Slovenian song festival (In ) was a

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festival dedicated to a music genre known as Slovenian song ( sl, popevka) that was most popular during the 1960s and 1970s and had a similarly high standing in Slovene culture as did the

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in Italian culture. It began in 1962 and ended in 1983, with an attempt at its revival in 1998.

History

The festival in 1962 was organized at the town of

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,The evergreens discovered by young generations

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, 3 March 2012 and in 1964 moved to Slovenia's capital city

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1960s and 1970s winners

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& Katja Levstik , - , ''Malokdaj se srečava'' , , Beti Jurkovič & Lado Leskovar , - , rowspan=2, 1964 , , rowspan=2, '' Poletna noč'' , , Beti Jurkovič (first version) , - ,

(second version) , - , 1965 , , ''Šel si mimo'' , , Irena Kohont , - , 1966 , , ''Ples oblakov'' , ,

, - , 1967 , , ''Vzameš me v roke'' , , Elda Viler , - , 1968 , , ''Presenečenja'' , ,

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& Bor Gostiša , - , rowspan=3, 1969 , , ''Zakaj tvoj dom, zakaj moj dom '' , , Jožica Svete , - , ''Maček v žaklju'' , ,

, - , ''Neizpeta melodija'' , , Lidija Kodrič , - , rowspan=2, 1970 , , ''Solza, ki je ne prodam'' , , Edvin Fliser , - , ''Ti si moj pravi človek'' , , Lidija Kodrič , - , rowspan=2, 1971 , , ''Včeraj, danes, jutri'' , , Elda Viler , - , ''Trideset let'' , , Oto Pestner , - , 1972 , , ''Med iskrenimi ljudmi'' , ,

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, - , 1973 , , ''Leti, leti lastovka'' , , Edvin Fliser , - , 1974 , , ''Uspavanka za mrtve vagabunde'' , ,

, - , 1975 , , ''Mi smo taki'' , ,

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, - , 1976 , , ''Samo nasmeh je bolj grenak'' , ,

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, - , 1977 , , ''Vrača se pomlad'' , , Oto Pestner , - , rowspan=2, 1978 , , ''Jamajka'' , ,

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, - , ''Moje orglice'' , ,

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, - , 1979 , , ''Avtomat'' , ,

History

1960s and 1970s winners

References

Further reading