Starting from the third edition of the festival, held in 1953, each song was performed by two different artists with different orchestras and arrangements. Twenty songs took part in the competition, performed by three artists only– Nilla Pizzi, Duo Fasano, and Achille Togliani. The final round of the competition was broadcast by Rete Rossa, the second most important RAI radio station. Officially titled Festival della canzone italiana (literally "Festival of the Italian song"), the first edition of the show was held at the Sanremo Casino on 29, 30, and 31 January 1951. During the summer of 1950, the administrator of the Sanremo Casino, Piero Bussetti, and the conductor of the RAI orchestra, Giulio Razzi, rediscussed the idea, deciding to launch a competition among previously unreleased songs. In the aftermath of World War II, one of the proposals to revitalize the economy and the reputation of Sanremo was to create an annual music festival to be held in the city.
The Sanremo Casino hosted the Sanremo Music Festival between 19. 3.1 Big Artists section and Newcomers section.It has launched the careers of some of Italy's most successful singers, including Andrea Bocelli, Il Volo, Giorgia, Laura Pausini, Eros Ramazzotti, and Gigliola Cinquetti. The festival went on to form the basis for the annual Eurovision Song Contest and has often been used as a method for choosing the Italian entry for that event.
This became a way for many international artists to debut their songs on the Italian market, including Louis Armstrong, Stevie Wonder, Jose Feliciano, Roberto Carlos, Paul Anka, Yardbirds, Marianne Faithfull, Shirley Bassey, Mungo Jerry, Kiss, and many others. During this era of the festival, it was custom that one version of the song was performed by a native Italian artist while the other version was performed by an international guest artist. Starting from 1955, all editions of the festival have been broadcast live by the Italian TV station Rai 1.įrom 1951 to 1976, the Festival took place in the Sanremo Casino, but starting from 1977, all the following editions were held in the Teatro Ariston, except in 1990, which was held at the Nuovo Mercato dei Fiori.īetween 19, except in 1956, each song was sung twice by two different artists, each one using an individual orchestral arrangement, to illustrate the meaning of the festival as a composers' competition, not a singers' competition. The first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, held between 29 and 31 January 1951, was broadcast by RAI's radio station Rete Rossa, and its only three participants were Nilla Pizzi, Achille Togliani, and Duo Fasano.
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