Alan Sorrenti wins the Festivalbar 1979
The winning song of the 1979 Festivalbar was “Tu sei l’unica donna per me” by Alan Sorrenti
Also competing were:
Rector with “Splendid shining”
Miguel Bosé with “Super superman”
Pooh with “I’m alive”
Loredana Berté with “And the Moon Knocked”
Viola Valentino with “Buy Me”
Pino Daniele with “Je so’ pazzo”
Mia Martini with “Dance”
Faust’O with “Oh oh oh”
Walter Foini with “Bella d’agosto”
Adriano Pappalardo with “Let’s start again”
Umberto Balsamo with “Dance”
Alberto Fortis with “Milan and Vincenzo”
Angelo Branduardi with “Pick the first apple”
The Festivalbar was a summer event that took place every year from 1964 to 2007. Created by Vittorio Salvetti, it was initially intended to reward the most “popular” song on jukeboxes during the summer (each device was connected to a counter that recorded the data); later the ranking was established also considering radio and television airplay and sales data. The winning song was announced in September, with a public evening held in Asiago from 1964 to 1974 (with the exceptions of 1965, when it was held in Milan, and 1966 and 1967, when it was held in Salice Terme), and then from 1975 at the Verona Arena.
