Sanremo Music Festival 1955

Sanremo Music Festival 1955
Dates
Semi-final 127 January 1955
Semi-final 228 January 1955
Final29 January 1955
Host
VenueSanremo Casino
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)Armando Pizzo, Maria Teresa Ruta
Artistic directorGiulio Razzi
Host broadcasterProgramma nazionale
Vote
Number of entries16
WinnerClaudio Villa and Tullio Pane
"Buongiorno tristezza"
1954 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1956

The Sanremo Music Festival 1955 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1955), officially the 5th Italian Song Festival (5º Festival della canzone italiana), was the fifth annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 27 and 29 January 1955. The show was presented by television presenter Armando Pizzo, assisted by Maria Teresa Ruta.[1]

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 "Buongiorno tristezza", performed by Claudio Villa and Tullio Pane.[1]

Participants and results

Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artists and writer(s) Rank
"Buongiorno tristezza" - Claudio Villa – Tullio Pane
(Giuseppe Fiorelli, Mario Ruccione) 		1
"Il torrente" - Claudio Villa – Tullio Pane
(Carlo Alberto Liman, Leo Carmi) 		2
"Canto nella valle" - Natalino Otto & Trio Aurora – Bruno Pallesi, Nuccia Bongiovanni & Radio Boys
(Mario Panzeri, Umberto Fusco) 		3
"Incantatella" - Claudio Villa – Narciso Parigi
(Enzo Bonagura) 		4
"Un cuore" - Antonio Basurto – Gianni Ravera
(Peppino Mendes, Eduardo Falocchino) 		5
"L'ombra" - Jula de Palma – Marisa Colomber
(Walter Colì) 		6
"Ci ciu cì (Cantava un usignol)" - Narciso Parigi & Radio Boys – Natalino Otto & Trio Aurora
(Ettore Minoretti, Saverio Seracini) 		7
"Una fotografia nella cornice" - Natalino Otto – Antonio Basurto
(Lucia Mannucci, Fecchi) 		8
"Cantilena del trainante" - Jula de Palma – Antonio Basurto
(Faccenna, De Angelis) 		Eliminated
"Che fai tu luna in ciel" - Bruno Pallesi – Jula de Palma
(Nino Rastelli, Brinniti) 		Eliminated
"Era un omino" - Clara Jaione & Radio Boys – Nella Colombo, Bruno Rosettani & Trio Aurora
(Angelo Paolillo) 		Eliminated
"I tre timidi" - Natalino Otto – Nuccia Bongiovanni & Radio Boys
(Eros Valladi) 		Eliminated
"Il primo viaggio" - Bruno Pallesi & Nuccia Bongiovanni – Bruno Rosettani, Nella Colombo & Trio Aurora
(Sargon) 		Eliminated
"Non penserò che a te" - Gianni Ravera – Tullio Pane
(Taddei, Poggiali, Minasi) 		Eliminated
"Sentiero" - Bruno Pallesi – Jula de Palma
(Bixio Cherubini, Carlo Concina) 		Eliminated
"Zucchero e pepe" - Bruno Rosettani & Trio Aurora – Clara Jaione & Radio Boys
(Biri, Lydia Capece Minutolo, Vittorio Mascheroni) 		Eliminated

References

  1. ^ a b c d Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.