VELVET MORNING
DEMIS ROUSSOS
COMPOSERS: STELIOS VLAVIANOS , ALEC R. COSTANDINOS;
ALBUM: DEMIS ROUSSOS
LABEL: MERCURY RECORDS
GENRE: BALADA
YEAR: 1974

... Demis participa em vários grupos musicais. O primeiro, com dezessete anos, The Idols, quando tinha de trabalhar para sustentar a sua família. Já nesse grupo Demis começa a destacar-se como cantor, a partir do momento em que é solicitado para substituir o vocalista que estava cansado, para cantar algumas músicas (o que começou com “The House of the Rising Sun” e “When a Man Loves a Woman”).
“…Cierto, las baladas de Roussos no encajaban demasiado con el drama electoral griego. Pero era el paradigma del artista periférico que supo adaptarse a las necesidades del mercado paneuropeo: a partir de 1971, grabó en inglés, francés, español, alemán, italiano, portugués y otros idiomas. También se apuntó a los duetos, con Vicky Leandros o Florence Warner.”
La suya fue la historía de una constante reinvención. 







Velvet mornings will come every new day
Golden sunrise and the scent of rain
Whisper softly a melody of love words
In ecstasy as you lie sleeping close to me

Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Velvet mornings gently touching my face
Come and find me in your warm embrace
As you wake up and smile to me you make real
My reverie and my world begins and ends with you

Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii


Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Demis Roussos

Velvet Mornings



Tom: B
C#          G#         F#           C#          G#      C#
La la  la la la lala la la la la la la la la la la
C#              F#               C#                           C#
Velvet mornings will come every new day
C#             F#                D#m
Golden sunrise and the scent of rain
        G#                 F#
Whisper softly a melody of love words
              C#      G#             C#                    C#
In ecstasy as you lie so very close to me
C#          G#         F#           C#          G#      C#
La la  la la la lala la la la la la la la la la la
E                                                   B
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
E                                                   B
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
C#m                                                 B
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
C#m                                                 B                    G#
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiiiiiiiiiiii
       C#       F#              C#                          C#
Velvet mornings gently touching my face
C#               F#             D#m
Come and find me in your warm embrace
       G#                          F#
As you wake up and smile to me you make real
               C#        G#                       C#
My reverie and I know my day begins and ends with you
C#          G#          F#          C#          G#        C#
La la  la la la lala la la la la la la la la la la
E                                                   B
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
E                                                   B
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
C#m                                                 B
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiii
C#m                                                 B                    G#
Triki, triki, triiiiiki, triiiki, triki, Mon Amour, triki, triki, triki, triiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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  • B
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  • E
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I NEED YOU
DEMIS ROUSSOS
SONGWRITERS: JUAN CARLOS CALDERÓN; BOBBY HART & BARRY RICHARDS
HOW: LIVE
COUNTRY: GRIECE
ALBUM: "MAN OF THE WORLD"
LABEL: IMMEDIATE
GENRE: EASY LISTENING

YEAR: 1980

Demis Roussos, nome artístico de Artemios Ventouris Roussos, (Alexandria, 15 de junho de 1946 - Atenas, 25 de janeiro de 2015) foi um cantor grego, nascido no Egipto. Artemios acabou sendo abreviado para Demis.
Day break
It's just another day
I miss you

Day break
It's just another day
I miss you
More than I can say

And I'm finding out the hard way
Can't lean on someone else
I know it's my life
Gotta live it for myself

And still I'm needing
And needing can't be right
I reach out
Call you every night

I know it's out of fashion
To fall apart this way
But I'm needing
And I'm not ashamed to say it

That I need you
Like a desert needs the rain
To pour your love inside of me
Calling me to bloom again

I need you
More with everyday
Most of all I need
To need me like I need you

Sunset
Walking in the sand
I reach out
Take you by the hand

It's heavens just to touch you
To hold you one more time
But I'm dreaming
It's only in my mind

And I need you
Deep within the night
Need you here beside me
To warm me with your fire light

I need you
Like a stranger needs a friend
To take the lonely world away
To come and make me smile again

Oh God I need you
Like a flower needs the sun
To warm me with your love and light
And hold me when the day is done

I need you
Every breath I take
Need you like the sunshine


Every night, every day.
                    ONLY YOU
THE PLATTERS
Compositor: Buck Ram & Ande Rand
ÁLBUM: ONLY YOU
GRAVADORA: MERCURY RECORDS
GÊNERO: MÚSICA ROMÂNTICA
ANO: 1955

The Platters, grupo musical formado en Los Ángeles, USA, en 1953 y disuelto a finales de los sesenta, grupo musical estadounidense de rhythm and blues y música pop compuesto por cinco cantantes negros (cuatro hombres y una mujer). The Platters iniciaron su carrera artística en Los Angeles como grupo de doo wop, aunque con una identidad muy débil como para hacerlos destacar sobre el resto. Sus primeras grabaciones las hicieron para Federal, un sello subsidiario de King Records de Cincinnati. Estas primera grabaciones no se parecen en nada a las que más tarde les harían famosos, en tanto que simplemente imitaban las corrientes y estilos del momento, sobre todo las vinculadas al R&B.

        En principio, The Platters parecían ser una buena adición a este listado. Tras desvincularlos de Federal, Ram los situó dentro del emergente sello nacional independiente Mercury Records, colocándolos automáticamente en el mercado pop a través los exclusivos contactos de distribución de la compañía. Entonces, Ram comenzó a trabajar sobre las potencialidades y debilidades del grupo. Los primero que hizo fue colocar el peso vocal del grupo sobre los hombros de Tony Williams, cuya voz era próxima a la de un tenor. El poder emocional de Williams fue completado con un grupo (aumentado en aquel momento con Zola Taylor) que trabajaba envolviendo cada una de sus notas con un bien estructurado soporte vocal con una bien combinada sonoridad musical.

Only you, can make all this world seem right
Only you can make the darkness bright
Only you, and you alone, can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you

Only you can make all this change in me
For it's true, you are my destiny
When you hold my hand, I understand
The magic that you do
You're my dream come true
My one and only you

Only you can make all this change in me
For it's true, you are my destiny
When you hold my hand, I understand
The magic that you do
You're my dream come true
My one and only you
One and only you....

The Platters

Only You



Tom: A#
      Eb
ONLY YOU
                    G
CAN MAKE ALL THIS WORLD SEEM RIGHT
      Cm
ONLY YOU
              Eb7         
CAN MAKE THE DARKNESS BRIGHT
       Ab
ONLY  YOU
         Bb         Eb   G           Cm
AND YOU ALONE CAN THRILL ME LIKE YOU DO
     F                                Bb   A   Bb
AND FILL MY HEART WITH LOVE FOR ONLY YOU
      Eb  
ONLY YOU
                    G
CAN MAKE ALL THIS CHANGE IN ME
          Cm         
FOR IT'S TRUE
            Eb7      
YOU ARE MY DESTINY
          Ab
WHEN YOU HOLD MY HAND
     Abm           Eb   G       Cm
I UNDERSTAND THE MAGIC THAT YOU DO
            F
YOU'RE MY DREAM COME TRUE
    Bb           Eb   Ab      Eb
MY ONE AND ONLY YOU
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  • Eb
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