Bobby Solo wins the Festivalbar 1964

Ligabue wins Festivalbar 2006

ByJohn

The winning song of the 2006 edition of the Festivalbar was “Happy hour” by Ligabue

Also competing were:

Absolute Zero – Waking up in the morning

Cesare Cremonini – Your words hurt

Baustelle – A Romantic in Milan

Finley – You’ll Become a Star

Omar Pedrini – Shock

Tiziano Ferro – Stop! Forget

The Aura – Tomorrow

Samuele Bersani – The non-voting scrutineer

Seba – Summer Sunday

Gianna Nannini – You are in the soul

Jovanotti – Spread the word

Raf – Forget

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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