Wilma De Angelis and Jula de Palma were the singers for "Per tutta la vita," but the song did not place among the Festival's top ten.
The performances of the Festival's songs were aired live January 29-31 on Italian Radio and TV.
[3] Brenda Lee's English version of the song was issued in Italy on the Fonit label.
It topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the issue dated October 24, 1960, and remained there for one week.
This was Brenda Lee's second number-one single, her first being "I'm Sorry", and was her most recent Billboard Hot 100 number-one for 63 years, until the week of December 9, 2023 when her Christmas single "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" reached number one, setting the longest period between number one singles by an artist.