Romantica - Robertino

Robertino recorded an EP of songs from the San Remo festival 1963, which I bought late last year. It turns out that this wasn't the only time the child star recorded Eurovision-related material: this single presents his version of the 1960 Italian entry, 'Romantica'. And it has to be said that this version is performed with a passion and emotion that rather impresses. It sounds more mature than one would expect from a 12-year-old.

Although this is a Dutch pressing, the single did not make it into the charts. Perhaps this is not surprising: even the original version by Renato Rascel did not chart. 

My collection: 7" single no. 6715
Found: Record fair, Den Haag, 7 May 2022
Cost: €1
Tracks: 'Romantica' / 'Lettera a Pinocchio'

San Remo festival - Robertino

Robertino Loreti was born in Rome on 22 October 1947. As a child he sang in restaurants and in the early Sixties he was discovered by Danish TV producer Volmer Sørensen. Because of this the artist had the opportunity to become one of Italy's best known boy singers.In 1963 he released this EP, performing several songs from the San Remo festival from that year.

The most interesting track on this EP for me is his cover version of 'Uno per tutte'. The song was written by Tony Renis, Mogol and Alberto Testa. It was first performed by Renis and Emilio Pericoli during the Sanremo Music Festival in February 1963, where they performed two different versions of the song, placing first in the competition. The song was then chosen to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, where it was performed by Pericoli. 

My collection: 7" single no. 6522
Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, 25 November 2021
Cost: €2
Tracks: 'Uno per tutte', 'Giovane giovane' / 'Non costa niente', 'Occhi neri e cielo blu'