Sanremo Music Festival 1961

Sanremo Music Festival 1961
Sanremo Music Festival 1961
Dates
Semi-final 1	26 January 1961
Semi-final 2	27 January 1961
Semi-final 3	28 January 1961
Final	6 February 1961
Host
Venue	Sanremo Casino; Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)	Lilli Lembo, Giuliana Calandra, Alberto Lionello
Host broadcaster	Programma Nazionale
Vote
Number of entries	24
Winner	Luciano Tajoli and Betty Curtis; "Al di là"
	1960 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1962

The Sanremo Music Festival 1961 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1961), officially the 11th Italian Song Festival (11º Festival della canzone italiana), was the eleventh annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 26 January and 6 February 1961.^[1]

The show was presented by Lilli Lembo and Giuliana Calandra for the first three nights, while Alberto Lionello replaced Calandra in the final night. Ezio Radaelli 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 Luciano Tajoli and Betty Curtis with the song "Al di là".^[1] Curtis went on to perform the song for Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961.

Participants and results

Participants and results^[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank
"Al di là" – Luciano Tajoli, Betty Curtis (Mogol, Carlo Donida)	1
"24.000 baci" – Little Tony, Adriano Celentano (Piero Vivarelli, Lucio Fulci, Adriano Celentano)	2
"Il mare nel cassetto" – Gino Latilla, Milva (Piero Carlo Rolla, Eligio La Valle, Fernando Lattuada)	3
"Io amo tu ami" – Mina, Nelly Fioramonti (Gino Redi, Enzo Bonagura)	4
"Le mille bolle blu" - Jenny Luna, Mina (Vito Pallavicini, Carlo Alberto Rossi)	5
"Come sinfonia" - Pino Donaggio, Teddy Reno (Pino Donaggio)	6
"Febbre di musica" - Arturo Testa, Tonina Torrielli (Biri, Vittorio Mascheroni)	7
"Mandolino… mandolino" - Sergio Bruni, Teddy Reno (Vian, Pugliese)	8
"Carolina, dai!" – Rocco Granata, Sergio Bruni (Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri)	9
"Un uomo vivo" - Gino Paoli, Tony Dallara (Gino Paoli)	10
"Non mi dire chi sei" - Miranda Martino, Umberto Bindi (Giorgio Calabrese, Umberto Bindi)	11
"Lei" - Fausto Cigliano, Joe Sentieri (Riccardo Pazzaglia, Joe Sentieri)	12
"A.A.A. Adorabile cercasi" - Bruno Martino, Jula de Palma (Bruno Martino, Brighetti, Vito Pallavicini)	Eliminated
"Benzina e cerini" - Giorgio Gaber, Maria Monti (Giorgio Gaber)	Eliminated
"Che freddo!" - Edoardo Vianello, Luciano Rondinella (Carlo Rossi, Edoardo Vianello)	Eliminated
"Una goccia di cielo" - Jolanda Rossin, Nadia Liani (Gino Negri)	Eliminated
"Lady Luna" - Jimmy Fontana, Miranda Martino (Dino Verde, Armando Trovajoli)	Eliminated
"Libellule" - Betty Curtis, Joe Sentieri (Alberto Testa, Guido Viezzoli)	Eliminated
"Mare di dicembre" - Claudio Villa, Sergio Renda (Luciano Beretta, Giulio Libano)	Eliminated
"Notturno senza luna" - Aura D'Angelo, Silvia Guidi (Giovanni D'Anzi)	Eliminated
"Patatina" - Gianni Meccia, Wilma De Angelis (Gianni Meccia, Franco Migliacci)	Eliminated
"Pozzanghere" - Niki Davis, Tony Renis (Orfellius, Lamberto Pellini, Tony Renis, Matteo Treppiedi)	Eliminated
"Qualcuno mi ama" - Achille Togliani, Cocky Mazzetti (Piero Soffici, Manlio Darena)	Eliminated
"Tu con me" - Aurelio Fierro, Carla Boni (Antonio Amurri, Ettore Ballotta)	Eliminated

Broadcasts

Local broadcast

All shows were broadcast on Italian Television and Secondo Programma, beginning at 22:00 CET (21:00 UTC).

International broadcast

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 1961
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
France	RTF	RTF^[a]		^[2]^[3]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	TSR^[b]	Denis Michel	^[4]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	RSI^[c]		^[5]
Turkey	İstanbul Radyosu [tr]^[d]			^[6]
United States	WOL^[e]			^[7]

Notes and references

Notes

^ Delayed broadcast at 12 February at 22:35 (CEST)^[2]
^ Delayed broadcast on semi-final 3 at 12 February at 20:35 (CEST)^[4]
^ Delayed broadcast on the 15 February at 22:35 (CET)^[5]
^ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 5 May at 10:00 (EEST)^[6]
^ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 19 February at 12:35 (EDT)^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
^ ^a ^b "Radiodiffusion et télévision". Le Monde. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 6 February 1961. p. 13. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^ Thill, Robert (12 February 1961). "Un jury de 550 téléspectateurs va désigner la chanson qui représentera la France". Télérama (in French). No. 578. p. 26.
^ ^a ^b "TV". Radio TV – Je vois tout (in French). No. 10. Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 9 March 1961. pp. 24, 26. Retrieved 13 September 2024 – via Scriptorium.
^ ^a ^b "Programmes des Émissions Suisses et Étrangères" [Swiss and Foreign Broadcast Programmes]. Radio TV – Je vois tout (in French). No. 6. Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 9 February 1961. pp. 33, 35–36. Retrieved 13 September 2024 – via Scriptorium.
^ ^a ^b "Radyo" [Radio]. Milliyet (in Turkish). 5 May 1961. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Today's radio highlights". Evening Star. Washington, D.C. 19 February 1961. p. D-4.

[3] Delayed broadcast at 12 February at 22:35 (CEST)^[2]

[6] Delayed broadcast on semi-final 3 at 12 February at 20:35 (CEST)^[4]

[8] Delayed broadcast on the 15 February at 22:35 (CET)^[5]

[10] Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 5 May at 10:00 (EEST)^[6]

[12] Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 19 February at 12:35 (EDT)^[7]

[music-1] Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.

[France-2] "Radiodiffusion et télévision". Le Monde. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 6 February 1961. p. 13. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

[4] Thill, Robert (12 February 1961). "Un jury de 550 téléspectateurs va désigner la chanson qui représentera la France". Télérama (in French). No. 578. p. 26.

[Je_vois_tout-5] "TV". Radio TV – Je vois tout (in French). No. 10. Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 9 March 1961. pp. 24, 26. Retrieved 13 September 2024 – via Scriptorium.

[Radio-7] "Programmes des Émissions Suisses et Étrangères" [Swiss and Foreign Broadcast Programmes]. Radio TV – Je vois tout (in French). No. 6. Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 9 February 1961. pp. 33, 35–36. Retrieved 13 September 2024 – via Scriptorium.

[Milliyet-9] "Radyo" [Radio]. Milliyet (in Turkish). 5 May 1961. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2024.

[Washington-11] "Today's radio highlights". Evening Star. Washington, D.C. 19 February 1961. p. D-4.

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