Slovenian song festival explained

Slovenian song festival (In) was a Slovenian music festival dedicated to a music genre known as Slovenian song (Slovenian: [[popevka]]) that was most popular during the 1960s and 1970s and had a similarly high standing in Slovene culture as did the Sanremo Music Festival in Italian culture.[1] 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 Bled,[2] and in 1964 moved to Slovenia's capital city Ljubljana.

1960s and 1970s winners

Year Song Performers
1962 Mandolina Stane Mancini & Beti Jurkovič
1963 Orion Marjana Deržaj & Katja Levstik
Malokdaj se srečava
1964 Poletna noč Beti Jurkovič (first version)
Marjana Deržaj (second version)
1965 Šel si mimo
1966 Ples oblakov
1967 Vzameš me v roke
1968 Presenečenja Bele vrane & Bor Gostiša
1969 Zakaj tvoj dom, zakaj moj dom Jožica Svete
Maček v žaklju
Neizpeta melodija
1970 Solza, ki je ne prodam
Ti si moj pravi človek
1971 Včeraj, danes, jutri
Trideset let
1972 Med iskrenimi ljudmi
1973 Leti, leti lastovka
1974 Uspavanka za mrtve vagabunde
1975 Mi smo taki
1976 Samo nasmeh je bolj grenak
1977 Vrača se pomlad
1978 Jamajka
Moje orglice
1979 Avtomat

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. http://www.delo.si/druzba/panorama/slovenska-popevka-to-ni-bil-festival-temvec-pravo-gibanje.html It was more than a festival, it was a movement
  2. http://www.delo.si/druzba/panorama/zimzelene-skladbe-odkrivajo-nove-generacije.html The evergreens discovered by young generations