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Year

Title

Performer(s)

ESC

SAN

Charts
(top/year)

Notes

1956 Aprite le finestre

(Open the windows)

Franca Raimondi 2nd 1st 1st/11th
1956 Amami se vuoi

(Love me if you want)

Tonina Torrielli 2nd 2nd 2nd/17th
1957 Corde della mia chitarra

(Strings of my guitar)

Nunzio Gallo 6th 1st 1st/31st
1958 Nel blu dipinto di blu

(In the blue painted of blue)

Domenico Modugno 3rd 1st 1st/1st This song is also known as Volare
1959 Piove

(It's raining)

Domenico Modugno 6th 1st 1st/14th
1960 Romantica

(Romantic)

Renato Rascel 8th 1st 1st/15th
1961 Aldilà

(Beyond)

Betty Curtis 5th 1st 7th/50th
1962 Addio addio

(Farewell farewell)

Claudio Villa 9th 1st 1st/37th
1963 Uno per tutte

(One for all)

Emilio Pericoli 3rd 1st 1st/22nd The highest position was reacjhed by the version performed by Tony Renis
1964 Non ho l'età

(I'm not old enough)

Gigliola Cinquetti 1st 1st 1st/10th
1965 Se piangi, se ridi

(If you cry, if you smile)

Bobby Solo 5th 1st 1st/10th
1966 Dio, come ti amo

(God, how much I love you)

Domenico Modugno 17th 1st 1st/27th
1967 Non andare più lontano

(Don't go more far)

Claudio Villa 15th - Claudio Villa won that year's Sanremo performing Non pensare a me
1968 Marianne Sergio Endrigo 10th - 24th/ Sergio Endrigo won that year's Sanremo performing Canzone per te
1969 Due grosse lacrime bianche

(Two big white tears)

Iva Zanicchi 13th - Iva Zanicchi won that year's Sanremo performing Zingara
1970 Occhi di ragazza

(Girl's eyes)

Gianni Morandi 8th - 5th/27th
1971 L'amore è un attimo

(Love is a while)

Massimo Ranieri 5th - 7th/39th
1972 I giorni dell'arcobaleno

(The days of the rainbow)

Nicola Di Bari 6th 1st 2nd/28th
1973 Chi sarà con te

(Who will be with you)

Massimo Ranieri 13th - 21st/91st
1974 Si

(Yes)

Gigliola Cinquetti 2nd - 18th/
1975 Era

(It was)

Wess & Dori Ghezzi 3rd - 12th/57th
1976 Noi lo rivivremo di nuovo

(We'll live it again)

Al Bano & Romina Power 7th -
1977 Libera

(Free)

Mia Martini 13th - 40th/
1978 Questo amore

(This love)

Ricchi e Poveri 12th -
1979 Raggio di luna

(Moon ray)

Matia Bazar 15th - 18th/62nd The Matia Bazar won the year before Sanremo performing E dirsi ciao
1980 Non so che darei

(I don't know what I'd give)

Alan Sorrenti 6th - 1st/2nd
1983 Per Lucia

(For Lucia)

Riccardo Fogli 11th - 33th/ Riccardo Fogli won the year before Sanremo performing Storie di tutti i giorni
1984 I treni di Tozeur

(The trains of Tozeur)

Alice and Franco Battiato 5th - 3rd/24th
1985 Magic oh magic Al Bano & Romina Power 7th - Al Bano & Romina Power won the year before sanremo performing Ci sarà
1987 Gente di mare

(People from the sea)

Umberto Tozzi and Raf 3rd - 5th/13th Umberto Tozzi won that year's Sanremo performing Si può dare di più with Gianni Morandi amd Enrico Ruggeri
1988 Ti scrivo

(I write you)

Luca Barbarossa 12th - Luca Barbarossa was 3rd at that year's Sanremo performing L'amore rubato
1989 Avrei voluto

(I'd have wanted)

Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali 9th - Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali won that year's Sanremo performing Ti lascerò
1990 Insieme 1992

(Together 1992)

Toto Cutugno 1st - 14th/57th Toto Cutugno was 2nd at that year's Sanremo performing Gli amori
1991 Comme è ddoce 'o mare

(How the sea is sweet)

Peppino Di Capri 7th -
1992 Rapsodia

(Rapsody)

Mia Martini 4th - Mia Martini was 2nd at that year's Sanremo performing Gli uomini non cambiano
1993 Sole d'Europa

(Sun of Europe)

Enrico Ruggeri 12th - Enrico Ruggeri won that year's Sanremo performing Mistero
1997 Fiumi di parole

(Rivers of words)

Jalisse 4th 1st

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