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.

ALONE TOGETHER

CHET BAKER

SONGWRITERS: HOWARD DIETZ & ARTHUR SCHWARTZ

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CHET

LABEL: RIVERSIDE

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1959

Chesney Henry Baker Jr.(December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for his major innovations within the cool jazz subgenre leading him to be nicknamed the "prince of cool".

Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals (Chet Baker Sings, It Could Happen to You). Jazz historian Dave Gelly described the promise of Baker's early career as "James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one." His well-publicized drug habit also drove his notoriety and fame. Baker was in and out of jail frequently before enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1970s and '80s.

Chet is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker first released in 1959. The record is sometimes subtitled The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker. Chet features performances by Baker with flautist Herbie Mann, saxophonist Pepper Adams, pianist Bill Evans, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Paul Chambers, and either Connie Kay o Philly Joe Jones on drums. It was recorded in December 1958 and January 1959 and released on the Riverside label.

Though Baker was by the late 1950s known as much for his singing as his trumpet playing, this album is entirely instrumental. It contains 9 standard ballads (and the Chet Baker composition "Early Morning Mood" as an additional bonus track on the CD version) played in the styles of Hard Bop to Cool Jazz . The album is entirely devoted to explorations of the ballad mood, it includes considerable variety.

The Chambers-Evans-Jones rhythm section was known at the time for their work with trumpeter Miles Davis.

The Allmusic review by Dave Nathan awarded the album 4 stars and states: "Chet is a good album to hear Baker's special way with the horn, and is made even more attractive with the presence and contributions of top jazz artists".

Can't stand your present job, afraid of getting fired

Depressed? Staring at the late night tube

You could call that number

But you'd just get someone just like you

Well, I feel that way too

Just the same as you

Like it's getting worse before it's getting better

I've got troubles of my own

But as long as you're alone

Stick with me and we'll be alone"together

Beer is warm, dinner's cold and greasy

Even when life isn't hard it always seems uneasy

All alone, nobody"seems to care

Everybody's got some place

And you don't fit in anywhere

You wonder, will you always have to live in doubt

Sometimes you feel just

Like Hank Williams used to sing about

Through the window, the night's so still

And if you listen you can hear

That lonesome whippoorwill

Can't stand your present job, afraid of getting fired

Depressed? Staring at the late night tube

SO WE MEET AGAIN MY HEARTACHE

MELODY GARDOT

SONGWRITER: GARDOT MELODY JOY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE ABSENCE

LABEL: VERVE RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 2012

Melody Gardot/ɡɑːrˈdoʊ/(born February 2, 1985) is an American jazz singer who has been influenced by such blues and jazz artists as Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz and George Gershwin as well as Latin music artists such as Caetano Veloso. She has been nominated for a Grammy Award.

At the age of 19, Gardot was involved in a bicycle accident and sustained a head injury. Music played a critical role in her recovery. She became an advocate of music therapy, visiting hospitals and universities to discuss its benefits. In 2012, she gave her name to a music therapy program in New Jersey.

Gardot started music lessons at the age of nine and began playing piano in Philadelphia bars at the age of 16 on Fridays and Saturdays for four hours a night. She insisted on playing only music she liked, such as The Mamas & the Papas, Duke Ellington, and Radiohead.

During her time in the hospital she learned how to play the guitar and began writing songs, which were made available as downloads on iTunes and released on Some Lessons: The Bedroom Sessions in 2005. She began to play these songs at venues in Philadelphia and was noticed by employees of the radio station WXPN, operated by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, which helped to start the career of Norah Jones. She was encouraged to send a demo tape to the radio station, and the tape found its way to the Universal Music Group. She released her first album, Worrisome Heart(Verve, 2006), then My One and Only Thrill(Verve 2009), produced by Larry Klein.

So we meet again my heartache

So we meet again my friend

I should've known that you'd return

The moment I was... ?

So we meet again my heartache

Like two lovers torn apart

Bound together by the breaking

Of a tired and torrid heart

So we meet again my heartache

Just as leaves begin to change

How you've made my life a story

Filled with whirls you've rearranged

So we meet again my heartache

Come and join me in my pain

You're the reason I remember

Every sweet and sad charade

So we meet again my heartache

Come and sit with me a while

Rest your head upon my shoulder

Hide your face beneath my smile

So we meet again my heartache

Hold the glasses stilled with wine

I hope you join me in my toast, my ghoulish host

And maybe stay a while this time.

TONIGHT I WANNA CRY

KEITH URBAN

SONGWRITER: MONTY POWELL & KEITH LIONEL URBAN

COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA

ALBUM: BE HERE

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2004

"Tonight I Wanna Cry" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in November 2005 as the fifth and final single from his 2004 album Be Here. The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Urban wrote this song with Monty Powell.

he song was later sung by Ace Young on American Idol on 4 April 2006, which was designated a country music theme. Chad Doucette sang it on Canadian Idol. It was also covered by Chris Richardson on American Idol on 6 March 2007

Urban's version was also featured in the 31 January 2007 Medium episode, Very Merry Maggie.

In August 2011, The song was performed on the X Factor by contestant, Mitchell Callaway. Following this performance, Keith's version entered the Australian singles chart at #72.

In February 2013, The song was also performed on "American Idol" by Paul Jolley and Lazaro Arbos in front of Keith Urban himself during the "Sudden Death Round" in Las Vegas.

Keith Lionel Urban AO(born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealander-Australian singer, songwriter and record producer well known for his work in country music. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States the following year. He found work as a session guitarist before starting a band known as The Ranch, which recorded one studio album on Capitol Nashville and charted two singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Still signed to Capitol, Urban made his solo American debut in 1999 with a second eponymous album. Certified platinum in the US by the RIAA, it produced his first number one on the Hot Country Songs chart with "But for the Grace of God". "Somebody Like You", the first single from his second Capitol álbum Golden Road(2002), was named by Billboard as the biggest country hit of the 2000s decade. The album's fourth single, "You'll Think of Me", featuring his nephew and Australian country artist Rory Gilliatte, earned him his first Grammy Award. 2004's Be Here, his third American album, produced three more number one singles and became his highest selling album, having earned a 4× Platinum certification. Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing was released in 2006, containing "Once in a Lifetime" as well as his second Grammy Award song "Stupid Boy". A greatest hits package titled Greatest Hits: 18 Kids followed in late 2007. Defying Gravity and Get Closer were released on 31 March 2009 and 16 November 2010, respectively. In September 2013, he released a brand new album titled Fuse, which produced four more number ones on the Country Airplay chart, two of which are duets—one with Miranda Lambert and the other with Eric Church. A new single, titled "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16", was released in June 2015 as the lead-off single to his eighth American studio album, Ripcord. The album later produced the Country Airplay chart number one hits "Break on Me", "Wasted Time", and "Blue Ain't Your Color", with the latter also becoming Urban's longest reigning number one on the Hot Country Songs chart, spending 12 weeks at number one. His tenth album, Graffiti U, was released in 2018 and includes the Top 10 hit "Coming Home".

Urban has released a total of nine studio albums (one of which was released only in Australia), as well as one album with The Ranch. He has charted 37 singles on the US Hot Country Songs chart, 18 of which went to number one, counting a duet with Brad Paisley and the 2008 single "You Look Good in My Shirt", which he previously recorded on Golden Road. Those also include his third Grammy Award-winning single "Sweet Thing" from his álbum Defying Gravity.

Urban is also known for his roles as a coach on the Australian version of the singing competition The Voice and as a judge on American Idol. Since 2006, he has been married to actress Nicole Kidman. In October 2013, Urban introduced his own signature line of guitars and accessories.

Alone in this house again tonight

I got the TV on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine

There's pictures of you and I on the walls around me

The way that it was and could have been surrounds me

I'll never get over you walkin' away

I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show

And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control

But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain

To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain

From my eyes

Tonight I wanna cry

Would it help if I turned a sad song on

"All By Myself" would sure hit me hard now that you're gone

Or maybe unfold some old yellow lost love letters

It's gonna hurt bad before it gets better

But I'll never get over you by hidin' this way

Cause I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show

And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control

But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain

From my eyes

Tonight I wanna cry

I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show

And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control

But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain

To hell with this pride, let it fall like rain

From my eyes

Tonight I wanna cry.