| Sanremo Music Festival 1964 | |
|---|---|
| Dates and venue | |
| Semi-final 1 |
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| Semi-final 2 |
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| Final |
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| Venue | Sanremo Casino Sanremo, Italy |
| Organisation | |
| Broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) |
| Artistic director | Gianni Ravera |
| Presenters | Mike Bongiorno andGiuliana Lojodice |
| Vote | |
| Number of entries | 24 |
| Winner | Gigliola Cinquetti andPatricia Carli "Non ho l'età" |
| 1963 ← Sanremo Music Festival →1965 | |
TheSanremo Music Festival 1964 (Italian:Festival di Sanremo 1964), officially the14th Italian Song Festival (14º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 14th annualSanremo Music Festival, held at theSanremo Casino inSanremo between 30 January and 1 February 1964,[1] and broadcast byRadiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented byMike Bongiorno, assisted byGiuliana Lojodice.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 wereGigliola Cinquetti andPatricia Carli with the song "Non ho l'età".[1] Cinquetti went on to perform the song at theEurovision Song Contest 1964, ultimately securingItaly's first victory in the event.
| Participants and results[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | |
| "Non ho l'età" –Gigliola Cinquetti,Patricia Carli (Mario Panzeri,Nicola Salerno, Gene Colonnello) | 1 | |
| "Che me ne importa a me" –Domenico Modugno,Frankie Laine (Domenico Modugno) | Finalist | |
| "Come potrei dimenticarti" –Tony Dallara,Ben E. King (Vito Pallavicini, Ezio Leoni) | Finalist | |
| "Ieri ho incontrato mia madre" –Gino Paoli,Antonio Prieto (Gino Paoli) | Finalist | |
| "La prima che incontro" - Fabrizio Ferretti, Gil Fields & The Fraternity Brothers (Gorni Kramer, Vito Pallavicini) | Finalist | |
| "Motivo d'amore" -Pino Donaggio,Frankie Avalon (Pino Donaggio) | Finalist | |
| "Ogni volta" - Roby Ferrante,Paul Anka (Carlo Rossi, Roby Ferrante) | Finalist | |
| "Quando vedrai la mia ragazza" -Little Tony,Gene Pitney (Carlo Rossi, Enrico Ciacci) | Finalist | |
| "Sabato sera" –Bruno Filippini, Gil Fields & The Fraternity Brothers (Bruno Pallesi, Walter Malgoni) | Finalist | |
| "Stasera no no no" -Remo Germani,Nino Tempo & April Stevens (Vito Pallavicini, Evasio Roncarati) | Finalist | |
| "Un bacio piccolissimo" -Robertino,Bobby Rydell (Giovanni Ornati,Gino Mescoli) | Finalist | |
| "Una lacrima sul viso" -Bobby Solo,Frankie Laine (Mogol, Bobby Solo) | Finalist | |
| "Così felice" -Giorgio Gaber,Patricia Carli (Giorgio Gaber) | Eliminated | |
| "E se domani" -Fausto Cigliano,Gene Pitney (Giorgio Calabrese,Carlo Alberto Rossi) | Eliminated | |
| "I sorrisi di sera" -Tony Renis,Frankie Avalon (Mogol,Alberto Testa, Tony Renis) | Eliminated | |
| "L'inverno cosa fai?" -Piero Focaccia,Bobby Rydell (Nicola Salerno, Gene Colonnello) | Eliminated | |
| "L'ultimo tram" -Milva,Frida Boccara (Giorgio Calabrese, Eros Sciorilli) | Eliminated | |
| "Mezzanotte" -Cocky Mazzetti,Los Hermanos Rigual (Carlo Rossi, Angelo Rotunno) | Eliminated | |
| "Passo su passo" -Claudio Villa,Peggy March (Franco Migliacci,Umberto Bindi) | Eliminated | |
| "Piccolo piccolo" -Emilio Pericoli,Peter Kraus (Antonio Amurri,Lelio Luttazzi) | Eliminated | |
| "Sole pizza e amore" -Aurelio Fierro, Marina Moran (Tata Giacobetti,Antonio Virgilio Savona) | Eliminated | |
| "Sole sole" - Laura Villa,Los Hermanos Rigual (Laura Zanin, Arturo Casadei) | Eliminated | |
| "Tu piangi per niente" - Lilly Bonato, Richard Moser jr. (Vito Pallavicini,Piero Soffici) | Eliminated | |
| "Venti chilometri al giorno" -Nicola Arigliano,Peter Kraus (Mogol,Pino Massara) | Eliminated | |
The finals were broadcast onProgramma Nazionale TV andSecondo Programma, beginning at 21:35CET,[2] with semi-final 1 being broadcast only onSecondo Programma, at 22:30CET,[3] and with semi-final 2 being broadcast onSecondo Programma TV andSecondo Programma, at 21:35CET.[4]
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil | Rádio Jornal do Brasil [pt][a] | [5] | ||
 Monaco | Radio Monte Carlo | [6] | ||
 Yugoslavia | JRT | Televizija Beograd | [7] | |
| Televizija Ljubljana | [8] | |||
