Slovenian song festival (In Slovene : Slovenska popevka) was a Slovenian music festival dedicated to a music genre known as Slovenian song (Slovene : popevka ) that was most popular during the 1960s and 1970s and had a similarly high standing in Slovene culture as did the Sanremo Music Festival in Italian culture. [1] It began in 1962 and ended in 1983, with an attempt at its revival in 1998.
The festival in 1962 was organized at the town of Bled, [2] and in 1964 moved to Slovenia's capital city Ljubljana.
Year | Song | Performers |
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1962 | Mandolina | Stane Mancini & Beti Jurkovič |
1963 | Orion | Marjana Deržaj & Katja Levstik |
Malokdaj se srečava | Beti Jurkovič & Lado Leskovar | |
1964 | Poletna noč | Beti Jurkovič (first version) |
Marjana Deržaj (second version) | ||
1965 | Šel si mimo | Irena Kohont |
1966 | Ples oblakov | Marjana Deržaj |
1967 | Vzameš me v roke | Elda Viler |
1968 | Presenečenja | Bele vrane & Bor Gostiša |
1969 | Zakaj tvoj dom, zakaj moj dom | Jožica Svete |
Maček v žaklju | Bele vrane | |
Neizpeta melodija | Lidija Kodrič | |
1970 | Solza, ki je ne prodam | Edvin Fliser |
Ti si moj pravi človek | Lidija Kodrič | |
1971 | Včeraj, danes, jutri | Elda Viler |
Trideset let | Oto Pestner | |
1972 | Med iskrenimi ljudmi | Majda Sepe |
1973 | Leti, leti lastovka | Edvin Fliser |
1974 | Uspavanka za mrtve vagabunde | Majda Sepe |
1975 | Mi smo taki | Marjana Deržaj & Braco Koren |
1976 | Samo nasmeh je bolj grenak | Ditka Haberl |
1977 | Vrača se pomlad | Oto Pestner |
1978 | Jamajka | Tomaž Domicelj |
Moje orglice | Janko Ropret | |
1979 | Avtomat | Tomaž Domicelj |
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