Gigliola Cinquetti - Non Ho L'Età - Eurovision Song Contest Winner 1964 (original performance)

[ivantrejo41]

in a video of eurobanned123 is a quite short part of the original transmission it is in watch?v=QvWOAGc2HaQ If someone can knows of which tv is the logo...

[VerLoves1D]

absolutely fantastic.



[nouanoua]

Best Eurovision song out of all 1500+ of them

[sharronkayem]

would love to get album for Cinquetti English songs, anyone know where I can find one

[apolline8]

There's no equivalent. She's unique :)

[dsdsfreak97]

I love this <3

[falconbluesky1]

Mesmerizing. So pretty and feminine. Where is our modern day equivalent?

[FlavioGirl]

beautiful song......beautiful voice at such a young age......well-deserved win for Italy!!!!!! :)

[montebardia]

Gigliola quanto ti vorrei Ambasciatrice per l'Italia...ci faresti fare più bella figura dei nostri politici.

Non ero nato,ma ascoltare questa ragazza così semplice e bella,mi fa stare bene.

Che bei commenti che leggo da tutto il mondo. Gigliola se li merita tutti.

Ciao

[jonerworm]

Thanks for uploading such pearl!

[iryza00]

This song is my story...

[Michael00172]

Un sessantaquattresimo compleanno molto felice a voi Gigliola. Era in ' 64 che avete preso il mondo dalla tempesta nel concorso di canzone di Eurovisione. Lo amavo a partire dal momento che lo ho sentito cantare questo & di canzone; Ti amo più ogni giorno. Gigliola lungamente in tensione.

[ensan8]

So cute and elegant, though she is very young. I fell in love with her.

[Napfisk]

Bravo to you sir, for this remarkable effort. Curation, restoration and archiving are what make the internet so wonderful. You make that happen.

[ZAIZOUX]

bella canzone

[Walrusland]

Espectacular!!!!

[Adrienx]

UNE DES PLUS JOLIES CHANSONS DU MONDE !...

[guz11aug]

This is a song that "Evergreen" means. It´s crazy (or wunderful?), but it needs YT to listen to this song again after so many, many years. Very good job, thank´s for posting and ...keep it save. Dave"

[wildmustang67]

She is so beautiful ! Her classy, innocent look reminds me of Audrey Hepburn.

[juanitobastos]

Adesso sarebbe piutosto: Non ho l´etá, per drogarmi, per fumare,del pot con té,ha,ha,ha....

[cotetilo21]

sempre bellissima, bella voce

[28bbt60]

Aşık olmak ve aşkı yaşamak için yaşın hiç önemi yok.

ve seninle aşkı yaşamak için ben herzaman hazırım.

*** Google Traduttore (Turco => Italiano) ***

Non importa l'età per innamorarsi e di amore per vivere.

Io sono sempre pronto per vivere e amare.

[TheHuevoconpatatas]

this song will be always evergreen

[AquaOinkOink]

One of my favorite songs in history of the ESC!

[mrosemy26]

È tanta carina, she's so cute!



[gatomas]

I checked all winners of all the years of eurovision and this is the best, this song and Cinquetti performance will be heard for many years frmo now in fact I hear a new version by other artists recently.

[sonny4V]

Great job! Thanks for sharing.

[montebardia]

Questa ragazza aveva tutto..molto carina,una bella voce e una grazia unica.

[josephamego1528]

There are not many Eurovision songs or winners that I can't remember but this one I will remember for all time as it is my fav' I was 21 at the time and I fell in love with her, In them days every one was glued to the TV as soon as I heard it I knew that she was a winner and of course so did everybody else, If I remember right the English translation of this title was This Is My Prayer another singer also did this song in English and that was it's English title, is the b-side Go?

[pataderana]

yo adoro esta chica  . su forma y su dulce voz toca el corazon.

[guiseleygal]

Other than Abba, this has to be the only other winner from outside UK which has stood the test of time and people remember. I was 10 at the time and still remember it.3 years later, my first boyfriend just loved her - all I can remember about him!

[Celticwomanfanpiano]

I absolutely love this! She's so sweet and pretty. And her singing . . .wow!

[Ikurun]

This song is so magical - hypnotizing. I feel captivated. I don't understand Italian, I'm Norwegian - and I find this soooo beautiful! One of my favorite entries in Eurovision ever. <3

[chriseurosong]

I think it's scandallous that the original recording of this Contest is not available. Does anyone know if there has actually been ANY sort of concerted effort by ALL the broadcasters who transmitted the Contest at the time, to look through their archives? With 16 songs in the Contest - therefore at least 16 broadcasters - at least ONE of them should have kept a copy of footage they transmitted.

Or is it just that DR (Denmark) didn't record it and no-one has looked further?

[ajay999999]

@chriseurosong The film recording was destroyed in a fire at the Danish TV studio archives.

The opening & this is all that was recoevred.

[Ascyltos]

Of course "non ha l'etá," she was only 16.

[missBaykuss]

çok seviyorum bu şarkıyııı

[inpeaceallofus]

dolcissima,the sweetest song,the brightest voice,i love it.I was born that year,so :non ho l'eta.

[theo4u4me41]

THANK YOU , THANK YOU, THANK YOU. From the bottom of my heart, thank you

Your incredible video is perfect. I love the sound quality. This video brought back

many wonderful memories. I lived in Holland at the time and the song was such a hit

You deserve a Palme d' Or or the top award available for your beautiful work.

A great piece of art, preserved thru you for all of us to enjoy forever. BRAVO !!!

[marthyne37761]

Voilà comment nous étions à 15 et 16 ans des jeunes filles simples , à queue de cheval , très peu maquillée, et nous rêvions au grand amour!!

les années 60, quelle belle époque?

[NeverGetOld2009]

The montage turned out cool!

Thanks for sharing and the work you had on it.

[ilovecollecting]

I understand that a copy of the 1964 had been unearthed several years ago, but that the owner is rather 'secretive' about its discovery...

Let's hope it gets out in the public domain one day!

[jbeaver12]

@ilovecollecting Not heard this story at all, he or she should admit to having a copy. All fans of the Eurovision are desperate to see this, especially me, apart from the 1956 eurovision, this is the only one I have not seen.

[ilovecollecting]

This was a turning point in the Contest when most (if not all) subsequent wins would be 'catchy' and more memorable.

Great song!

Thanks for Posting!

[dusty11111988]

Well done Dave. With France Gall the best winners ever.

[francisnancy54]

My favourite from 1964

[Dimytpw1953]

Great to see this again, I was 10 at the time and I learned my first words Italian from it.

[marsnkc2]

The greatest of the Eurovision Song Contest winners. An absolute tragedy that the show was lost, as one poster says, in a fire.

[beadsstitcher]

The very young,gorgeous,talented ,innocent ,radiant Gigliola Cinquetti with her most beautiful song and voice ,that made her beautiful country so proud.This is a remarkable video.Thank you for sharing this beauty.

[uravision]

Eurovision at its best

[personalkoment]

the EUROVISION SONG COMPETITION way back then was really awesome! the judges surely had a hard time judging! i can't say the same way now. this song in 1964 was really DESERVING of the grand prize! i've read somewhere that the performer was just 14 years old when she sang this.

[Assuommath]

@personalkoment

She was actually 16 but yeah ESC back then was great. Televoting has ruined everything...

[virginflyer]

Very happy to see this, first memory of Eurovison, everything seemed more innocent then, was on11 at the time, but thought see had a unique voice. Had heard it for over 20years until I found it here, exellent restoration, thank you

[PistaxeJunior]

piu bello

[Team9Trivia]

Out of all the former EVSC winners, this gets my 12 points

(If the 24-year-old Australian male vote means anything, anyway)

[mario7dic]

la dedico a te mamma ...... con amore di sempre e della tua vita

[jvane2010]

great job

one of my favorite ESC songs ever..

[gottagothatsme]

I wonder if anyone knows if this reprise footage actually used in the television broadcast? There's something slightly amateurish about it and the angle's a little odd. Perhaps that was just the style back in those days!

[1947dave]

@gottagothatsme My impression is that the footage is originally from a film camera(s) which was subsequently transferred to video. Sadly, all the TV broadcast video tapes of the entire 1964 contest are thought to have been lost or destroyed.

[gottagothatsme]

@1947dave So you don't believe that this piece of material was used at all in the broadcast? If so, I wonder what purpose it was filmed for (a news programme, perhaps)?

It's hard to believe that absolutely nothing exists of this contest. I can understand there being so little of the first contest but this was 8 years later! Every so often there's always reports of a load of lost footage being found. I bet ESC 1964 is hiding somewhere! Hopefully whoever finds it will donate it to the EBU.

[gottagothatsme]

@1947dave Actually, I've just noticed that to the right of the conductor at the start you can actually see a television screen showing what would have been shown the viewers at home. So I suppose there is some of the original footage remaining, it just happens to be about 3 seconds long and 2 inches big!

[marbe166]

@gottagothatsme You are right, it is the reprise performance footage. You can see that people are leaving the stage as Gigiola starts to sing. Parts of the reprise performance is the only thing that exists. The word is that the rest of the contest footage was lost in a fire at DR (Danmarks Radio) in the seventies.

[mickbeks]

@gottagothatsme

I was 10 years old at that time. I thougt most of the TV broadcast came from the frontal view as I only remember the face of the singer and the glittering background.

[auffricht]

@gottagothatsme This is the original first showing footage- the reprise victory had Danish guardsmen on stage

[tropicofscorpio]

you have made a great job of the reconstruction

and thank you for the informative notes and lyrics..

it is a song i will never tire of hearing..

[dearmalika]

Que bella cancion, me recuerdo de haber lo visto  en la television alemana!

Me encanto Gigliola Cinquetti!

Thanks so much for posting this!

[finallyblaise73]

@1947dave ,

hai fatto un buon lavoro,grazie!

[panzer6969]

Thank you so much for such history detail and the lyrics of this great singer and song . So well done for putting this together in this way. Not an easy task !!. Thank you again.

[krautball]

Fantastic song! Thanks a lot for sharing this!!!

[xaruco]

Bella canción, no sé cómo no quedó entre las seleccionadas de "Congratulations"

[derekjtaylor]

I feel bad for the poor guy from Yugoslavia who had to follow that!!!

[montebardia]

Ecco...una cosa che non avevo ancora notato è l'applauso alla fine della canzone.

Chiedo a "unagondola":è originale???è proprio della sala di Eurovision??

Ho letto il tuo commento sul video perso.

Scusa la domanda,forse banale per tanti.

Comunque una canzone che riascolto sempre con molto piacere,soprattutto cantata da una ragazza così brava e dolce.

[pratt68]

A Eurovision that has still to be beaten for its beauty. How ironic its the only one of which no full footage exists. Couldn't they have taped over 1984's winner instead?

[montebardia]

Bravo hai fatto un bel lavoro con il video e l'audio.

Brava e bella Gigliola.

E' ancora bella adesso.

Ciao

Luca Italia

[PCrocko1]

I fell in love with Gigliola when I first viewed her in 1964 I am still in love

[montebardia]

@PCrocko1

Una ragazza così non la si dimentica mai più.

[panzer6969]

Yes indeed, you did a great job getting this together............. such a pity the original recording / film was lost at the Contest................... well done again............ she is superb !!

[swedenbrazililoveyou]

46years !! what a wonderful voice! she's so sweet and pretty! i love this music! hugs for you - KIKO ( BRAZIL )

[Celticwomanfanpiano]

Beautiful!

[ensan8]

Thank you for the great work, Dave!! I love Gigliola on those days. She is so cute and had a gorgeous voice.

[xanglat]

C'est divin !

Voix magnifique ! Et quelle grâce !Quelle élégance et sobriété !

Une CHANTEUSE de talent immense...que je découvre seulement aujourd'hui !

Splendide !

Beautiful

thank you very much for posting

[mhdallard]

merci d'avoir conservé cette interprétation, dont je n'avais pas perdu une goutte en 64 §§§§§!!!!!!!!!

marie-hélène

[ravenCLI]

Thank you, Dave. I remember the night so well. raven

[TheArtinos]

TeaArtinos.Thanks for this recording

[skagen65]

Thank you so much Dave for that ant thank you for the history of the contest....Grazie anche per la stroria della canzone italianna....

[Diego58ful]

Years that the good music win in Eurovisión without the politics about some countries of the late years.

[flibbidijibbid]

Loved it then, love it now:-)

[fanchette122]

elle devait avoir aux environs de 16 ans à l'époque

[dcpghy]

I heard this song on the radio in the early 1960s in Hong Kong and it was very popular on the chart then. I still remember the funny pronunciation of the name of the song and her name though I had never found out the spellings.

It is quite amazing to hear this lovely song again after almost half of a century. Thank you very much for bringing back my childhood memory.

[patrickdcyau]

I have the English version "This Is My Prayer" by Linda Scott, equally beautiful.

[johnrobieagain]

Mit 16 Jahren ein solches Lied so gefühlvoll zu singen.... verdient höchste Anerkennung!

Ich bin zufällig auf diesen Clip gestoßen. Danke fürs Posten.

Schön, dass Gigliola mit diesem Titel den Wettbewerb gewann.

I have just been listening to it for the first time - and I simply love it.

[loboblanco65]

que bonita cancion ,que bella mujer

[maryclodeify]

I was very happy to listen to this very nice song !!!!!!

Thanks a lot!

[mears89]

This is breathtaking footage.If by chance somehow one day you can piece it all together in my opinion it should be priceless and should have the most hits you tube has ever known.

[irjajit]

that's it? I wish other songs in the contest had a part which still playable.

[irjajit]

If only each participating country + Eurovision were allowed to receive a copy of this each back then...

[jefferynix]

excellent in all ways, very nice work.

[anm1951]

a voz é boa a artista é linda e a canção é daquelas raras que se fazem com bom gosto sobretudo na musica e desmo mesmo ano da nossa oração cantada por Antonio Calvario ESTAVAMOS EM 1964

[nauort23]

How did I live 45 years without ever hearing this beautiful song? Back in 1964, the year I was born--when it wasn't such a bad thing to be an American--one thing we missed out on in the USA was this. I've listened to it every day since I discovered it last week. Thanks for doing a wonderful job of piecing together this performance with what has survived.

[frikko72]

beautiful beautiful beautiful !!! she is soo sweet and this song is perfect for her... I LOVE U GIGLIOLA !!!

[kmoforum]

Excellent work! Thank you for sharing it with us!!!

[jalisse97]

wow dave, amazing!

[setheurovision94]

Superb work, well-done. No less than this timeless classic deserves, as moving today as it must have been back then.

[munich0955]

You do a great job in restoring this recording -

I was nine years old those days and this was the first record I bought in my life! Thanks for all the memories!

[1947dave]

It was the first record I ever bought too! :)

Over this weekend, I did some work on the extra bits that I have, there are still several problems to solve to make it work and look OK with the existing footage, but I am definitely making progress.

[munich0955]

:-)))

I'm very much looking forward to the results and good luck with this tricky work!

[sothian666]

Absolutely wonderful work. One of the great Eurovision performances restored. Thank you so much!!

[aljarprod]

Many thanks for the incredible work you have done to reconstruct this priceless performance, "an absolute gem".

Keep up the good work and I look forward to the day when you post even more of the original footage.

[porcar1967]

Incredible work, Tank you very much indeed!!!

[doubletom90]

she sang this once again in 1991 when Italy hosted Eurovision

[escuain]

Thanks for this ongoing reconstruction. I'll keep watching it (I've favourited it). ...

[1947dave]

I'm still working on it, it's tricky due to differing brightness contrast and sharpness levels... and not all the gaps are filled. I need a few quiet days and nights to finish it!

[doubletom90]

I love the classic songs!

although I'm only 19 years old, I love the classic songs. this is one of them.

[Loukia98]

soo old

[utzuckz]

thanks for all your effort -- i'm watching this space :)

[1947dave]

Thanks, I now have some additional footage so I will post an improved version with fewer stills, more video and hopefully further improvements too, as soon as I can.

The high quality of Gigliola's original performance makes it well worth the effort, watch this space.

[nvdmx44]

Thank you!