Bobby Solo wins the Festivalbar 1964

Eros Ramazzotti wins the Festivalbar 1996

ByJohn

The winning song of the 1996 edition of Festivalbar was “Più bella cosa” by Eros Ramazzotti

Also competing were:

Ligabue – Some Nights

Gianluca Grignani – The plastic factory

Gianna Nannini – Donuts

Alexia – Summer Is Crazy

Paul Vallesi – Great

Umberto Tozzi – And I Want You

Article 31 – Tranqi Funky

Robert Miles – Children

Nek – Tell me what it is

Elio and the Tese Stories – My Cousin

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.

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