The Sanremo Music Festival 1967 (), officially the 17th Italian Song Festival (), was the 17th annual

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival ( ), officially the Italian Song Festival (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria, organized and broadcast by (RAI). It is the longest-running ...

, held at the

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between 26 and 28 January 1967, and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by

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and

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. According to the rules of this edition, every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups. The winners of the festival were

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and

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with the song "Non pensare a me". Villa was thus selected to represent at the

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, with "Non andare più lontano". Following the festival, the biggest success and most popular song was "

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" by Little Tony, which sold 6 million copies and was the no.1 hit for nine consecutive weeks in the Italian hit parade. During the festival, following the elimination of his song "

Ciao amore ciao "" (; "Bye, My Love, Bye") is a 1967 song written by Italian singer-songwriter Luigi Tenco, first performed at the Sanremo Music Festival 1967, in two separate renditions, by Tenco and Italian-French singer Dalida. The song is best remembered ...

", performed with his partner

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, singer-songwriter

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committed suicide. Shortly after the contest ended, the original tape of the contest was lost. Only four decades later a copy was recovered and restored by Italian broadcaster

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Participants and results

Broadcasts

Local broadcast

The finals were broadcast on Programma Nazionale TV and Secondo Programma, beginning at 21:00

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, with the semi-finals being broadcast on Secondo Programma TV and Secondo Programma, at 21:15

International broadcasts

The festival was reportedly broadcast in 57 countries. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Notes

References

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