tv apparences
July 1965
4th CANTAGIRO - EDITION 1965 - FINALE from Fiuggi
* Broadcast live : 10 Luglio 1965 –
* Referee: Enrico Maria Salerno together with : Dany Paris & Daniele Piombi
* Conductor : Gigi Cichellero
* Guest cast : various Italian artists :
* Rita Pavone
* Gianni Morandi
* Patty Pravo
* Nico Fidenco
* Gino Paoli ecc
* Rita sings : “ LUI “ ( HE )
RITA PAVONE WINS THE " CANTAGIRO “ – Edition 1965
“LUI “, composed by the “ future Oscar Award “ Luis Enriquez Bacalov with lyrics by Franco Migliacci, wins the “ CANTAGIRO “ - the famous Italian travelling contest -, followed by “ Se non avessi più te “ sung by Gianni Morandi, Rita’s eternal friend and rival.
For the first time in its history, the Cantagiro tour took place, in 1965,
not only in Italy but also in Vienna ( Austria ), Frankfurt ( Germany )
and Moscow ( Russia) called at the time “ The Soviet Republic “.
At the Gorky Park in Moscow, her success is particularly big among more then 10.000 cheering people and Rita is forced by the public to sing the same song another time, against the regulations and the will
of a very rigid jury in order to allow the show to go on. Big scandal !!!
The day after, a two–column headline of the New York Times ( USA ) reports this unprecedented and most unusual event in a Communist country ! ( + articolo )