R.C. post- San Remo at TV Tupi, São Paulo.
Roberto Carlos chat with Bibi Ferreira & Sergio Endrigo at TV Tupi, in 1968.
On 17 January 1968, after commanding 'Jovem Guarda', a rock show beamed every Sunday at 4:30 pm since 22nd August 1965, by TV Record from its auditorium in São Paulo, Roberto Carlos says goodbye leaving the top-rating show with mates Erasmo Carlos & Wanderlea.
Next, Roberto boards a plane to Italy where he was to appear at the 18th Festival di San Remo, the most prestigious musical competition in Italy.
Little did he know Sergio Endrigo's 'Canzone per te', the song chosen by Columbia Records for him to sing would win the Festival, catapulting the little known Brazilian singer to the top of the pops in Europe.
For those who are not familiar with this Italian institution, let's see how it works. 24 new Italian songs are entered into the competition by their writers or their record company. Each song is sung twice: once by an Italian act and then, in a different day, by a Foreign act.
Roberto Carlos was lucky to be paired with Sergio Endrigo, who ended up winning the Festival at its exciting finale on 2nd February 1968.
So 1968, started with a bang for the most popular act in Brazil. Now, Roberto was popular in parts of Europe as well.
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