Rettore and Miguel Bosé win the Festivalbar 1980
The winning songs of the 1980 edition of the Festivalbar were “Kobra” by Rettore and “Olympic games” by Miguel Bosé
Also competing were:
Alice with “The warm summer wind”
The Poohs with “I’ll sing for you”
Umberto Tozzi with “Stella stai”
Anna Oxa with “Total Control”
Gianni Bella with “Sweet Hurricane”
Ivan Graziani with “Firenze (sad song)”
Decibels with “Vivo da re”
Pino Daniele with “Nun me scuccia'”
Krisma with “Many kisses”
Oliver Onions with “Santa Maria”
Michele Pecora with “You’re Going Away”
Goran Kuzminac with “Hey are you there”
Forneria Marconi awarded with “It can be done”
Enzo Avallone with “Your name is Africa”
Viola Valentino with “You’re a bomb”
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.
