Sanremo Music Festival 1968

The Sanremo Music Festival 1968 was the 18th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo, province of Imperia, Italy, between 1 and 3 February 1968.[1]

Sanremo Music Festival
18th edition (1968)
Dates1 February 1968 (1st night)
2 February 1968 (2nd night)
3 February 1968 (3rd night)
Presenter(s)Pippo Baudo
and Luisa Rivelli
Artistic director(s)Gianni Ravera
BroadcasterProgramma Nazionale
VenueSanremo Casino
Overall competition
Entries48 acts (24 songs)
WinnerSergio Endrigo and Roberto Carlos
"Canzone per te"
Eurovision Song Contest
Selection processOne artist of the winning act internally selected to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Selected artistSergio Endrigo
Sanremo Music Festival chronology
← 1968 →

The show was presented by Pippo Baudo, assisted by actress Luisa Rivelli.[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 Sergio Endrigo and Roberto Carlos with the song "Canzone per te".[1]

Participants and results
Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Rank
"Canzone per te" – Sergio Endrigo, Roberto Carlos
(Sergio Endrigo, Sergio Bardotti)		 1
"Casa bianca" – Ornella Vanoni, Marisa Sannia
(Don Backy, Eligio La Valle)		 2
"Canzone" – Adriano Celentano, Milva
(Don Backy, Detto Mariano) 		3
"Deborah" – Fausto Leali, Wilson Pickett
(Vito Pallavicini, Giorgio Conte)		 4
"La tramontana" - Antoine, Gianni Pettenati
(Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri) 		5
"Quando m'innamoro" - Anna Identici, The Sandpipers
(Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace, Roberto Livraghi)		 6
"Da bambino" - Massimo Ranieri, I Giganti
(Riccardo Pradella, Renato Angiolini) 		7
"Sera" - Gigliola Cinquetti, Giuliana Valci
(Roberto Vecchioni, Andrea Lo Vecchio)		 8
"La siepe" – Al Bano, Bobbie Gentry
(Vito Pallavicini, Pino Massara)		 9
"Un uomo piange solo per amore" - Little Tony, Mario Guarnera
( Petaluma, Mario Vicari, Marcello Marrocchi) 		10
"’Gli occhi miei" - Wilma Goich, Dino
(Mogol, Carlo Donida) 		11
"Stanotte sentirai una canzone" - Annarita Spinaci, Yoko Kishi
(Tato Queirolo, Franco Bracardi)		 12
"Mi va di cantare" - Louis Armstrong, Lara Saint Paul
(Vincenzo Buonassisi, Giorgio Bertero, Marino Marini, Aldo Valleroni) 		13
"La voce del silenzio" - Tony Del Monaco, Dionne Warwick
(Paolo Limiti, Mogol, Elio Isola) 		14
"Che vale per me" - Peppino Gagliardi, Eartha Kitt
(Marisa Terzi, Carlo Alberto Rossi) 		Eliminated
"Il posto mio" - Tony Renis, Domenico Modugno
(Alberto Testa, Tony Renis))		 Eliminated
"Il re d'Inghilterra" - Nino Ferrer, Pilade
(Nino Ferrer) 		Eliminated
"La farfalla impazzita" - Johnny Dorelli, Paul Anka
(Mogol, Lucio Battisti) 		Eliminated
"La vita" - Elio Gandolfi, Shirley Bassey
(Antonio Amurri, Bruno Canfora) 		Eliminated
"Le opere di Bartolomeo" - The Rokes, The Cowsills
(Sergio Bardotti, Ruggero Cini) 		Eliminated
"Le solite cose" - Pino Donaggio, Timi Yuro
(Vito Pallavicini, Pino Donaggio) 		Eliminated
"No amore" - Giusy Romeo, Sacha Distel
(Vito Pallavicini, Paolo Conte, Mansueto Deponti, Enrico Intra) 		Eliminated
"Per vivere" - Iva Zanicchi, Udo Jürgens
(Nisa, Umberto Bindi) 		Eliminated
"Tu che non sorridi mai" - Orietta Berti, Piergiorgio Farina
(Marisa Terzi, Sauro Sili) 		Eliminated

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