Lucio Battisti wins the Festivalbar 1970
The winning song of the 1970 Festivalbar was “Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco” by Lucio Battisti
Also competing were:
Orietta Berti with “As Long as the Boat Goes”
Patty Pravo with “For you”
Enzo Jannacci with “Mexico and Clouds”
Nothing with “Lie”
Wess with “You Who Didn’t Know Me”
Chameleons with “I Love You for an Hour”
Dik Dik with “The Isle of Wight”
Equipe 84 with “The soap, the gun, the guitar…”
Formula 3 with “Yellow Sun, Black Sun”
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.
