Gianni Bella wins the Festivalbar 1976
The winning song of the 1976 Festivalbar was “Non si può morire dentro” by Gianni Bella
Also competing were:
Marcella with “Stay with me”
The Art Workshop with “Love in Memories”
Mia Martini with “What do you want it to be… if I waited so long for you”
Julio Iglesias with “If you leave me it’s not worth it”
Chrisma with “Love”
The Footsteps with “Love Song”
Riccardo Cocciante with “Margherita”
Pooh with “Linda”
Renato Zero with “Madame”
Franco Simone with “You… and so be it”
Riccardo Fogli with “World”
Umberto Tozzi with “Donna my lover”
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.
