The songs of “A record for the summer” 1971
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” 1971
1. Mino Reitano, “It was the time of blackberries”
2. Peppino Gagliardi, “Always… always”
3. Iva Zanicchi, “The white shore, the black shore”
4. Tony Cucchiara, “Fly my heart”
5. New Team 84, “My Home”
6. Franco Tortora, “Your Smile”
7. Rosalino, “The Giant and the Little Girl”
8. Orietta Berti, “The Cyclamen Path”
9. Michele, “Susan of the Sailors”
10. The New Angels, “Donna Felicità”
11. The Nomads, “I Know You’ll Forgive Me”
12. Paolo Mengoli, “Now laugh with me”
Also in the finals were:
Maurizio, “Blue Roses”
Roberto Soffici, “Melancholy”
Not in the final
The Aluminogeni, “Just a Moment”
Piero Ciampi, “Love is all here”
New Trolls, “Twenty or a Hundred Years”
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.
