YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU

HELEN FORREST

SONGWRITERS: MONACO MCCARTHY & LUTHER HENDERSON

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: NOW AND FOREVER

LABEL: BELL RECORDS

GENRE: SWING

YEAR: 1983

Helen Forrest(born Helen Fogel, April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music. She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era(Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."

Forrest was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 12, 1917. Her parents, Louis and Rebecca Fogel, were Jewish. Her father died from influenza when Helen was an infant so she was raised by her mother, who often blamed her husband's death on Helen's birth. She believed God had taken her husband because she had wished so much for a baby girl. Helen had three older brothers: Harry, Ed, and Sam. In Helen's early teen years, the family relocated to Brooklyn. Her mother married a house painter, whom Helen disliked. Soon, Helen's mother and stepfather turned the family's home into a brothel. At 14, Helen was nearly raped by her stepfather; she defended herself with a kitchen knife, injuring him. Following this, Helen's mother permitted her to live with her piano teacher, Honey Silverman, and her family. While teaching her piano, Honey noticed Helen's singing ability and encouraged her to focus on singing instead. Anxious to find a career in singing, Helen dropped out of high school to pursue her dream.

At the peak of her career, Helen Forrest was the most popular female singer in the United States. Because of her work with the bands of Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James, she is known as "the voice of the name bands" and is regarded by some as the best female vocalist of the swing era. In addition, AllMusic describes Forrest as "a performer that some might not consider a jazz vocalist, but one with exceptional ability to project lyrics and also an excellent interpreter." Also, IMDb describes Forrest: "though Helen was not, perhaps, a jazz singer in the truest sense, she brought to her songs a wistful 'girl-next-door' quality" through her "femininity and warmth of her voice and the clear, emotional phrasing of her lyrics." In his book The Big Bands, writer George Simon wrote, "Helen was a wonderfully warm and natural singer."

Over the course of her career, Helen Forrest recorded more than 500 songs. In 2001, she was posthumously inducted into the now-defunct Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame.

 You made me love you

 I didn't wanna do it

 I didn't wanna do it

 You made me want you

 And all the time you knew it

 I guess you always knew it

 You made me happy sometimes

 You made me glad

But there were times

You made me feel so bad

 You made me cry for

 I didn't wanna tell you

 I didn't wanna tell you

 I want some love that's true

gimmie, gimmie what i cry for

You know you've got the brand of kisses

 That i'd die for

You know you made me love you.

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.