Sanremo Music Festival 1959

The Sanremo Music Festival 1959 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1959), officially the 9th Italian Song Festival (9º Festival della canzone italiana), was the ninth annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo, province of Imperia between 30 January and 1 February 1959. The show was presented by Enzo Tortora and Adriana Serra.[1][2]

Sanremo Music Festival 1959
Dates
Semi-final 129 January 1959
Semi-final 230 January 1959
Final31 January 1959
Host
VenueSanremo Casino
Presenter(s)Enzo Tortora, Adriana Serra
Host broadcasterProgramma nazionale
Participants
Number of entries20
Vote
Winning songDomenico Modugno and Johnny Dorelli
"Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)"

According to the rules of this edition every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups, with some artists performing multiple songs.[1] The winner of the Festival was "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)", performed by Domenico Modugno (who was also the composer of the song) and Johnny Dorelli. The couple had already won the previous edition of the festival with "Volare".[1][3]

Participants and results
Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artists and writer(s) Rank
"Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" – Domenico Modugno – Johnny Dorelli
(Domenico Modugno, Dino Verde)		 1
"Io sono il vento" – Arturo Testa – Gino Latilla
(Gian Carlo Testoni, Giuseppe Fanciulli)		 2
"Conoscerti" – Achille Togliani – Teddy Reno
(Giovanni D'Anzi) 		3
"Tua" – Jula de Palma – Tonina Torrielli
(Bruno Pallesi, Walter Malgoni)		 4
"Lì per lì " – Aurelio Fierro – Teddy Reno
(Luciano Beretta, Guido Viezzoli) 		5
"Sempre con te" - Fausto Cigliano – Nilla Pizzi
(Roberto Murolo) 		6
"Avevamo la stessa età" - Aurelio Fierro – Natalino Otto
(Claudio Calcagno, Marino Marini) 		7
"Nessuno" - Betty Curtis – Wilma De Angelis
Antonietto De Simone, Edilio Capotosti, Vittorio Mascheroni) 		9
"Una marcia in Fa" - Claudio Villa & Gino Latilla – Johnny Dorelli & Betty Curtis
(Mario Panzeri, Vittorio Mascheroni) 		9
"Un bacio sulla bocca" - Betty Curtis – Claudio Villa
(Alberto Testa, Gigi Cichellero) 		10
"Adorami" - Nilla Pizzi – Tonina Torrielli
(Gian Carlo Testoni, Umberto Fusco) 		Eliminated
"Così così" - Anna D’Amico – Natalino Otto
(Valerio Vancheri) 		Eliminated
"La luna è un’altra luna" - Gino Latilla – Natalino Otto
(Raoul De Giusti, Biri, Alberto Testa, Carlo Alberto Rossi)		 Eliminated
"Ma baciami" - Achille Togliani – Teddy Reno
(Dante Panzuti, Antigono Godini, Pietro Rizza) 		Eliminated
"Né stelle né mare" - Arturo Testa – Fausto Cigliano
(Gian Carlo Testoni, Giorgio Fabor) 		Eliminated
"Il nostro refrain" - Nilla Pizzi – Tonina Torrielli
(Santi, Olivieri) 		Eliminated
"Partir con te" - Claudio Villa – Johnny Dorelli
(Pino Calvi) 		Eliminated
"Per tutta la vita" - Wilma De Angelis – Jula de Palma
(Alberto Testa, Pino Spotti) 		Eliminated
"Tu sei qui" - Achille Togliani – Arturo Testa
(Alberto Testa, Silvano Birga) 		Eliminated
"La vita mi ha dato solo te" - Jula de Palma – Miranda Martino
(Biagio Casalini, Marcello De Martino) 		Eliminated

References
  1. Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  2. Manuela Puglisi (27 January 2015). "Festival di Sanremo 1959". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. Manuela Puglisi (27 January 2015). "Festival di Sanremo 1959". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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