The Sanremo Music Festival 1966 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1966), officially the 16th Italian Song Festival (16º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 16th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 27 and 29 January 1966.[1] The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by Paola Penni e Carla Maria Puccini. Gianni Ravera served as artistic director.[1]

Sanremo Music Festival 1966
Dates
Semi-final 127 January 1966
Semi-final 228 January 1966
Final29 January 1966
Host
VenueSanremo Casino
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)Mike Bongiorno
Artistic directorGianni Ravera
Host broadcasterProgramma Nazionale
Vote
Number of entries26
WinnerDomenico Modugno and Gigliola Cinquetti
"Dio, come ti amo"
1965 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1967

According to the rules of this edition every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups.[1] The winners of the festival were Domenico Modugno and Gigliola Cinquetti with the song "Dio, come ti amo".[1] Modugno went on to perform the song for Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966.

Participants and results

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Domenico Modugno and Gigliola Cinquetti celebrating their victory
Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Rank
"Dio, come ti amo" – Domenico Modugno, Gigliola Cinquetti
(Domenico Modugno)
1
"Nessuno mi può giudicare" – Caterina Caselli, Gene Pitney
(Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri, Luciano Beretta, Miki Del Prete)
2
"In un fiore" – Wilma Goich, Les Surfs
(Carlo Donida, Mogol)
3
"Una casa in cima al mondo" – Pino Donaggio, Claudio Villa
(Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini)
4
"Una rosa da Vienna " - Anna Identici, The New Christy Minstrels
(Gianluigi Guarnieri, Bruno Lauzi)
5
"Io ti darò di più" - Orietta Berti, Ornella Vanoni
(Memo Remigi, Alberto Testa)
6
"Mai mai mai Valentina" - Giorgio Gaber, Pat Boone
(Gene Colonnello, Alberto Testa)
7
"Adesso sì" - Sergio Endrigo, Chad & Jeremy
(Sergio Endrigo)
8
"Nessuno di voi" – Milva, Richard Anthony
(Gorni Kramer, Vito Pallavicini)
9
"Se tu non fossi qui" - Peppino Gagliardi, Pat Boone
(Carlo Alberto Rossi, Marisa Terzi)
10
"Così come viene" - Remo Germani, Les Surfs
(Ezio Leoni, Vito Pallavicini)
11
"La notte dell'addio" - Iva Zanicchi, Vic Dana
(Arrigo Amadesi, Giuseppe Diverio, Memo Remigi, Alberto Testa)
12
"A la buena de Dios" - I Ribelli, The New Christy Minstrels
(Gualtiero Malgoni, Bruno Pallesi)
13
"Parlami di te" - Edoardo Vianello, Françoise Hardy
(Edoardo Vianello, Vito Pallavicini)
14
"Dipendesse da me" - Luciana Turina, Gino
(Iller Pattacini, Vito Pallavicini)
Eliminated
"Il ragazzo della via Gluck" - Adriano Celentano, Trio del Clan
(Luciano Beretta, Miki Del Prete, Adriano Celentano)
Eliminated
"Io non posso crederti" - Franco Tozzi, Bobby Vinton
(Gianni Marchetti, Gianni Sanjust)
Eliminated
"Io ti amo" - Anna Marchetti, Plinio Maggi
(Gianni Fallabrino, Plinio Maggi)
Eliminated
"La carta vincente" - Gino Paoli, Ricardo
(Gino Paoli)
Eliminated
"Lei mi aspetta" - Nicola Di Bari, Gene Pitney
(Vito Pallavicini, Alberto Baldan Bembo)
Eliminated
"Pafff... bum" - Lucio Dalla, The Yardbirds
(Sergio Bardotti, Gian Franco Reverberi)
Eliminated
"Per questo voglio te" - Giuseppe Di Stefano, P. J. Proby
(Mogol, Mansueto Deponti)
Eliminated
"Quando vado sulla riva" - Luciano Tomei, Luis Alberto del Paraná & Los Paraguayos
(Franco Maresca, Mario Pagano)
Eliminated
"Questa volta" - Bobby Solo, The Yardbirds
(Bobby Solo, Mogol)
Eliminated
"Se questo ballo non finisse mai" - John Foster, Paola Bertoni
(Vito Pallavicini, Gino Mescoli)
Eliminated
"Un giorno tu mi cercherai" - Equipe 84, The Renegades
(Pantros, Franco Campanino)
Eliminated

Broadcasts

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Local broadcasts

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All shows were broadcast on Secondo Programma (radio). The semi-finals was broadcast on Secondo Programma (radio) at 21:10 CET and on Secondo Programma (television) at 21:15 CET. The final was broadcast on Programma Nazionale and on Secondo Programma at 21:00 CET.

International broadcasts

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Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1966
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
  Brazil Rádio Jornal do Brasil [pt][a] [2]
  Colombia Radio Sutatenza[b] [3]
  Costa Rica Radiolandia[c] [4]
  France ORTF Deuxième Chaîne[d] [5]
  Soviet Union CT USSR Programme Two[e] [6]
  Yugoslavia JRT Televizija Beograd [7]
Televizija Ljubljana[f] [8]
Radio Novi Sad[g] [9]

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Delayed broadcast on 13 February at 12:40 (BRT)[2]
  2. ^ Delayed four-part broadcast from 28 February to 3 March at 21:30 (CST)[3]
  3. ^ Delayed broadcast on 13 March at 19:00 (CST)[4]
  4. ^ Delayed broadcast on 13 February at 17:15 (CET)[4]
  5. ^ Delayed broadcast on 2 February at 22:30 (MSD)[6]
  6. ^ Deferred broadcast in a shortened format on the following day at 17:00 (CET)[8]
  7. ^ Delayed broadcast on 20 March at 20:20 (CET)[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
  2. ^ a b "Festival de San Remo / 66" [San Remo Festival / 66]. Jornal do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 12 February 1966. p. 7. Retrieved 25 September 2024 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "El Festival de San Remo por la Radio Sutatenza" [San Remo Festival on Radio Sutatenza]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. 28 February 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 25 September 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ a b c "Festival de San Remo gracias a la colaboración de Embajada de Italia" [San Remo Festival thanks to the collaboration of the Italian Embassy]. La Nación (in Spanish). San José, Costa Rica. 9 March 1966. p. 37. Retrieved 25 September 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ "Radio-Télévision". Luxemburger Wort (in German and French). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 12 February 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Телевидение Сегодня" [Television Today]. Vechernyaya Moskva (in Russian). Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 2 February 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 27 September 2024 – via Yandex.
  7. ^ "Програм – Телевизија – Недеља, 30. I 1966" [Programme – Television – Sunday, 30 January 1966]. Borba (in Serbian). Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia. 30 January 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 1 September 2024 – via Pretraživa digitalna biblioteka.
  8. ^ a b "Televizija – sobota – 29. januarja" [Television – Saturday – 29 January] (PDF). Glas (in Slovenian). Kranj, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia. 29 January 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Радио – Београд" [Television – Belgrade]. Borba (in Serbian). Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia. 18 March 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via Pretraživa digitalna biblioteka.