Sanremo Music Festival 1964

The Sanremo Music Festival 1964 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1964), officially the 14th Italian Song Festival (14º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 14th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 30 January and 1 February 1964,^[1] and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by Giuliana Lojodice. Gianni Ravera served as artistic director.^[1]

Sanremo Music Festival 1964
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1	30 January 1964
Semi-final 2	31 January 1964
Final	1 February 1964
Venue	Sanremo Casino Sanremo, Italy
Organisation
Broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Artistic director	Gianni Ravera
Presenters	Mike Bongiorno and Giuliana Lojodice
Vote
Number of entries	24
Winner	Gigliola Cinquetti and Patricia Carli "Non ho l'età"
1963 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1965

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 Gigliola Cinquetti and Patricia Carli with the song "Non ho l'età".^[1] Cinquetti went on to perform the song at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, ultimately securing Italy's first victory in the event.

Participants and results

Gigliola Cinquetti (left) and Patricia Carli holding the first prize

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

Broadcasts

Local broadcast

The finals were broadcast on Programma Nazionale TV and Secondo Programma, beginning at 21:35 CET,^[2] with semi-final 1 being broadcast only on Secondo Programma, at 22:30 CET,^[3] and with semi-final 2 being broadcast on Secondo Programma TV and Secondo Programma, at 21:35 CET.^[4]

International broadcasts

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1964

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]