Sanremo Festival 1976

Sanremo Festival 1976
output	26th
date	19. – 21. February
place	Casinò Municipale in Sanremo
Charisma	Programma Nazionale , Rai Radio 2
Moderation	Giancarlo Guardabassi
Attendees	30 (with 30 songs)
winner	Peppino di Capri  - Non lo faccio più
◄ Sanremo 1975 • Sanremo 1977 ►

The 26th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place in 1976 from February 19th to 21st in the municipal casino in Sanremo and was moderated by Giancarlo Guardabassi .

procedure

The municipal casino, venue of the Sanremo Festival

After the flop of the previous year, the organization of the festival passed to Vittorio Salvetti, who had already been responsible for it in 1973. He introduced competition in "teams" as a new element. The 30 participants were divided into five groups, each preceded by two “team captains”; these were directly qualified for the final, while the other group members had to face the usual votes of the juries. For each team, the member with the most votes reached the final, which resulted in 15 finalists; In addition, the runners-up in each group faced a further vote, which resulted in a further three finalists.

Giancarlo Guardabassi , who was known as the speaker of a hit parade radio show, made his debut as a presenter . His radio experience was also reflected in the fact, which was unusual for the festival, that he never actively moderated on stage, but commented on the event from a seat in the stalls.

The field of participants was able to show some big names again this year: Sergio Endrigo , Ricchi e Poveri , Drupi , Peppino di Capri , Wess & Dori Ghezzi , the Camaleonti or Orietta Berti . Romina Power , who was newly married to Al Bano , made their debut , the group Albatros by Toto Cutugno , who had already gained experience as a songwriter in Sanremo in 1970, and the Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble , which had a summer hit in Italy in 1974 with Soleado . In 1976, several explicit erotic content was noticed in the participating songs, for example in Due anelli by Paolo Frescura , Gli occhi di tua madre by Sandro Giacobbe and also in Non lo faccio più by Peppino di Capri.

A number of guests appeared in the finale, including Julio Iglesias , Domenico Modugno , Rita Pavone and Erminio Macario . In the end, Peppino di Capri surprisingly won. Other contributions were more successful afterwards, although the festival had not yet found its way back to its former importance.

Candidates

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Peppino di Capri	Non lo faccio più	Depsa, Sergio Iodice, Fabrizio Berlincioni
2	Wess & Dori Ghezzi	Come stai, con chi sei	Cristiano Minellono, Felice Piccarreda, Umberto Balsamo
3	Sandro Giacobbe	Gli occhi di tua madre	Sandro Giacobbe, Daniele Pace, Oscar Avogadro
	Albatross	Volo AZ 504	Vito Pallavicini , Toto Cutugno
5	Paolo Frescura	Due anelli	Antonello De Sanctis, Paolo Frescura
6th	Drupi	Sambariò	Luigi Albertelli, Enrico Riccardi
7th	Carlo Gigli	Più forte	Schiava, Carlo Gigli
8th	Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble	Linda Bella Linda	Ciro Dammicco, Querencio, Sentacruz, Francesco Specchia
9	Opera	L'ho persa ancora	Filiberto Ricciardi, Oscar Avogadro, Daniele Pace
10	Camaleonti	Cuore di vetro	Giancarlo Bigazzi , Totò Savio
11	Orietta Berti	Omar	Mario Battaini, Luciano Beretta
12	La Strana Società	Andiamo via	Corrado Conti, Franco Cassano, Luigi Albertelli
13	Ricchi e Poveri	Due storie dei musicanti	Luis Bacalov , Sergio Bardotti
14th	Patrizio Sandrelli	Piccola donna addio	Vincenzo Stavolo, Franco Zulian
15th	Sergio Endrigo	Quando c'era il mare	Sergio Endrigo
16	Miko	Signora do	Graziano Pegoraro, Pier Bozzetti
17th	I Profeti	Cercati un'anima	Donato Ciletti, Claudio Cavallaro, Daniele Pace, Oscar Avogadro
18th	La Nuova Gente	Che sarei	Pippo Landro, Ettore Cardullo
	Gloriana	La canzone dei poveri	Alfredo Gallo, Mallozzi
	Umberto Lupi	Una casa senza nome	Lorenzo Pilat, Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace
	Santino Rocchetti	E tu mi manchi	Simon Luca, Andrea Lo Vecchio
	Antonio Buonomo	La femminista	Leo Chiosso, Eduardo Alfieri
	Rosanna Fratello	Il mio primo rossetto	Umberto Napolitano, Nicola Salerno
	Leano Morelli	Nata libera	Enzo Crippa, Leano Morelli
	Romina Power	Noi due	Romina Power, Albano Carrisi
	Maggie Mae	Sing my song	Cesare De Natale, Darini
	Armonium	Stella Cadente	Vincenzo Stavolo, Franco Zulian
	Vanna Leali	Torno a casa	Elide Suligoj, Paolo Limiti
	Ezio Maria Picciotta	Uomo qualunque	Ezio Maria Picciotta, Franco Migliacci , Dario Farina
	Silvano Vittorio	Vieni	Andrea Lo Vecchio, Silvano Vittorio

successes

Six of the final entries were also able to position themselves in the top 25 of the single charts. The Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble and Sandro Giacobbe were particularly successful.

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1976	Linda bella Linda Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble	IT2 (20 weeks) IT	8th place
	Gli occhi di tua madre Sandro Giacobbe	IT3 (20 weeks) IT	place 3
	Volo AZ 504 Albatross	IT6 (13 weeks) IT	place 3
	Non lo faccio più Peppino di Capri	IT14 (12 weeks) IT	1st place
	Sambariò Drupi	IT14 (20 weeks) IT	Rank 6
	Come stai con chi sei Wess & Dori Ghezzi	IT20 (5 weeks) IT	place 2

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1976 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1976 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)

supporting documents

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