Sanremo Festival 1974

Sanremo Festival 1974
output	24
date	7th-9th March
place	Casinò Municipale in Sanremo
Charisma	Programma Nazionale (TV), Secondo programma (radio)
Moderation	Corrado with Gabriella Farinon
Attendees	28 (with 28 songs)
winner	Iva Zanicchi  - Ciao, cara, come stai?
◄ Sanremo 1973 • Sanremo 1975 ►

The 24th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place from March 7th to 9th in 1974 in the municipal casino in Sanremo and was moderated by Corrado and Gabriella Farinon .

procedure

The municipal casino, venue of the Sanremo Festival

The organization of the festival in 1974 was in the hands of Elio Gigante, Gianni Ravera and Vittorio Salvetti; all three had independently handled different issues in previous years. Corrado followed Mike Bongiorno as moderator , while the comoderation was entrusted to actress Gabriella Farinon, as in the previous year . Also this year, the Rai only broadcast the finale on television, the first two evenings were broadcast on the radio instead. New this year was the division of the candidates into two groups, with only four of the 14 “newcomers” making it to the final, while all of the others made it to the finals.

With Domenico Modugno , Nicola Di Bari and Iva Zanicchi three former winners of the festival were represented in the main group, other big names were Orietta Berti , Little Tony , Milva and Mino Reitano . On the other hand, three international groups each had their first appearance: the Dutch vocal duo Mouth & MacNeal , the French formation Les Charlots and the Scottish band Middle of the Road . Among the “newcomers” were Riccardo Fogli , who had just left his band Pooh , and Franco Simone , who won the 1972 Castrocaro Festival . The 19-year-old Donatella Rettore and the orchestra of the “King of Ballroom Dancing ” Raoul Casadei also caused a stir in this group . There were important Sanremo debuts among songwriters with Cristiano Malgioglio and Claudio Baglioni .

In the final, Iva Zanicchi was able to surprisingly beat the favorite Modugno, who should no longer take part in the festival after this eleventh participation. For Zanicchi it was the third victory, which makes her the singer with the most Sanremo victories to this day (as of 2018). Overall, problems arose in the organization of the festival in 1974 with a series of mishaps, which in 1975 would lead to a low point.

Candidates

Main category

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Iva Zanicchi	Ciao, cara, come stai?	Cristiano Malgioglio, Claudio Daiano, Dinaro, Italo Ianne
(2)	Domenico Modugno	Questa è la mia vita	Luciano Beretta , Domenico Modugno, Elide Suligoj
(3)	Orietta Berti	Tatting rossi (tramonto d'amore)	Daniele Pace, Corrado Conti, Lorenzo Pilat, Mario Panzeri
finalist	Gianni Nazzaro	A modo mio	Claudio Baglioni , Antonio Coggio
finalist	Mouth & MacNeal	Ah! L'amore	Ettore Lombardo, Ciro Sebastianelli, Ermanno Capelli
finalist	Little Tony	Cavalli Bianchi	Miro, Giulifan, Bruno Casu
finalist	Al Bano	In controluce	Albano Carrisi, Paolo Limiti
finalist	Mino Reitano	Innamorati	Luciano Beretta, Franco Reitano , Mino Reitano
finalist	Nicola Di Bari	Il matto del villaggio	Franco Migliacci , Claudio Mattone, Piero Pintucci
finalist	Les Charlots	Mon ami tango	Daniele Pace, Corrado Conti, Lorenzo Pilat, Mario Panzeri
finalist	Milva	Monica delle bambole	Luciano Beretta, Elide Suligoj
finalist	Rosanna Fratello	Un po 'di coraggio	Gian Pieretti, Antonio Ruggiero Mancino
finalist	Gilda Giuliani	Senza titolo	Vito Pallavicini , Alfredo Ferrari, Gino Mescoli
finalist	Middle of the Road	Sole giallo	Maurizio Piccoli, Pino Donaggio

Category Giovani

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
finalist	Emanuela Cortesi	Il mio volo bianco	Claudio Daiano, Flavio Zanon, Italo Ianne
finalist	Valentina Greco	Notte dell'estate	Albino Mammoliti, Aldo Buonocore, Claudio Celli
finalist	Domodossola	Se hai paura	Roberto Soffici, Massimo Guantini, Luigi Albertelli
finalist	Anna Melato	Sta piovendo dolcemente	Maurizio Piccoli, Pino Donaggio
	Kambiz	Canta con me	Enrico Riccardi, Luigi Albertelli
	Donatella Rettore	Capelli sciolti	Donatella Rettore, Mario Pagano
	Riccardo Fogli	Complici	Luigi Lopez, Carla Vistarini
	Paola Musiani	La donna quando pensa	Mauro Galati, Ermanno Capelli
	Franco Simone	Fiume grande	Franco Simone
	Orchestra Spettacolo Casadei	La canta	Raoul Casadei, Enrico Muccioli, Al Pedulli
	Antonella Bottazzi	Per una donna donna	Antonella Bottazzi
	Rossella	Qui	Paolo Amerigo Cassella, Riccardo Cocciante , Marco Luberti
	Sonia Gigliola Conti	Ricomincerei	Piero Soffici, Gian Pieretti
	Piero Focaccia	Valentine Tango	Luciano Beretta, Edilio Capotosti

successes

Only four songs of the festival made it into the chart in 1974, including one non-finalist. Franco Simone was also successful abroad with Fiume grande .

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1974	Ciao, cara, come stai? Iva Zanicchi	IT4 (9 weeks) IT	1st place
	Questa è la mia vita Domenico Modugno	IT14 (5 weeks) IT	(Place 2)
	La canta Orchestra Spettacolo Casadei	IT19 (3 weeks) IT
	Monica delle bambole Milva	IT23 (1 week) IT	(Final)

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1974 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1974 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)

supporting documents

1. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on February 13, 2018 (Italian, paid subscription access).