigazzi , Claudio Cavallaro
12	Donatello	Tu giovane amore mio	Gian Pieretti, Fulvio Monachesi, Ricky Gianco, Alberto Nicorelli
13	Memo Remigi	Il mondo è qui	Memo Remigi
14th	Alessandro	Tre minuti di ricordi	Miki Del Prete , Alessandro Pintus
15th	Lionello	Straniera straniera	Francesco Specchia, Franco Chiaravalle
16	Lara Saint Paul	Una casa grande	Andrea Lo Vecchio, Nicola Aprile, Nereo Villa
	Mocedades	Addio amor	Massimo Gallerani, Gianfranco Bosisio, Mario Nobile
	Pop tops	Angeline	Rosa Nisi Marsella, Claudio Daiano
	JET	Anika na-o	Felice Piccarreda, Piero Cochis, Piero Cassano
	Bassano	Cara amica	Francesco Specchia, Paolo Prencipe, Vitaliano Caruso
	Carmen Amato	Dove andrai	Detto Mariano
	Sergio Endrigo	Elisa Elisa	Sergio Bardotti, Sergio Endrigo
	Lolita	Innamorata io?	Alessandro Celentano, Franco Chiaravalle
	Gigliola Cinquetti	Mistero	Claudio Mattone
	Christian De Sica	Mondo mio	Paolo Conte , Giorgio Conte
	Alberto Feri	Ogni volta che mi pare	Franca Evangelisti, Piero Pintucci
	Junior Magli	Povero	Luciana Medini, Mario Mellier
	Le Figlie del Vento	Sugli sugli bane bane	Franco Chiaravalle, Paolo Tomelleri, Anna Maria Piccioli
	Drupi	Vado via	Enrico Riccardi, Luigi Albertelli
	Toni Santagata	Via Garibaldi	Toni Santagata

successes

Only the top six of the finalists could then place in the top 25 of the Italian single charts.

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1973	Un grande amore e niente più Peppino di Capri	IT1 (13 weeks) IT	1st place
	Tu nella vita mia Wess e Dori Ghezzi	IT4 (17 weeks) IT	Rank 6
	Come un ragazzino Peppino Gagliardi	IT6 (10 weeks) IT	place 2
	Serena Gilda Giuliani	IT9 (12 weeks) IT	5th place
	Da troppo tempo Milva	IT11 (7 weeks) IT	place 3
	Dolce frutto Ricchi e Poveri	IT21 (3 weeks) IT	4th place

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1973 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1973 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Raiteche: 50 anni dopo la serata recuperata final del Sanremo 1967. Rai, January 26, 2017. Retrieved on July 31, 2017 (Italian). 
2. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on July 25, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access).