The songs of “A record for the summer” 1967
The event was born from the idea of AFI, Associazione Fonografici Italiani, to promote the summer record market with a festival that presented the new releases of the various labels, as happened at the Sanremo Festival for the winter market. It was broadcast by RAI, and became a regular event until 1975, when it was suspended (and then resumed in other forms and with other titles).
Here we present the editions of the first “classic” series of “A Record for the Summer”, which was held from 1964 to 1975 inclusive.
“A Record for the Summer” 1967
1. Jimmy Fontana, “My Serenade”
2. Gigliola Cinquetti, “The Black Rose”
3. Wilma Goich, “If I’m Here Tonight”
4. Tony Renis, “Never Say Goodbye to Me”
5. Tony Del Monaco, “You Who Are Love”
6. Al Bano, “In the Sun”
7. Robertino, “You were my woman”
8. Orietta Berti, “Only You”
9. Riccardo Del Turco, “A Quiet One”
10. Isabella Iannetti, “Let’s Run”
Also in the finals were:
Remo Germani, “Give each other a kiss”
Umberto, “Youth”
Not in the final
Fausto Leali, “Without You”
The New Angels, “Look into my eyes”
Gian Pieretti, “Julie 367.008”
The data (performers, titles, placements) are taken, courtesy of the authors (Federico Pieri and Daniele Sgherri of Musica in Mostra), from “Un disco per l’Estate”, Ergo Sum Editrice, which collects all the covers of all the 45 rpm records of all the songs that participated in the “Disco Per l’Estate” between 1964 and 1975.
