Sanremo Music Festival 1959

Sanremo Music Festival 1959
Sanremo Music Festival 1959
Dates
Semi-final 1	29 January 1959
Semi-final 2	30 January 1959
Final	31 January 1959
Host
Venue	Sanremo Casino; Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)	Enzo Tortora and Adriana Serra
Host broadcaster	Programma Nazionale
Vote
Number of entries	20
Winner	Domenico Modugno and Johnny Dorelli; "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)"
	1958 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1960

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 between 30 January and 1 February 1959. The show was presented by Enzo Tortora and Adriana Serra.^[1]^[2]

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 "Nel blu, dipinto di blu".^[1]^[3] Modugno went on to perform the song for Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959.

Participants and results

Johnny Dorelli (left) and Domenico Modugno with the first prize

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

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 are shown in the tables below.

International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1959
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Denmark	Statsradiofonien	Statsradiofonien TV	Mogens Kjelstrup	^[4]
Netherlands	Radio Omroep Nieuw Guinea^[a]			^[5]
Netherlands Antilles	Curom^[b]			^[6]
Sweden	SR	Sveriges TV		^[7]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC Television Service^[c]	Tom Sloan	^[8]

Notes and references

Notes

^ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 12 August at 7:10 (WIT)^[5]
^ Delayed broadcast on 16 February 1961 at 16:00 (ADT)^[6]
^ Deferred broadcast on the same day of the final at 23:05 (BST)^[8]

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
^ Manuela Puglisi (27 January 2015). "Festival di Sanremo 1959". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^ Manuela Puglisi (27 January 2015). "Festival di Sanremo 1959". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^ "Alle tiders programoversigter – Lørdag den 31. januar 1959" [All-time programme overviews – Wednesday 31 January 1959] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Radioprogramma – Woensdag 12 augustus 1959" [Radio programmes – Wednesday, 12 August 1959]. Nieuw Guinea Koerier (in Dutch). Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. 11 August 1959. p. 4. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via Delpher.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Radio – T.V." Amigoe di Curaçao (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 16 February 1961. p. 8. Retrieved 13 September 2024 – via Delpher.
^ "Radio och TV". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 31 January 1959. p. 25.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Television Programmes – Saturday Evening". Radio Times. 23 January 1959. p. 23. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

[6] Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 12 August at 7:10 (WIT)^[5]

[8] Delayed broadcast on 16 February 1961 at 16:00 (ADT)^[6]

[11] Deferred broadcast on the same day of the final at 23:05 (BST)^[8]

[music-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.

[sorr-3] Manuela Puglisi (27 January 2015). "Festival di Sanremo 1959". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 9 July 2022.

[4] "Alle tiders programoversigter – Lørdag den 31. januar 1959" [All-time programme overviews – Wednesday 31 January 1959] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[Indonesia-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Radioprogramma – Woensdag 12 augustus 1959" [Radio programmes – Wednesday, 12 August 1959]. Nieuw Guinea Koerier (in Dutch). Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. 11 August 1959. p. 4. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via Delpher.

[Aruba-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Radio – T.V." Amigoe di Curaçao (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 16 February 1961. p. 8. Retrieved 13 September 2024 – via Delpher.

[9] "Radio och TV". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 31 January 1959. p. 25.

[Radio_Times-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Television Programmes – Saturday Evening". Radio Times. 23 January 1959. p. 23. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

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