Wednesday 3 February 1999

1964 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 9
Date - March 21, 1964
Official name - Grand Prix Eurovision 1964
Host broadcaster - DR, Denmark
Host city - Copenhagen
Venue - Tivoli Koncertsal
Host - Lotte Wæver
Director - Poul Leth Sørensen
Producer - Poul Leth Sørensen, assisted by Bent Fabricius Bjerre & Marianne Drewes
Stage designer - unknown
Musical director - Kai Mortensen
Orchestra - Grand Prix Orchestra (DR Underholdningsorkester with some additional freelance musicians)
Interval act - Ballet Harlequinade / potpourri of tunes by Hans Christian Lumbye, choreographed by Niels Bjørn Larsen
Scrutineer - Miroslav Vilček
Number of entries - 16
Winning entry - 'Non ho l'età' Gigliola Cinquetti (Italy)
Winning songwriters - Mario Panzeri / Gene Colonello / Nicola Salerno "Nisa"
Winning orchestrator - Gianfranco Monaldi
Winning conductor - Gianfranco Monaldi

Yugoslavia's conductor Radivoje Spasić in front of the DR Underholdningsorkester for Sabahudin Kurt's performance in Copenhagen

RESULT

1st place (49 votes)

ITALY
Song title – "Non ho l’età (Per amarti)"
Rendition – Gigliola Cinquetti
Lyrics – Mario Panzeri / Gene Colonello
Composition – Nicola Salerno "Nisa" / Gene Colonello
Studio arrangement – Gianfranco Monaldi
Live orchestration – Gianfranco Monaldi
Conductor – Gianfranco Monaldi

2nd place (17 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – “I Love The Little Things”
Rendition – Matt Monro
Lyrics – Tony Hatch
Composition – Tony Hatch
Studio arrangement – Johnny Scott
(studio orchestra conducted by Johnny Scott)
Live orchestration – Johnny Scott
Conductor – Harry Rabinowitz

3rd place (15 votes)

MONACO
Song title – "Où sont-elles passées?"
Rendition – Romuald Figuier
Lyrics – Pierre Barouh
Composition – Francis Lai
Studio arrangement – Michel Colombier
Live orchestration – Michel Colombier
Conductor – Michel Colombier

4th & 5th place (ex aequo, 14 votes)

LUXEMBOURG
Song title – "Dès que le printemps revient"
Rendition – Hugues Aufray 
Lyrics – Jacques Plante
Composition – Hugues Aufray
Studio arrangement – Jacques Denjean
Live orchestration – Jacques Denjean
Conductor – Jacques Denjean

FRANCE
Song title – “Le chant de Mallory”
Rendition – Rachel Ros
Lyrics – Pierre Cour
Composition – André Popp
Studio arrangement – André Popp
(studio orchestra conducted by André Popp)
Live orchestration – André Popp
Conductor – Franck Pourcel

6th place (11 votes)

AUSTRIA
Song title – "Warum nur, warum?"
Rendition – Udo Jürgens 
Lyrics – Udo Jürgens
Composition – Udo Jürgens
Studio arrangement – Rudi Bauer 
(studio orchestra conducted by Rudi Bauer)
Live orchestration – Rudi Bauer
Conductor – Johannes Fehring

7th place (9 votes)

FINLAND
Song title – "Laiskotellen"
Rendition – Lasse Mårtenson
Lyrics – Sauvo 'Saukki' Puhtila
Composition – Lasse Mårtenson
Studio arrangement – Lasse Mårtenson
(studio orchestra conducted by Lasse Mårtenson)
Live orchestration – Lasse Mårtenson
Conductor – George de Godzinsky

8th place (6 votes)

NORWAY
Song title – "Spiral"
Rendition – Arne Bendiksen
Lyrics – Egil Hagen
Composition – Sigurd Jansen
Studio arrangement – Carsten Klouman
Live orchestration – Carsten Klouman
Conductor – Karsten Andersen

9th place (4 votes)

DENMARK
Song title – “Sangen om dig”
Rendition – Bjørn Tidmand
Lyrics – Mogens Dam
Composition – Aksel V. Rasmussen
Studio arrangement – Ole Høyer
(studio orchestra conducted by Ole Høyer)
Live orchestration – Ole Høyer
Conductor – Kai Mortensen (MD)

10th & 11th place (ex aequo, 2 votes)

NETHERLANDS
Song title – “Jij bent mijn leven”
Rendition – Anneke Grönloh
Lyrics – René de Vos
Composition – Ted Powder
Studio arrangement – Ger van Leeuwen
(studio orchestra conducted by Ger van Leeuwen)
Live orchestration – Bert Paige
Conductor – Dolf van der Linden

BELGIUM
Song title – “Près de ma rivière”
Rendition – Robert Cogoi
Lyrics – Robert Cogoi
Composition – Robert Cogoi
Studio arrangement – Bill Ador (Willy Albimoor) / Glen Powell (Félix Faecq)
(studio orchestra conducted by Bill Ador)
Live orchestration – Willy Albimoor
Conductor – Henri Segers

12th place (1 vote)

SPAIN
Song title – "Caracola"
Rendition – Nelly feat. Tim & Tony (Los TNT = Argentina Croatto / Edelweiss Croatto / Hermes Croatto)
Lyrics – Fina de Calderón
Composition – Fina de Calderón
Studio arrangement – unknown (possibly Victor Buchino)
Live orchestration – unknown (possibly Rafael Ibarbia)
Conductor – Rafael Ibarbia

13th to 16th place (ex aequo, 0 votes)

WEST GERMANY
Song title – "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne"
Rendition – Nora Nova 
Lyrics – Niels Nobach
Composition – Rudi von der Dovenmühle
Studio arrangement – Friedel Berlipp
(studio orchestra conducted by Friedel Berlipp)
Live orchestration – Friedel Berlipp
Conductor – Willy Berking

PORTUGAL
Song title – "Oração"
Rendition – António Calvário
Lyrics – Rogério Braçinha / Francisco Nicholson
Composition – João Nobre
Studio arrangement – Joaquim Luís Gomes
(studio orchestra conducted by Joaquim Luís Gomes)
Live orchestration – Joaquim Luís Gomes
Conductor – Kai Mortensen (MD) 

YUGOSLAVIA
Song title – “Život je sklopio krug”
Rendition – Sabahudin Kurt
Lyrics – Stevan Raičković
Composition – Srđan Matijević
Studio arrangement – Srđan Matijević
Live orchestration – Srđan Matijević
Conductor – Radivoje Spasić

SWITZERLAND
Song title – “I miei pensieri”
Rendition – Anita Traversi
Lyrics – Sanzio Chiesa
Composition – Giovanni Pelli
Studio arrangement – Albert Brunner
Live orchestration – Albert Brunner
Conductor – Fernando Paggi

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