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. 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.
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).
Winners
Cantagiro YearGroup AGroup BGroup C1962Adriano Celentano - "Stai lontana da me"Donatella Moretti - "L'abbraccio"1963Peppino Di Capri - "Non ti credo"Michele - "Se mi vuoi lasciare"1964Gianni Morandi - "In ginocchio da te"Paolo Mosca - "La voglia dell'estate"1965Rita Pavone - "Lui"Mariolino Barberis - "Il duca della luna"1966Gianni Morandi - "Notte di ferragosto"Mariolino Barberis - "Spiaggia d'argento"Equipe 84 - "Io ho in mente te"1967Rita Pavone - "Questo nostro amore"Massimo Ranieri - "Pietà per chi ti ama"The Motowns - "Prendi la chitarra e vai"1968Caterina Caselli - "Il volto della vita"Showmen - "Un'ora sola ti vorrei"1969Massimo Ranieri - "Rose rosse"Rossano - "Ti voglio tanto bene"1970N/APaolo Mengoli - "Mi piaci da morire"19711972N/AFM2 - "Chérie chérie"Gens - "Per chi"
Nuovo Cantagiro YearWinner1990Paola Turci - "Frontiera"1991Francesca Alotta - "Chiamata urgente"1992Aleandro Baldi - "Il sole"1993Bracco Di Graci - "Guardia o ladro" Il Cantagiro - Edizione De Carlo YearArtistSongCategory2005Nts+AdamoN/A2006N/AN/AN/A2007Jackson JustCerca l'amoreN/A2008YavannaChe spettacolo!!!IneditiKatya MiceliJe t'aimeCover2009NausicaaUn altro giornoIneditiMichelle PereraAnd I Am Telling You I'm Not GoingCoverGianluca BurestaVivere due volteMusica per film2010Domenica VarnassaCaruggiu du BertuIneditiGiulia D.SummertimeCoverArt StudioIl cielo intorno a meOriginal BandSerena StanzaniDire sempre o dire mai..Videoclip2011JospelUna stella nasceráInediti2012Valentina SarappaBossoInediti2013Dace MonacoPensamiInediti2014Giuliana TecceLa portaIl CantagiroMonica SomaIt really suits meIl Cantagiro nel mondoJasmar CassarTi amo, I love youCantautoreEmanuela SenesBrivido blueInterpretiNearDiversoOriginal BandVersi SonoriMaiRapperFrancesca VitaleMa quale amoreLirico PopFrancesco Simone BatiaL'estatePremio della criticaLorenzo De SantisPoesiaPremio Radio Italia Anni 60Sara PischeddaIo guerrieroPremio 2duerighe
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