I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
WHITNEY HOUSTON
SONGWRITERS: GEORGE MERRILL & SHANNON RUBICAM
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: WHITNEY HOUSTON
LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS
GENRE: R&B
YEAR: 1987

Whitney is the second studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released on June 2, 1987 by Arista Records as the follow-up to her best-selling debut album, Whitney Houston.
The album spawned five Top 10 US singles. Whitney's first four singles—"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Didn't We Almost Have It All," "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"—all peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female artist to achieve that feat. Along with three straight number one singles from Houston's previous album, this gave the singer an unprecedented seven consecutive number one hits, surpassing the Beatles and the Bee Gees. Also impressive, Houston's seven consecutive number one singles were all non-duets and not recorded with other major acts; she was the only act featured on each of the seven consecutive number one hits. The album Whitney also included the top ten US hit "Love Will Save The Day".
The album and the first single, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)," were hits worldwide, peaking at number one in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and several countries throughout Europe. It also saw great sales success in various countries in Asia, South America, and Africa.
The album was a global success, and debuted at number one on the US Billboard Top 200 Album Chart on June 27, 1987. This made Houston the first female artist to ever debut at number one in the US. The album remained at the top for eleven consecutive weeks, creating a record; the most cumulative weeks (25 weeks) at number one on the albums chart by a female artist during the 1980s.
Whitney achieved international sales success. At the 30th Grammy Awards, it received three nominations including Album of the Year, with Houston winning Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)." The album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. It was certified 9x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 29, 1995.
Huh yeah Woo! Hey yeah, huh
Hoo yeah, uh-huh yeah

Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away
I've done alright up to now
It's the light of day that shows me how
And when the night falls, loneliness calls

Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

I've been in love and lost my senses
Spinning through the town
Sooner or later the fever ends
And I wind up feeling down
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls

Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

Somebody oo Somebody oo
Somebody who loves me yeah
Somebody oo Somebody oo
To hold me in his arms oh
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls

Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

Hoo hoo dance, cmon baby hehehehe
Woo yeah hehehe

Dontcha wanna dance with me baby
Dontcha wanna dance with me boy
Hey Dontcha wanna dance with me baby
With somebody who loves me

Dontcha wanna dance say you wanna dance
Dontcha wanna dance
Dontcha wanna dance say you wanna dance
Dontcha wanna dance
Dontcha wanna dance say you wanna dance uh-huh
With somebody who loves me (hoo-oo)
Dance (hoo-oo hoo)
Hoo-oo hey baby.

NO TE OLVIDE

SARA MONTIEL
COMPOSITOR: SARA MONTIEL
PAIS: ESPAÑA
ALBUM: LA REINA DEL CHANTECLER
DISCOGRÁFICA: HISPAVOX
GÉNERO: CUPLÉ
AÑO: 1963

María Antonia Abad Fernández, conocida artísticamente como Sara Montiel (Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, 10 de marzo de 1928 - Madrid, 8 de abril de 2013) fue una actriz de cine, cantante y productora cinematográfica española, considerada el rostro más bello del cine español. Obtuvo también la nacionalidad mexicana en 1951.
Debutó como actriz secundaria en la cinta Te quiero para mí precedida por Isabel de Pomés, e inmediatamente dio el salto al protagónico con Empezó en boda, junto a Fernando Fernán Gómez, con quien volvería a encabezar su siguiente película, Se le fue el novio. Aunque la bella actriz realizaba tanto papeles estelares como secundarios logrando críticas favorables e incluso algún éxito importante como Locura de amor, se sentía insatisfecha de su sitio en la industria española, y después de coprotagonizar El capitán Veneno nuevamente junto a Fernando F. Gómez, decidió probar mejor fortuna en América. En apenas cuatro años rodó catorce cintas entre México y Cuba, como la exitosa Piel canela que le abriría las puertas de Hollywood para estelarizar junto a Gary Cooper y Burt Lancaster el western Veracruz, de Robert Aldrich, filme al que siguieron otros dos dirigidos por Samuel Fuller y Anthony Mann.
De vuelta em España, la joven actriz afianzó su estatus de estrella internacional con las películas El último cuplé y La violetera, que develaron su particular estilo como cantante y que se convirtieron en formidables éxitos de taquilla, estrenándose en diversos países de Europa e Hispanoamérica así como en India y Egipto. Los honorarios que cobró por La violetera en 1958 convirtieron a Sara Montiel en una de las actrices mejor pagadas del mundo, ya que la mejor pagada del mundo en esa fecha fue Elizabeth Taylor, que llegó a cobrar 500.000 dólares por ocho semanas de trabajo. En ese año también firmó un contrato de exclusividad por película, y los discos publicados con sus canciones llegaron hasta Grecia y Brasil. En los siguientes quince años, La diva española protagonizó únicamente melodramas musicales pensados para ella, y alcanzó tal popularidad que actuó en la Unión Soviética en plena Guerra Fría, en 1965, llegando a tener amplio éxito como actriz y también como cantante, especialmente con el tema Bésame mucho.
En una España gris condicionada por la dictadura y las limitaciones económicas, Sara Montiel fue la cara más barroca y sensual del espectáculo, gracias a sus papeles de mujer fatal y a sugerentes vestidos que tentaban la censura. Actriz de gran éxito comercial, mayormente en las décadas de 1950 y 1960, participó en medio centenar de películas. Se retiró de la industria del cine en 1974, pero como figura musical se mantuvo activa hasta el final: publicó diversos álbumes, ofrecía recitales em teatros y presentó programas de variedades en televisión. A los ochenta y un años de edad grabó con el duo Fangoria la canción discotequera "Absolutamente" y su correspondiente vídeo musical, y pocos meses antes de morir seguía dando actuaciones acompañada de un pianista.
Como demostración de la perdurable fama de la española, en vísperas de su repentino fallecimiento el Festival de Cine de Berlín estaba planeando un homenaje en su honor.
«Sara Montiel sabía de luces, de montaje, conocía bien el cine. Decían que era una actriz complicada. No, era cumplidora, no tenía caprichos. Sabía cómo fotografiarse, cómo se montaban los filmes, dominaba los "playbacks"... Porque, como ella misma decía, lo suyo no era ser actriz o cantante, sino otra cosa. Estrella.»
Declaraciones de Mario Camus, director del filme Esa Mujer, en el diario El País.
Desde que nace el día
hasta que muere el sol
resuena en mis oídos
el eco de tu voz.

El monte y los ríos
el aire y el rumor
me trae las palabras
que me dijiste amor.

Y aunque lejos de mí
yo no te olvido no
tu imagen adorada
llevo en mi corazón.

Por el anochecer
el velo del adiós
frota en ese pañuelo
que tiembla por los dos.

Era una romería
sonaba el tamboril
y al son de aquel pórtico
me enamoré de ti.

Vivimos del recuerdo
que nos supo decir
Y al son de aquel pórtico
la voz del tamboril.

Y aunque lejos de mí
yo no te olvido no
tu imagen adorada
llevo en mi corazón.

Por el anochecer
el velo del adiós
frota en ese pañuelo
que tiembla por los dos.

Mayte del alma mía
yo no te olvido no
tu imagen adorada
llevo en mi corazón.
SPEED OF SOUND
CHRIS BELL
SONGWRITER: CHRIS BELL
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: I AM THE COSMO
LABEL: RYKODISC
GENRE: POWER POP
YEAR: 1992

Christopher Branford Bell(January 12, 1951 – December 27, 1978) was an American musician, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star through its first album #1 Record(1972). He also pursued a solo career throughout the mid-1970s, resulting in the posthumous I Am the Cosmos LP.
All Music Guide praised Bell as "one of the unsung heroes of American pop music" and noted his lasting impression, saying: "Despite a life marked by tragedy and a career crippled by commercial indifference, the singer/songwriter's slim body of recorded work proved massively influential on the generations of indie rockers who emerged in his wake."
His catalog of proto-alternative rock has inspired the likes of Beck, R.E.M., Teenage Fanclub, Primal Scream, Afghan Whigs, Pete Yorn, Wilco, The Posies, and The Replacements, all of which have covered his music or expressed their admiration for Big Star in the press.
His life was documented in the acclaimed Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me documentary, released in 2013 on Magnolia Pictures.
In August 2018, Bell's life, and the career of Big Star, was documented in the book There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star. The 400-page oral-history style bio contains rare interviews with Bell, his band mates, friends, family and notable fans.
I Am the Cosmos is the only solo album by the American pop-rock musician Chris Bell, eventually released in 1992 by Rykodisc, having been recorded over a period of two to three years during the mid-1970s. Bell had previously been a member of Big Star .
In 2009, the album was remastered and re-released in a deluxe two-CD version by Rhino Handmade with alternate versions and additional tracks, and three songs by Bell's pre-Big Star groups, Icewater and Rock City. Some copies included a bonus 7" single of "I Am the Cosmos"/"You and Your Sister", a replica of the original single.
The booklet notes for the album were written by Bell's brother David, who also took the photographs used on the cover and in the CD booklet. The cover features a picture that was taken near Nendaz in Switzerland, it shows the opposite side of the valley with Ardon and the south flank of the snowy massif of Les Diablerets in the back.
The 2017 Omnivore Recordings edition comprises 35 tracks, including eight previously unreleased tracks and two that appear on CD for the first time. Three pre-Big Star tunes that appeared on the 2009 edition are omitted; these are now found on Omnivore's Looking Forward: The Roots of Big Star (also 2017).
I remember the first time
You said you loved me
I waited all weekend
You never called me

So you find him attractive
So what if he is
You'd like some excitement
We could go to St. Kitts

So it goes
On and on
My love grows
And yours is gone

A lonely existence
Well it's just a lie
If there is a reason
I'd like to know why

Something I want you to know
I've told you this once before
Don't want you to see him no more

Once again
You've let me down
Broke my heart
And turned me round

There's a light in the darkness
It doesn't seem far
There's something the matter
That's brought us ajar

The plane goes down
Will not land
Pilot's dead
Nowhere to be found.
SET FIRE TO THE RAIN
ADELE
SONGWRITERS: ADELE ADKINS & FRASER T. SMITH
WHERE: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
COUNTRY: U.K.
ALBUM: ELETRIC AIR
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 2010

"Set Fire to the Rain" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele from her second studio album 21. The song was Adele's third consecutive US number-one single from 21, and reached the top ten in a number of other markets. The song was voted by readers of Billboard as their favorite number one hit of 2012. The song's live rendition from the DVD Live at the Royal Albert Hall won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. With sales of over 10 million copies, "Set Fire to the Rain" is one of the best selling digital singles of all-time.
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE (/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a recording contract with XL Recordings. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards Critics' Choice Award and won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success. It is certified eight times platinum in the UK, and three times platinum in the US. The album contains her first song, "Hometown Glory", written when she was 16, which is based on her home suburb of West Norwood in London. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career in the US. At the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Adele released her second studio album, 21, in 2011. The album was critically well received and surpassed the success of her debut, earning numerous awards in 2012, among them a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; two Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year; and three American Music Awards, including Favorite Pop/Rock Album. The album has been certified 17 times platinum in the UK, and is overall the fourth best-selling album in the nation. In the US, it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985, and is certified diamond. The best-selling album worldwide of 2011 and 2012, 21 has sold over 31 million copies. The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records. She was the first female artist to simultaneously have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the first woman in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous top 10 singles as a lead artist, with "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain", all of which also topped the chart. 21 is the longest-running number one album by a female solo artist in the history of the UK and US Album Charts.
In 2012, Adele released "Skyfall", which she co-wrote and recorded for the James Bond film of the same name. The song won na Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, as well as the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. After taking a three-year break, Adele released her third studio album, 25, in 2015. It became the year's best-selling album and broke first-week sales records in the UK and US. 25 was her second album to be certified diamond in the US and earned her five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and four Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year. The lead single, "Hello", became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release. Her third concert tour, Adele Live 2016, visited Europe, North America and Oceania, and concluded with finale concerts at Wembley Stadium in late June 2017.
In 2011, 2012, and 2016, Adele was named Artist of the Year by Billboard. At the 2012 and 2016 Ivor Novello Awards, Adele was named Songwriter of the Year by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. In 2012, she was listed at number five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music. Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2016. Her 2016–2017 tour, saw her break attendance records in a number of countries, including the UK, Australia, and the US. With sales of more than 120 million records, Adele is one of the world's best-selling music artists.[
I let it fall, my heart
And as it fell, you rose to claim it
It was dark and I was over
Until you kissed my lips and you saved me
My hands, they were strong
But my knees were far too weak
To stand in your arms
Without falling to your feet

But there's a side to you
That I never knew, never knew
All the things you'd say
They were never true, never true
And the games you'd play
You would always win, always win

But I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour as I touched your face
Well, it burned while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name
Your name

When I lay with you
I could stay there, close my eyes
Feel you here forever
You and me together, nothing gets better

'Cause there's a side to you
That I never knew, never knew
All the things you'd say
They were never true, never true
And the games you'd play
You would always win, always win

But I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour as I touched your face
Well, it burned while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name
Your name

I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
Well, it felt something died
'Cause I knew that that was the last time
The last time

Sometimes I wake up by the door
That heart you caught must be waiting for you
Even now, when we're already over
I can't help myself from looking for you

I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour as I touched your face
Well, it burned while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name
Your name

I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
Well, it felt something died
'Cause I knew that that was the last time
The last time

Oh
Oh no, let it burn
Oh, let it burn
Let it burn.