RAY CONIFF - SPEAK TO ME OF LOVE

SPEAK TO ME OF LOVE

RAY CONIFF

SONGRITERS: JEAN LENOIR & BRUCE SIEVIER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SPEAK TO ME OF LOVE

LABEL: COLUMBIA

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR:1964

Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.

Conniff was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book.

Between 1957-68, Conniff had 28 albums in the American Top 40, the most famous one being Somewhere My Love (1966). He topped the album list in Britain in 1969 with His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound, an album which was originally published to promote his European tour (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) in 1969. He also was the first American popular artist to record in Russia—in 1974 he recorded Ray Conniff in Moscow with the help of a local choir. His later albums like Exclusivamente Latino, Amor Amor, and Latinisimo made him very popular in Latin-American countries, even more so after performing in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival. In Brazil and Chile he was treated like a young pop superstar in the 1980s and 1990s when he was in his 70s and 80s. He even played live with his orchestra and eight-person chorus in large football stadiums as well as in Viña del Mar..

Speak to me of love

And say what I’m longing to hear

Tender words of love

Repeat them again

I implore you

Speak to me of love

And whisper these words to me, dear

I adore you.

Speak to me of love

And whisper these words to me, dear

I adore you.