Sanremo Music Festival 1965

The Sanremo Music Festival 1965 was the 15th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo, province of Imperia between 28 and 30 January 1965.[1]

Sanremo Music Festival
15th edition (1965)
Dates	28 January 1965 (1st night) 29 January 1965 (2nd night) 30 January 1965 (3rd night)
Presenter(s)	Mike Bongiorno and Grazia Maria Spina
Artistic director(s)	Gianni Ravera
Broadcaster	Programma Nazionale
Venue	Sanremo Casino
Overall competition
Entries	43 acts (24 songs)
Winner	Bobby Solo and New Christy Minstrels "Se piangi, se ridi"
Eurovision Song Contest
Selection process	One artist of the winning act accepted invitation to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Selected artist	Bobby Solo
Sanremo Music Festival chronology
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The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by Grazia Maria Spina. Gianni Ravera served as artistic director.[1]

According to the rules of this edition every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups.[1] The winners of the Festival were Bobby Solo and The New Christy Minstrels with the song "Se piangi, se ridi".[1]

Participants and results

Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank
"Se piangi, se ridi" – Bobby Solo, The New Christy Minstrels (Mogol, Gianni Marchetti, Bobby Solo)	1
"Abbracciami forte" – Ornella Vanoni, Udo Jürgens (Mogol, Carlo Donida)	Finalist
"Amici miei" – Nicola Di Bari, Gene Pitney (Vito Pallavicini, Gene Colonnello)	Finalist
"Aspetta domani" – Fred Bongusto, Kiki Dee (Vito Pallavicini, Fred Bongusto)	Finalist
"Ho bisogno di vederti" - Gigliola Cinquetti, Connie Francis (Piero Ciampi, Roberto Ciampi)	Finalist
"Invece no" - Betty Curtis, Petula Clark (Vito Pallavicini, Ezio Leoni)	Finalist
"Io che non vivo (senza te)" - Pino Donaggio, Jody Miller (Vito Pallavicini, Pino Donaggio)	Finalist
"L'amore ha i tuoi occhi" - Bruno Filippini, Yukari Ito (Gorni Kramer, Vito Pallavicini)	Finalist
"Le colline sono in fiore" – Wilma Goich, The New Christy Minstrels (Mogol, Calibi, Carlo Donida, Renato Angiolini)	Finalist
"Prima o poi" - Remo Germani & Le Amiche, Audrey (Vito Pallavicini, Antonio Amurri, Alfredo Ferrari)	Finalist
"Si vedrà" - Vittorio Inzaina, Les Surfs (Enrico Gentile, Lentini)	Finalist
"Vieni con noi" - Milva, Bernd Spier (Franco Maresca, Mario Pagano)	Finalist
"Cominciamo ad amarci" - John Foster, Joe Damiano (Vito Pallavicini, Gino Mescoli)	Eliminated
"Devi essere tu" - Ricky Gianco, Jody Miller (D'Acquisto, Ricky Gianco)	Eliminated
"Di fronte all'amore" - Gianni Mascolo, Dusty Springfield (Simoni, Umberto Bindi)	Eliminated
"E poi verrà l'autunno" - Don Miko, Timi Yuro (Antonio Amurri, Bascerano)	Eliminated
"I tuoi anni più belli" - Iva Zanicchi, Gene Pitney (Mogol, Mimma Gaspari, Enrico Polito)	Eliminated
"Il tuo amore" - Bruno Lauzi, Kenny Rankin (Bruno Lauzi)	Eliminated
"Io non volevo" - Giordano Colombo, Hoagy Lands (Rosario Leva, Gian Piero Reverberi)	Eliminated
"L'amore è partito" - Beppe Cardile, Anita Harris (Beppe Cardile)	Eliminated
"Mia cara" - Robertino, Danyel Gérard (Mogol, Pino Massara)	Eliminated
"Non a caso il destino (ci ha fatto incontrare)" - Franco Tozzi, Johnny Tillotson (Antartide, Carlo Alberto Rossi)	Eliminated
"Ti credo" - Peppino Gagliardi, Timi Yuro (Gaetano Amendola, Peppino Gagliardi)	Eliminated
"Tu che ne sai?" -Fabrizio Ferretti, Dusty Springfield (Antonio Amurri, Franco Pisano)	Eliminated

References

1. Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.