Thursday, August 28, 2008

TOMMY KÖRBERG covers SANREMO-entry in Swedish


Tommy Körberg recorded a Swedish version of Junior Magli's Sanremo-entry "Alla fine della strada" from 1969 as "Bara du och jag".
Tommy represented Sweden twice in the Eurovision Song Contest: in 1969 & 1988.

In 1988 he came 12th (with the same amount of points as Italy's Luca Barbarossa) with "Stad i ljus".

Following the link you can watch his perfomance from the Swedish preselection.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

VIOLA VALENTINO in SANREMO 1982 video




Following the link above you can watch Viola Valentino performing "Romantici" at the Festival di Sanremo 1982.

Viola returned to the festival in 1983.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

UMBERTO MARCATO covers various SANREMO-entries


Italian born Umberto Marcato started his recording career from Sweden, where he was quite successful in the late 50's & 60's.

He usually sang in Italian covering Sanremo-winners like "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" & "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" from 1958 & 1959 by Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli,

"Romantica" from 1960 by Renato Rascel & Tony Dallara,

"Vola colomba" from 1952 by Nilla Pizzi,

"Al di là" from 1961 by Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli, which you can see on this EP, which includes also

"Le mille bolle blu" from the same year by Mina / Jenny Luna.

He also recorded "Nessuno" from 1959 by Betty Curtis / Wilma De Angelis,

"È mezzanotte" from 1960 by Joe Sentieri / Sergio Bruni,

"Casetta in Canadà" from 1958 by Carla Boni & Gino Latilla &

"Sole sole" from 1964 by Laura Villa.

His version of this latter one is a duet with Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist, which they recorded also in German.

Monday, August 18, 2008

BOBBY SOLO Sanremo-winner 1965 video



Following the link above you can watch Bobby Solo performing "Se piangi se ridi", which won the Sanremo-festival in 1965.

He then represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest, coming 5th.

Bobby participated in Sanremo also in 1964, 66, 67, 69 (winning again with "Zingara" together with Iva Zanicchi), 70, 72, 80, 81, 82, 84 & 2003 (in duet with Little Tony).

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Belgian singer SANDRA KIM covers Sanremo-entry in 2 languages




Sandra Kim recorded Pino Donaggio's "Io che non vivo senza te" from 1965 in 2 languages:


in French as "Je t'ai tout donné" and in Flemish as "Wil je eeuwig van me houden".

Another (non-Sanremo) song she recorded in both languages is Mina's "Grande grande grande".

She is the only Belgian Eurovision Song Contest winner ever.

Following the link you can watch the videoclip of her winning song from 1986 (when she was 13) "J'aime la vie".


Thursday, August 7, 2008

VERUSKA in SANREMO 2004 video



Following the link above you can watch Veruska performing "Un angelo legato a un palo" in Sanremo 2004.

It was her only appearance in Sanremo.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

FRANCO FASANO in SANREMO 1990 video



Following the link above you can watch Franco Fasano performing "Vieni a stare qui" at the Sanremo-festival in 1990.
Franco also participated in 1981, 89 & in 1992 (duetting with Flavia Fortunato).