The Sanremo Music Festival 1965 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1965), officially the 15th Italian Song Festival (15º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 15th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 28 and 30 January 1965.[1] The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by Grazia Maria Spina. Gianni Ravera served as artistic director.[1]

Sanremo Music Festival 1965
Dates
Semi-final 128 January 1965
Semi-final 229 January 1965
Final30 January 1965
Host
VenueSanremo Casino
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)Mike Bongiorno
and Grazia Maria Spina
Artistic directorGianni Ravera
Host broadcasterProgramma Nazionale
Vote
Number of entries24
WinnerBobby Solo and New Christy Minstrels
"Se piangi, se ridi"
1964 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1966

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 Bobby Solo and The New Christy Minstrels with the song "Se piangi, se ridi".[1] Solo went on to perform the song for Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, held on home soil in Naples.

Participants and results

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Bobby Solo holding the first prize
Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Rank
"Se piangi, se ridi" – Bobby Solo, The New Christy Minstrels
(Mogol, Gianni Marchetti, Bobby Solo)
1
"Abbracciami forte" – Ornella Vanoni, Udo Jürgens
(Mogol, Carlo Donida)
Finalist
"Amici miei" – Nicola Di Bari, Gene Pitney
(Vito Pallavicini, Gene Colonnello)
Finalist
"Aspetta domani" – Fred Bongusto, Kiki Dee
(Vito Pallavicini, Fred Bongusto)
Finalist
"Ho bisogno di vederti" - Gigliola Cinquetti, Connie Francis
(Piero Ciampi, Roberto Ciampi)
Finalist
"Invece no" - Betty Curtis, Petula Clark
(Vito Pallavicini, Ezio Leoni)
Finalist
"Io che non vivo (senza te)" - Pino Donaggio, Jody Miller
(Vito Pallavicini, Pino Donaggio)
Finalist
"L'amore ha i tuoi occhi" - Bruno Filippini, Yukari Ito
(Gorni Kramer, Vito Pallavicini)
Finalist
"Le colline sono in fiore" – Wilma Goich, The New Christy Minstrels
(Mogol, Calibi, Carlo Donida, Renato Angiolini)
Finalist
"Prima o poi" - Remo Germani & Le Amiche, Audrey
(Vito Pallavicini, Antonio Amurri, Alfredo Ferrari)
Finalist
"Si vedrà" - Vittorio Inzaina, Les Surfs
(Enrico Gentile, Lentini)
Finalist
"Vieni con noi" - Milva, Bernd Spier
(Franco Maresca, Mario Pagano)
Finalist
"Cominciamo ad amarci" - John Foster, Joe Damiano
(Vito Pallavicini, Gino Mescoli)
Eliminated
"Devi essere tu" - Ricky Gianco, Jody Miller
(D'Acquisto, Ricky Gianco)
Eliminated
"Di fronte all'amore" - Gianni Mascolo, Dusty Springfield
(Simoni, Umberto Bindi)
Eliminated
"E poi verrà l'autunno" - Don Miko, Timi Yuro
(Antonio Amurri, Bascerano)
Eliminated
"I tuoi anni più belli" - Iva Zanicchi, Gene Pitney
(Mogol, Mimma Gaspari, Enrico Polito)
Eliminated
"Il tuo amore" - Bruno Lauzi, Kenny Rankin
(Bruno Lauzi)
Eliminated
"Io non volevo" - Giordano Colombo, Hoagy Lands
(Rosario Leva, Gian Piero Reverberi)
Eliminated
"L'amore è partito" - Beppe Cardile, Anita Harris
(Beppe Cardile)
Eliminated
"Mia cara" - Robertino, Danyel Gérard
(Mogol, Pino Massara)
Eliminated
"Non a caso il destino (ci ha fatto incontrare)" - Franco Tozzi, Johnny Tillotson
(Antartide, Carlo Alberto Rossi)
Eliminated
"Ti credo" - Peppino Gagliardi, Timi Yuro
(Gaetano Amendola, Peppino Gagliardi)
Eliminated
"Tu che ne sai?" -Fabrizio Ferretti, Dusty Springfield
(Antonio Amurri, Franco Pisano)
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.[2][3][4][5] The final was broadcast on Programma Nazionale and on Secondo Programma at 21:00 CET.[6][7]

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 1965
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
  Argentina Canal 13[a] [8]
  Belgium BRT BRT[b] [9]
  East Germany DFF DFF[c] [10]
  Japan NHK NHK[d] Yutaka Ishida [11]
  New Zealand 3YD[e] [12]
  Poland TP TV Polska [13]
  Spain TVE TVE [14]
RNE RNE

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Delayed broadcast on 20 March at 21:00 (ART)[8]
  2. ^ Delayed broadcast on 21 February at 21:00 (CET)[9]
  3. ^ Delayed broadcast on 1 March 1968 at 11:30 (CET)[10]
  4. ^ Delayed broadcast on 17 April at 14:10 (JST)[11]
  5. ^ Delayed broadcast on 6 January 1966 at 19:00 (NZDT)[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  2. ^ "TV | giovedì 28 gennaio" [TV | Thursday 28 January]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). Vol. 42, no. 4. 24–30 January 1965. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Radio | giovedì 28 gennaio" [Radio | Thursday 28 January]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). Vol. 42, no. 4. 24–30 January 1965. pp. 42–43. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  4. ^ "TV | venerdì 29 gennaio" [TV | Friday 29 January]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). Vol. 42, no. 4. 24–30 January 1965. pp. 44–45. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Radio | venerdì 29 gennaio" [Radio | Friday 29 January]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). Vol. 42, no. 4. 24–30 January 1965. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  6. ^ "TV | sabato 30 gennaio" [TV | Saturday 30 January]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). Vol. 42, no. 4. 24–30 January 1965. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Radio | sabato 30 gennaio" [Radio | Saturday 30 January]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). Vol. 42, no. 4. 24–30 January 1965. pp. 50–51. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b "TV Programa" [TV Programmes]. Crónica. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 20 March 1965. p. 7. Retrieved 2 September 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ^ a b "kijkt en kiest – de T.V.-Week – Zondag 21 februari 1965" [Watch and choose – the TV Week – Sunday 21 February 1965]. Burgerwelzijn [nl] (in Dutch). Bruges, Belgium. 20 February 1965. p. 26. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge [nl].
  10. ^ a b "Sie sehen und hören – Montag – 1. März" [You see and hear – Monday – 1st March]. Neue Zeit (in German). East Berlin, East Germany. 28 February 1965. p. 8. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via Berlin State Library.
  11. ^ a b "サンレモ歌謡祭から ~RAI提供ユーロビジョン中継録画フィルムによる~" [From the Sanremo Song Festival – Eurovision broadcast relay recording provided by RAI] (in Japanese). NHK. 17 April 1965. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Television and Radio". The Press. Christchurch, New Zealand. 6 January 1966. Retrieved 27 September 2024 – via Papers Past.
  13. ^ "Na szklanym ekranie — Sobota — 30. I. 65. r." [On the glass screen — Saturday — 30 January 1965]. Gazeta Lubliniecka (in Polish). 27 January – 2 February 1965. p. 7. Retrieved 2 September 2024 – via Silesian Digital Library.
  14. ^ "Radio y Television" [Radio and Television]. Diario de Barcelona (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 30 January 1965. p. 27. Retrieved 26 September 2024 – via Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona [ca].