ELLA FITZGERALD - BLUE MOON

BLUE MOON

ELLA FITZGERALD

SONGWRITERS: Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BLUE MOON/VINYL

LABEL: VERVE RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1956

Ella Jane Fitzgerald(Newport News, 25 de abril de 1917 — Beverly Hills, 15 de junho de 1996) foi uma cantora e compositora norte-americana. Com uma extensão vocal que abrangia três oitavas, era notória pela pureza de sua tonalidade, sua dicção, fraseado e entonação impecáveis, bem como uma habilidade de improviso "semelhante a um instrumento de sopro", particularmente no scat.

Considerada uma das intérpretes supremas do chamado Great American Songbook, teve uma carreira que durou 59 anos, venceu 14 prêmios Grammy e recebeu aMedalha Nacional das Artes do presidente americano Ronald Reagan, bem como a Medalha Presidencial da Liberdade, do sucessor de Reagan, George H. W. Bush.

Ella Fitzgerald venceu 14 prêmios Grammy, incluindo um de Lifetime Achievement, em 1967. Entre outros prêmios e homenagens que recebeu durante sua carreira estão o Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Medal of Honor Award, National Medal of Art, o primeiro Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award (batizado de "Ella" em sua homenagem), a Medalha Presidencial da Liberdade, e o e George and Ira Gershwin Award pela sua carreira, da UCLA Spring Sing.

Ella Fitzgerald apoiou de maneira discreta porém intensa diversas organizações de caridade e sem fins lucrativos, incluindo a American Heart Association e o United Negro College Fund. Em 1993 fundou a "Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation", que continua a custear programas que perpetuam seus ideais.

"Blue Moon" is a classic popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934. It may be the first instance of the familiar "50s progression" in a popular song and has become a standard ballad. The song was a hit twice in 1949 with successful recordings in the U.S. by Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé. In 1961, "Blue Moon" became an international number-one hit for the doo-wop group The Marcels, on the Billboard 100 chart and in the UK Singles chart. Over the years, "Blue Moon" has been covered by various artists, including versions by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, The Platters, The Mavericks, Dean Martin, Yvonne De Carlo, for Masterseal Records 1957, The Supremes, Cyndi Lauper, Bob Dylan and Rod Stewart. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album On the Happy Side(1962). Cowboy Junkies recorded the song on their album The Trinity Sessions. It is also the anthem of English Football League club Crewe Alexandra and English Premier League football club Manchester City, who have both adapted the song slightly.

Blue Moon

You saw me standing alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own

Blue Moon

You know just what I was there for

You heard me saying a prayer for

Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me

The only one my arms will hold

I heard somebody whisper please adore me

And when I looked to the Moon it turned to gold

Blue Moon

Now I'm no longer alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own

And then there suddenly appeared before me

The only one my arms will ever hold

I heard somebody whisper please adore me

And when I looked the Moon had turned to gold

Blue moon

Now I'm no longer alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own

Blue moon

Now I'm no longer alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own.