Sanremo Music Festival 1966

The Sanremo Music Festival 1966 was the 16th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo, province of Imperia between 27 and 29 January 1966.[1]

Sanremo Music Festival
16th edition (1966)
Dates27 January 1966 (1st night)
28 January 1966 (2nd night)
29 January 1966 (3rd night)
Presenter(s)Mike Bongiorno
Artistic director(s)Gianni Ravera
BroadcasterProgramma Nazionale
VenueSanremo Casino
Overall competition
Entries47 acts (26 songs)
WinnerDomenico Modugno and Gigliola Cinquetti
"Dio, come ti amo"
Eurovision Song Contest
Selection processOne artist of the winning act accepted invitation to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Selected artistDomenico Modugno
Sanremo Music Festival chronology
← 1966 →

The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by Paola Penni e Carla Maria Puccini. Gianni Ravera served as artistic director.[1]

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]

Participants and results
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

References
  1. Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
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