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Sanremo Music Festival 1964
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1
  • 30 January 1964
Semi-final 2
  • 31 January 1964
Final
  • 1 February 1964
VenueSanremo Casino
Sanremo, Italy
Organisation
OrganiserSocietà ATA
Production
BroadcasterRadiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
DirectorRomolo Siena [it]
Artistic directorGianni Ravera
PresentersMike Bongiorno
and Giuliana Lojodice
Vote
Number of entries24
Winner"Non ho l'età"
Gigliola Cinquetti and Patricia Carli
1963 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1965
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The Sanremo Music Festival 1964 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1964), officially the 14th Italian Song Festival (14º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 14th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 30 January and 1 February 1964. It was organised by Società ATA, concessionary of the Sanremo Casino, and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The television production was directed by Romolo Siena [it].[1] Gianni Ravera served as artistic director.[2] The shows were presented by Mike Bongiorno and Giuliana Lojodice.[3]

Each song was performed twice, once by an artist from Italy and once by an artist from abroad.[2][3] The winning song was "Non ho l'età", written by Mario Panzeri and Nicola Salerno, and performed by both Gigliola Cinquetti and Patricia Carli.[2][4] Cinquetti went on to perform the song at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, ultimately securing Italy's first victory in the event.

This edition brought several changes to the contest's format, such as the inclusion of foreign performers, the voting details kept secret, and the use of only one orchestra with multiple conductors—the latter of which has become a permanent fixture of the contest.[3]

In 2024, to celebrate the edition's 60th anniversary, RAI made the final evening available to view on their streaming service RaiPlay.[5]

Competing entries

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217 songs were submitted to the festival's organisers, the Società ATA, for the competition. They were listened to by members of ATA and a group of consultants, who were to choose a maximum of twenty participating songs.[6] Eventually twenty-four were selected to compete.[7]

For the first time in the festival's history, foreign artists were allowed to compete, with each song performed twice, once by an Italian artist and once by an artist of foreign origin. Foreign artists were also allowed to perform in their native language.[3]

Among the competing Italian artists were Bruno Filippini and Gigliola Cinquetti, who were given the right to participate after winning the 1963 edition of the Castrocaro Music Festival for newcomer artists.[8][9]

Initially American singer Lou Monte was announced among the competing artists, set to perform "Sole, pizza e amore" and "Piccolo, piccolo", but withdrew due to the death of his son from leukemia.[3][10] He was replaced by Marina Moran for "Sole, pizza e amore" and by Peter Kraus for "Piccolo, piccolo".[11] Vocal quartet Quartetto Cetra were also announced as performers for "Sole, pizza e amore", but were unable to attend due to prior commitments. They were replaced by Aurelio Fierro.[11]

Competing entries[2][12][13]
Song Italian artist Foreign artist Songwriter(s)
"Che me ne importa a me" Domenico Modugno Frankie Laine Domenico Modugno
"Come potrei dimenticarti" Tony Dallara Ben E. King
"Così felice" Giorgio Gaber Patricia Carli Giorgio Gaber
"E se domani" Fausto Cigliano Gene Pitney
"I sorrisi di sera" Tony Renis Frankie Avalon
"Ieri ho incontrato mia madre" Gino Paoli Antonio Prieto Gino Paoli
"L'inverno cosa fai?" Piero Focaccia Bobby Rydell
"L'ultimo tram" Milva Frida Boccara
"La prima che incontro" Fabrizio Ferretti [it] The Fraternity Brothers
"Mezzanotte" Cocky Mazzetti Los Hermanos Rigual
"Motivo d'amore" Pino Donaggio Frankie Avalon Pino Donaggio
"Non ho l'età" Gigliola Cinquetti Patricia Carli
"Ogni volta" Roby Ferrante [it] Paul Anka
"Passo su passo" Claudio Villa Peggy March
"Piccolo, piccolo" Emilio Pericoli Peter Kraus
"Quando vedrai la mia ragazza [it]" Little Tony Gene Pitney
"Sabato sera" Bruno Filippini The Fraternity Brothers
"Sole, pizza e amore" Aurelio Fierro Marina Moran
"Sole, sole" Laura Villa [it] Los Hermanos Rigual
  • Laura Zanin
  • Arturo Casadei
"Stasera no, no, no" Remo Germani Nino Tempo & April Stevens
"Tu piangi per niente" Lilly Bonato [it] Richard Moser Jr. [it]
"Un bacio piccolissimo" Robertino Bobby Rydell
"Una lacrima sul viso" Bobby Solo Frankie Laine
"Venti chilometri al giorno" Nicola Arigliano Peter Kraus

Contest overview

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The Sanremo Music Festival 1964 consisted of three live shows, two-semi-finals held on 30 and 31 January 1964 and a final held on 1 February. Each night consisted of twelve songs performed twice, once by an Italian artist and once by an artist of foreign origin.[3] All shows were presented by Mike Bongiorno, who was assisted by Giuliana Lojodice.[2][9]

Several changes were made to the contest's format following the lack of success from the previous few editions.[3] Unlike previously, only one orchestra composed of thirty-seven pieces was offered, with eighteen alternating conductors chosen for each performance by the respective record label of the performer.[3][9][14] The voting was conducted by twenty regional juries in cities across Italy, each composed of fifteen members of various ages, professions and social classes.[3][15] After all competing entries had been performed, the votes of the jury would combine into a general ranking in which the top twelve songs would qualify for the final and be announced at the end of the second evening.[14][15] During the final, only the winner was to be announced, all other finalists declared tied runners-up and the votes never revealed.[2][3][9][14]

Semi-final 1

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The first semi-final took place on 30 January 1964 at 22:30 CET.[16]

  Qualifier
Semi-final 1 – 30 January 1964[17][18]
R/O Song Italian artist Foreign artist Result
1 "Passo su passo" Claudio Villa Peggy March N/a
2 "Un bacio piccolissimo" Robertino Bobby Rydell Qualified
3 "L'ultimo tram" Milva Frida Boccara N/a
4 "Una lacrima sul viso" Bobby Solo Frankie Laine Qualified
5 "E se domani" Fausto Cigliano Gene Pitney N/a
6 "Mezzanotte" Cocky Mazzetti Los Hermanos Rigual N/a
7 "Non ho l'età" Gigliola Cinquetti Patricia Carli Qualified
8 "Venti chilometri al giorno" Nicola Arigliano Peter Kraus N/a
9 "Sole, pizza e amore" Aurelio Fierro Marina Moran N/a
10 "I sorrisi di sera" Tony Renis Frankie Avalon N/a
11 "Stasera no, no, no" Remo Germani Nino Tempo & April Stevens Qualified
12 "La prima che incontro" Fabrizio Ferretti The Fraternity Brothers Qualified

Semi-final 2

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The second semi-final took place on 31 January 1964 at 21:35 CET.[19]

  Qualifier
Semi-final 2 – 31 January 1964[17][18]
R/O Song Italian artist Foreign artist Result
1 "Sabato sera" Bruno Filippini The Fraternity Brothers Qualified
2 "Sole, sole" Laura Villa Los Hermanos Rigual N/a
3 "Ogni volta" Roby Ferrante Paul Anka Qualified
4 "Quando vedrai la mia ragazza" Little Tony Gene Pitney Qualified
5 "Così felice" Giorgio Gaber Patricia Carli N/a
6 "L'inverno cosa fai?" Piero Focaccia Bobby Rydell N/a
7 "Che me ne importa a me" Domenico Modugno Frankie Laine Qualified
8 "Ieri ho incontrato mia madre" Gino Paoli Antonio Prieto Qualified
9 "Come potrei dimenticarti" Tony Dallara Ben E. King Qualified
10 "Motivo d'amore" Pino Donaggio Frankie Avalon Qualified
11 "Tu piangi per niente" Lilly Bonato Richard Moser Jr. N/a
12 "Piccolo, piccolo" Emilio Pericoli Peter Kraus N/a

Final

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Gigliola Cinquetti (left) and Patricia Carli holding the first prize

The final took place on 1 February 1964 at 21:35 CET.[1][9]

The song "Una lacrima sul viso" performed by Bobby Solo and Frankie Laine was disqualified due to Solo's refusal to perform the song live. He claimed he was unable to sing due to laryngitis and used playback during the first semi-final. The song was admitted to the final on the condition that Solo would have to perform it live or face disqualification. He refused again, so the song was instead performed by both artists out-of-competition for the final evening.[4][20][21]

The winning song was "Non ho l'età", written by Mario Panzeri and Nicola Salerno, performed by Gigliola Cinquetti in Italian and by Patricia Carli in French under the title "Je suis à toi".[2][4][22]

  Winner
  Disqualified
Final – 1 February 1964[17]
R/O Song Italian artist Foreign artist
1 "Ieri ho incontrato mia madre" Gino Paoli Antonio Prieto
2 "Una lacrima sul viso" Bobby Solo Frankie Laine[a]
3 "Che me ne importa a me" Domenico Modugno Frankie Laine
4 "Ogni volta" Roby Ferrante Paul Anka
5 "Stasera no, no, no" Remo Germani Nino Tempo & April Stevens
6 "Un bacio piccolissimo" Robertino Bobby Rydell
7 "Sabato sera" Bruno Filippini The Fraternity Brothers
8 "Come potrei dimenticarti" Tony Dallara Ben E. King[b]
9 "Non ho l'età" Gigliola Cinquetti Patricia Carli[c]
10 "Motivo d'amore" Pino Donaggio Frankie Avalon
11 "La prima che incontro" Fabrizio Ferretti The Fraternity Brothers
12 "Quando vedrai la mia ragazza" Little Tony Gene Pitney

Broadcasts

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Local broadcast

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The final was broadcast on Programma Nazionale TV and Secondo Programma, beginning at 21:35 CET.[1] The first semi-final was broadcast at 22:30 CET on Secondo Programma with only the first half of the show broadcast on Secondo Programma TV,[16][23][24] while semi-final 2 was broadcast in full both on Secondo Programma TV and Secondo Programma, at 21:35 CET.[19]

International broadcasts

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The final was broadcast via the Eurovision network in other countries.[9] 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 1964
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Brazil Rádio Jornal do Brasil [pt][d] [25]
 Monaco Radio Monte Carlo [26]
 Yugoslavia JRT Televizija Beograd [27]
Televizija Ljubljana [28]

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Performed in English under the title "For Your Love"[22]
  2. ^ Performed in English under the title "Around the Corner"[22]
  3. ^ Performed in French under the title "Je suis à toi"[22]
  4. ^ Delayed broadcast on 7 February at 22:00 BRT.[25]

References

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    • "Radio | sabato 1 febbraio" [Radio | Saturday 1 February]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). Vol. 41, no. 5. Turin, Italy. 26 January – 1 February 1964. pp. 50–51. Retrieved 19 May 2025 – via Rai Teche.
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  14. ^ a b c R., M. (6 August 1963). "Una sola orchestra a Sanremo per la prossima rassegna della canzone". La Stampa. Vol. 97, no. 185. p. 4. OCLC 1367283024. Retrieved 26 March 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  21. ^ Lugato, Giuseppe (29 March 1964). "Intervista con Bobby Solo di « Una lacrima sul viso »". Radiocorriere (in Italian). Vol. 41, no. 14. p. 16. OCLC 955831629. Retrieved 29 March 2026 – via Rai Teche.
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