Slovenian song festival

Slovenian song festival (In Slovene: Slovenska popevka) was a Slovenian music festival dedicated to a music genre known as Slovenian song ("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 begun 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 Beti Jurkovič & Lado Leskovar
1964 Poletna noč Beti Jurkovič (first version)
Marjana Deržaj (second version)
1965 Šel si mimo Irena Kohont
1966 Ples oblakov Marjana Deržaj
1967 Vzameš me v roke Elda Viler
1968 Presenečenja Bele vrane & Bor Gostiša
1969 Zakaj tvoj dom, zakaj moj dom Jožica Svete
Maček v žaklju Bele vrane
Neizpeta melodija Lidija Kodrič
1970 Solza, ki je ne prodam Edvin Fliser
Ti si moj pravi človek Lidija Kodrič
1971 Včeraj, danes, jutri Elda Viler
Trideset let Oto Pestner
1972 Med iskrenimi ljudmi Majda Sepe
1973 Leti, leti lastovka Edvin Fliser
1974 Uspavanka za mrtve vagabunde Majda Sepe
1975 Mi smo taki Marjana Deržaj & Braco Koren
1976 Samo nasmeh je bolj grenak Ditka Haberl
1977 Vrača se pomlad Oto Pestner
1978 Jamajka Tomaž Domicelj
Moje orglice Janko Ropret
1979 Avtomat Tomaž Domicelj

References

  1. It was more than a festival, it was a movement, Delo, 20. June 2012
  2. The evergreens discovered by young generations, Delo, 3. March 2012

Further reading

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