Cantagiro was an Italian summer song contest held from 1962 to 1972 and 1990 to 1993. It featured three categories, A for famous artists, B for newcomers and C for groups. The creator of the competition was Ezio Radaelli. The name of the festival was a reference to the bicycle race Giro d'Italia, and, as the Giro, Cantagiro was organized as a stage race consisting of eleven or twelve daily stages, each set in a different city. [1] [2] [3] A peculiar characteristic of the festival was that, while traveling between one stage and the other, singers were required to travel in an open car, to be at the disposal of the crowd of fans, otherwise risking fines or disqualification from the competition; accordingly the travel usually resolved into a huge crowd, with fans waiting their idols in every corner of the path. [1] [4]
The festival was the main subject of two musicarello films, Urlo contro melodia nel Cantagiro 1963 (1964) and La più bella coppia del mondo (1967). [5]
Year | Group A | Group B | Group C |
1962 | Adriano Celentano - "Stai lontana da me" | Donatella Moretti - "L'abbraccio" | |
1963 | Peppino Di Capri - "Non ti credo" | Michele - "Se mi vuoi lasciare" | |
1964 | Gianni Morandi - "In ginocchio da te" | Paolo Mosca - "La voglia dell'estate" | |
1965 | Rita Pavone - "Lui" | Mariolino Barberis - "Il duca della luna" | |
1966 | Gianni Morandi - "Notte di ferragosto" | Mariolino Barberis - "Spiaggia d'argento" | Equipe 84 - "Io ho in mente te" |
1967 | Rita Pavone - "Questo nostro amore" | Massimo Ranieri - "Pietà per chi ti ama" | The Motowns - "Prendi la chitarra e vai" |
1968 | Caterina Caselli - "Il volto della vita" | Showmen - "Un'ora sola ti vorrei" | |
1969 | Massimo Ranieri - "Rose rosse" | Rossano - "Ti voglio tanto bene" | |
1970 | N/A | Paolo Mengoli - "Mi piaci da morire" | |
1971 | |||
1972 | N/A | FM2 - "Chérie chérie" | Gens - "Per chi" |
Year | Winner |
1990 | Paola Turci - "Frontiera" |
1991 | Francesca Alotta - "Chiamata urgente" |
1992 | Aleandro Baldi - "Il sole" |
1993 | Bracco Di Graci - "Guardia o ladro" |
Il Cantagiro - Edizione De Carlo
Year | Artist | Song | Category |
---|---|---|---|
2005 | Nts+ | Adamo | N/A |
2006 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2007 | Jackson Just | Cerca l'amore | N/A |
2008 | Yavanna | Che spettacolo!!! | Inediti |
Katya Miceli | Je t'aime | Cover | |
2009 | Nausicaa | Un altro giorno | Inediti |
Michelle Perera | And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going | Cover | |
Gianluca Buresta | Vivere due volte | Musica per film | |
2010 | Domenica Varnassa | Caruggiu du Bertu | Inediti |
Giulia D. | Summertime | Cover | |
Art Studio | Il cielo intorno a me | Original Band | |
Serena Stanzani | Dire sempre o dire mai.. | Videoclip | |
2011 | Jospel | Una stella nascerá | Inediti |
2012 | Valentina Sarappa | Bosso | Inediti |
2013 | Dace Monaco | Pensami | Inediti |
2014 | Giuliana Tecce | La porta | Il Cantagiro |
Monica Soma | It really suits me | Il Cantagiro nel mondo | |
Jasmar Cassar | Ti amo, I love you | Cantautore | |
Emanuela Senes | Brivido blue | Interpreti | |
Near | Diverso | Original Band | |
Versi Sonori | Mai | Rapper | |
Francesca Vitale | Ma quale amore | Lirico Pop | |
Francesco Simone Batia | L'estate | Premio della critica | |
Lorenzo De Santis | Poesia | Premio Radio Italia Anni 60 | |
Sara Pischedda | Io guerriero | Premio 2duerighe |
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