MOONGLOW
TONY BENNETT & K. D. LANG
SONGWRITERS: EDDIE DELANGE, IRVING MILLS & WILL HUDSON
WHERE: MTV UNPLUGGED
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM:MOONGLOW
LABEL: COLUMBIA
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1994

MTV Unplugged is a live album by Tony Bennett that was released in 1994. Backed by his usual Ralph Sharon Trio, Bennett appeared on the TV show MTV Unplugged, which despite being a superfluous platform ("I've always been unplugged," Bennett noted), showcased the Great American Songbook. Rock stars Elvis Costello and k.d. lang made guest appearances.
The album reached platinum record status in the United States and won the 1995 Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance and Album of the Year.
"Moonglow" appears in jazz fake books and lead sheets in the key of G, though it is also thought to originally be in the key of C. It is tonal and begins on the IV chord, also referred to as the subdominant major chord, and the sixth, or submediant note of the major scale, before resolving onto the tonic.
The melodic riff of the A section is composed of a repeated minor third interval followed by a major third interval and then a repeated note. Harmonic movement is largely in an ascending circle of fourths, or with descending chromatic substitutions, but there is also movement between thirds or between major and minor seventh chords. Minor seventh chords are often played in first inversion in this tune, and may therefore be thought of and notated as six chords of the relative major.
Rhythmically "Moonglow" is in 4 time. It is a foxtrot, typically played at a slow tempo, although some performers, notably Art Tatum, have played it faster. The rhythm is syncopated. Jazz players usually swing the eighth notes.
Writer George T. Simon, while working on a compilation of music for The Big Band Songbook, contacted composer Will Hudson regarding “Moonglow,” and Hudson explained how the tune came about. “It happened very simply. Back in the early ‘30s, I had a band at the Graystone Ballroom in Detroit, and I needed a theme song. So I wrote ‘Moonglow.’
It must have been moonglow
Way up in the blue
It must have been moonglow
That led me straight to you
I still hear you saying
'dear one, hold me fast'
And I start in praying
Oh Lord, please let this last
We seemed to float right through the air
Heavenly songs seem to come from everywhere
And now when there's moonglow
Way up in the blue
I always remember
That moonglow gave me you.
MOONGLOW
ARTIE SHAW (SWINGTIME BIG BAND)
SONGWRITERS: EDDIE DELANGE, IRVING MILLS & WILL HUDSON
ONLY: INSTRUMENTAL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ARTIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA MOONGLOW
LABEL:RCA VICTOR
GENRE:JAZZ
YEAR: 1956

Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and actor. Also an author, Shaw wrote both fiction and non-fiction.
Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists," Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." Prior to the release of "Beguine," Shaw and his fledgling band had languished in relative obscurity for over two years and, after its release, he became a major pop artist within short order. The record eventually became one of the era's defining recordings. Musically restless, Shaw was also an early proponent of what became known much later as Third Stream music, which blended elements of classical and jazz forms and traditions. His music influenced other musicians, such as John Barry in England, with the vamp of the James Bond Theme, possibly influenced by "Nightmare," which also has a similar vamp to Kurt Weill's "Lonely House."
"Moonglow", also known as "Moonglow and Love" is a 1933 popular song. The music was by Will Hudson (1908–1981) and Irving Mills and the words were by Eddie DeLange.
"Moonglow" was first recorded by Joe Venuti and his orchestra in 1933, with subsequent recordings by Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman and his orchestra, Ethel Waters, and Art Tatum in 1934 and has since become a jazz standard, performed and recorded numerous times by a wide array of musical talents. The Benny Goodman Quartet with Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa and Lionel Hampton made a famous version of the song in 1936, Artie Shaw recorded it in 1941, and Harry James recorded it in 1946 (released in 1950) on Columbia 38943.
Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009. Other prominent vocalists who have recorded "Moonglow" include June Christy(1946), Billie Holiday(1952) and Sarah Vaughan(1962). A recording by George Cates and his Orchestra reached number four. The Coasters released a version on their 1960 album, One by One.
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.
SAPORE DI SALE
GINO PAOLI
COMPOSITORE: GINO PAOLI
DOVE: LIVE RSI 1980
PAESE: ITALIA
ALBUM: ‘89 DAL VIVO
ETICHETTA: RCA ITALIANA
GENERE: CANZONI
ANNO: 1963

Sapore di sale è una canzone scritta da Gino Paoli e da questi incisa per la prima volta nel 45 giri Sapore di sale/La nostra casa, del 1963 (pubblicato su etichetta RCA Italiana) e inserita nell'album Basta chiudere gli occhi pubblicato l'anno seguente. È il maggiore successo dell'artista e un classico della musica italiana.
           Il brano partecipò AL Cantagiro 1963. Il 45 giri raggiunse il primo posto delle classifiche in Italia.
Sapore di sale, sapore di mare
Che hai sulla pelle, che hai sulle labbra
Quando esci dall'acqua, e ti vieni a sdraiare
Vcino a me, vicino a me

Sapore di sale, sapore di mare
Un gusto un po'amaro di cose perdute
Di cose lasciate lontano da noi
Dove il mondo è diverso, diverso da qui

Qui il tempo è dei giorni che passano pigri
E lasciano in bocca il gusto del sale
Ti butti nell'acqua e mi lasci a guardarti
E rimango da solo nella sabbia e nel sole

Poi torni vicino e ti lasci cadere
Così nella sabbia e nelle mie braccia
E mentre ti bacio sapore di sale
Sapore di mare, sapore di te

Qui il tempo è dei giorni che passano pigri
E lasciano in bocca il gusto del sale
Ti butti nell'acqua e mi lasci a guardarti
E rimango da solo nella sabbia e nel sole

Poi torni vicino e ti lasci cadere
Così nella sabbia e nelle mie braccia
E mentre ti bacio sapore di sale
Sapore di mare, sapore di te.