SEASONS OF LOVE
IDINA MENZEL
SONGWRITER: JONATHAN D. LARSON
COUNTRY: u.s.a.
ALBUM: CHRISTMAS: A SEASON OF LOVE
LABEL: DECCA RECORDS
GENRE: CHRISTMAS
YEAR: 2019

Idina Kim Menzel (/ɪˈdiːnə mɛnˈzɛl/; née Mentzel; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. Menzel rose to prominence when she originated the role of Maureen Johnson in the Broadway musical Rent. Her performance earned her a Tony Award nomination in 1996. She reprised the character in the musical's 2005 film adaptation. In 2003, Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked, a performance for which she won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Menzel returned to Broadway as Elizabeth Vaughan in the 2014 musical If/Then, which earned her a third Tony Award nomination.
Additionally, Menzel is known for playing Shelby Corcoran on the musical dramedy TV series Glee from 2010 to 2013 and Nancy Tremaine in the 2007 Disney live-action/animated film Enchanted. She also voiced Queen Elsa in Disney's hit 2013 3D CGI-animated musical film Frozen, in which she sang the Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning song "Let It Go". The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making Menzel the first Tony Award-winning actress to reach the top 10. In 2019, Menzel reprised her voice role as Elsa in Frozen II. Her álbum Holiday Wishes was released in 2014 and reached number 6 on the Billboard 200.
Christmas: A Season of Love is the second Christmas album by American singer and actress Idina Menzel. It was released through School Boy and Decca Records on October 18, 2019, and includes duets with Billy Porter, Menzel's Frozen costar Josh Gad, Ariana Grande and Menzel's husband Aaron Lohr. Menzel's duet with Grande, "A Hand for Mrs. Claus", is an original song by the composers of the Frozen soundtrack, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, while Menzel wrote the original song "At This Table" with Jonas Myrin about "inclusion during the holiday season". The album also features a solo recording of the Rent song "Seasons of Love", and the Hanukkah song "Ocho Kandelikas", which is sung in Ladino. In promotion for the album, Menzel has embarked on a three-city concert tour set mainly on the East Coast, including a stop at New York City's Carnegie Hall.
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty five thousand moments so dear
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure? Measure a year?

In daylights
In sunsets
In midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife

In five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure a year in a life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love...
Seasons of love...
Seasons of love...

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty five thousand journeys to plan
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure a life of a woman or a man?

In truths that she learned
Or in times that she cried
In bridges he burned
Or the way that she died

It’s time now to sing out though
The story never ends
Let's celebrate remember a year in a life
Of friends

Remember the love...
Remember the love...
Remember the love...
Measure your life
Measure your life
Measure your life
Seasons of love...

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty five thousand journeys to plan
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure a life of a woman or a man?

Measure your life
Measure your life
Seasons of love...

Seasons of love...
Seasons of love...
Measure your life
Seasons of love...
MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE
DIANA KRALL
Songwriter: rude bloom & Sammy gallop
Country: Canada
Album: the look of love
Label: verve records
Genre: jazz
Year: 2001

Diana Jean Krall OC OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million albums worldwide. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second Jazz Artist of the Decade (2000–09), establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of her time.
Krall is the only jazz singer to have had eight albums debuting at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums. To date, she has won three Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards. She has also earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums.
The Look of Love is the sixth studio album by Canadian Singer Diana Krall, released on September 18, 2001 by Verve Records. It became Krall's first album to top the Canadian Albums Chart. In 2002, the album earned Al Schmitt the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, and received the Juno Award for Album of the Year in Canada.
Arranger Claus Ogerman uses a similar orchestration for "S'Wonderful" as the one he wrote for the 1976 João Gilberto album Amoroso.
Each time I see a crowd of people
Just like a fool I stop and stare
It's really not the proper thing to do
But maybe you'll be there
I go out walking after midnight
Along the lonely thoroughfare
It's not the time or place
To look for you
But maybe you'll be there
You said your arms would always hold me
You said you lips were mine alone to kiss
Now after all those things you told me
How could it end like this
Someday if all my prayers are answered
I'll hear a footstep on the stair
With anxious heart
I'll hurry to the door
And maybe you'll
Be there.
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.