A SONG FOR MAMA
BOYZ II MEN
SONGWRITHER: KENNETH BABYFACE EDMONDS
COUNTRY: u. s. a.
ALBUM: boyz ii men twenty
LABEL: motown
GENRE: SOUL
Year: 2011

"A Song for Mama" is the title of a number-one R&B single by the American R&B group Boyz II Men. The tune, which was written and produced by Babyface, served as the theme song to the 1997 motion picture Soul Food, and spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart. To date, it is their last top 10 pop hit, peaking at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also appears on the group's album Evolution.
Boyz II Men(pronounced boys to men) is an American R&B vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are currently a trio composed of baritone Nathan Morris alongside tenors Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman. During the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet including bass Michael McCary, who left the group in 2003 due to multiple sclerosis .
During the 1990s, Boyz II Men gained international success. This began with the release of top 5 singles "Motownphilly" and "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" in 1991, followed by the number one single "End of the Road" in 1992, which reached the top of charts worldwide. "End of the Road" set a new record for longevity, staying at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for thirteen weeks. Boyz II Men proceeded to break this record with the subsequent releases of "I'll Make Love to You" and "One Sweet Day" (with Mariah Carey), which, at fourteen and sixteen weeks respectively, each set new records for the total number of weeks at number one. "I'll Make Love to You" also topped the charts in Australia (for four weeks) and garnered international success.
Consequently, Boyz II Men is among the music industry's elite with regard to time spent at number one in Billboard history with 50 cumulative weeks, ranking fourth behind Presley, The Beatles, and Carey. Furthermore, when "On Bended Knee" took the number one spot away from "I'll Make Love to You", Boyz II Men became only the third artists ever (after The Beatles and Presley) to replace themselves at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. These achievements were enough to earn Boyz II Men recognition as Billboard magazine's biggest boy band during the period of 1987 to 2012.
Boyz II Men continue to perform worldwide, as a trio. Their most recent studio album, Under The Streetlight, was released in 2017.
In June 2017, a section of Broad Street (from Christian to Carpenter Streets) in Philadelphia was renamed "Boyz II Men Boulevard". This section of the street is near the High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, where the members once attended.
You taught me everything
And everything you've given me
I'll always keep it inside
You're the driving force
In my life, yeah
There isn't anything
Or anyone that I can be
And it just wouldn't feel right
If I didn't have you by my side
You were there for me
To love and care for me
When skies were grey
Whenever I was down
You were always there
To comfort me
And no one else can be
What you have been to me
You'll always be
You will always be the girl
In my life for all times

Mama
Mama you know I love you
(Oh you know I love you)
Mama
Mama
You're the queen of my heart
Your love is like
Tears from the stars
Mama I just want you to know
Lovin' you
Is like food to my soul

(Yes it is, yes it is, ohhh)
(Yes it is, yes it is, yes it is, oohh)
You're always there for me
Have always been around for me
Even when I was bad
You showed me
Right from my wrong
(Yes you did)
And you took up for me
When everyone was downin' me
You always did understand
You gave me strength to go on
There was so many times
Looking back
When I was so afraid
And then you come to me
And say
I can face anything
And no one else can do
What you have done for me
You'll always be
You will always be
The girl in my life
(Oooo, oohh)

Mama
Mama you know I love you
(Oh you know I love you)
Mama
Mama
You're the queen of my heart
Your love is like
Tears from the stars
Mama I just want you to know
Lovin' you
Is like food to my soul

Never gonna go
A day without you
Fill's me up
Just thinking about you
I'll never go a day
Without my mama

Mama
Mama you know I love you
(Oh you know I love you)
Mama
Mama
You're the queen of my heart
Your love is like
Tears from the stars
Mama I just want you to know
Lovin' you
Is like food to my soul

Lovin' you is like food to my soul, you are the food to my soul.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
SONGWRITER: MATTHEWS DAVID JOHN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: UNDER THE TABLE AND DREAMING
LABEL: RCA RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1994

Under the Table and Dreaming is the debut studio album from the Dave Matthews Band, released on September 27, 1994.
The album's first single was "What Would You Say", featuring John Popper of Blues Traveler on harmonica. Two other singles from the album followed, "Ants Marching" and "Satellite". By March 16, 2000, the album had sold six million copies, and was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA.
"What Would You Say" is a song by American rock group Dave Matthews Band. It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from their debut álbum Under the Table and Dreaming. It reached #11 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. In June 1995 it peaked at #9 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. John Popper of Blues Traveler appears as a guest performer, playing the harmonica.
Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initialism DMB) is an American rock band, formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The band's founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer and backing vocalist Carter Beauford, violinist and backing vocalist Boyd Tinsley, and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. As of February 2018, Matthews, Lessard and Beauford are the only remaining founding members still performing with the band.
Dave Matthews Band's 1994 major label debut album, Under the Table and Dreaming, brought the band worldwide fame and was eventually certified six times platinum. As of 2018, the band had sold more than 20 million concert tickets and a combined total of 38 million CDs and DVDs. Their 2018 album, Come Tomorrow, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making DMB the first band to have seven consecutive studio albums debut at the peak. The band won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "So Much to Say".
A jam band, Dave Matthews Band is renowned for its live shows. The band is known for playing songs differently each performance; this practice has become a staple of their live shows since the early 1990s.
(…)According to Billboard magazine, the band's new studio album had been scheduled to be released in July by RCA Records, but in an interview with the Brisbane Times on May 4, 2007, Stefan Lessard stated, "We're on a bit of a creative break as far as working in the studio–we've been in pre-production for a long time, but we'll get more serious later in the year."
On July 7, 2007, Dave Matthews Band performed on the American Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium.
On August 1, 2007, the band kicked off their annual summer tour in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The tour was shorter than most Dave Matthews Band summer tours, with only 37 shows. This tour saw the live debut of songs that the band had been working on in the studio earlier in the year with Mark Batson, including "#27", "Cornbread", as well as the dark and unique "A Dream So Real.", "A Dream So Real" would only be played once after the 2007 Summer Tour, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on June 21, 2008, featuring Matthews playing keyboard. Supporting acts for the tour included Toots and the Maytals, The Roots, and Robert Randolph and the Family Band.
(…)In a news article posted on August 30 on the official site, it was announced that a video for the song "Eh Hee" would be released for free download on the iTunes Store starting September 4, remaining free throughout the week until it would be made available for purchase The recording and video is a result of a solo effort by Dave Matthews and does not include the other band members.
Up and down the puppies' hair
Fleas and ticks jump everywhere
'Cause of original sin
Down the hill fell Jack and Jill
And you came tumbling after
'Cause of original sin

Rip away the tears
Drink a hope to happy years
And you may find
A lifetime's passed you by

What would you say
Don't drop the big one
If you a monkey on a string
Don't cut my lifeline
If you a doggie on a chain
Don't bite the mailman
What would you say

I was there when the bear
Ate his head, thought it was a candy
Everyone goes in the end
Knock knock on the door
Who's it for? There's nobody in here
Look in the mirror, my friend

I don't understand at best
And cannot speak for all the rest
In the morning rise
A lifetime's passed me by

What would you say?
Don't drop the big one
If you a monkey on a string
Don't cut my lifeline
If you a doggie on a chain
Don't bite the mailman
What would you say?

Every dog has its day
Every day has its way
Of being forgotten
Mom, it's my birthday
What would you say?

And what could you say?
What would you say?

I was there when the bear
Ate his head, thought it was a candy
Everyone goes in the end
Knock knock on the door
Who's it for? There's nobody in here
Look in the mirror, my friend

I don't understand at best
And cannot speak for all the rest
In the morning rise
A lifetime's passed me by
What would you say?
TROCANDO EM MIÚDOS
ALCIONE & EMÍLIO SANTIAGO
COMPOSITORES: CHICO BUARQUE & FRANCIS hIME
PAÍS: BRASIL
ONDE: CANECÃO
ÁLBUM: FAZ UMA LOUCURA POR MIM (AO VIVO)
GRAVADORA: INDIE RECORDS
GÊNERO: M. P. B.
ANO: 2018

Alcione Dias Nazareth (São Luís, 21 de novembro de 1947) é uma cantora, compositora e instrumentista brasileira.
Sendo uma das mais notórias sambistas do país, a cantora recebeu a alcunha de Rainha do Samba. Com mais de 50 álbuns de estúdio e ao vivo, vendeu a marca de 8 milhões cópias no mundo todo.
Alcione Dias Nazareth nasceu em São Luís, Maranhão, no dia 21 de novembro de 1947. O nome de batismo foi ideia do pai, inspirado na personagem Alcíone, a protagonista do romance espírita Renúncia, psicografado por Chico Xavier. Ela é a quarta dos nove irmãos: Wilson, João Carlos, Ubiratan, Alcione, Ribamar, Jofel, Ivone, Maria Helena e Solange. Alcione tem mais nove irmãos que seu pai teve com outras mulheres. Sua mãe chegou a amamentar algumas dessas crianças, por considerar que as crianças não poderiam ser culpadas pelas traições do marido.
Desde pequena, graças ao pai policial e integrante da banda de sua corporação, João Carlos Dias Nazareth, inserida no meio musical maranhense, Alcione fez sua primeira apresentação já aos doze anos. O pai foi mestre da banda da Polícia Militar do Maranhão e professor de música. Além disso, foi compositor e entusiasta do bumba-meu-boi, folguedo típico da capital maranhense. Foi ele quem lhe ensinou, ainda cedo, a tocar diversos instrumentos de sopro, como o trompete e clarinete que começou a praticar aos nove anos.
Com essa idade, tocava e cantava em festas de amigos e familiares, e na Queimação de Palhinha da festa do Divino Espírito Santo. Sua mãe, Filipa Teles Rodrigues, entretanto, guardava o desejo de que a filha aprendesse a tocar acordeão ou piano. Não queria que Alcione aprendesse a tocar instrumentos de sopro temendo que a filha ficasse tuberculosa, crendice comum à época.
Sua primeira apresentação profissional foi aos 12 anos, na Orquestra Jazz Guarani, regida por seu pai. Certa noite, o crooner da orquestra ficou rouco, sendo substituído pela menina. Na ocasião, cantou a canção "Pombinha Branca" e o fado "Ai, Mouraria".
Alcione afirmou que seu pai era "bom homem" e incentivava as filhas a serem independentes desde muito cedo, a nunca obedecerem a homem nenhum, além de lhes ensinar valores morais rígidos. Aos 18 anos de idade formou-se como professora primária na Escola de Curso Normal. Lecionou por dois anos, quando foi demitida aos 20 anos, por ensinar a seus alunos como se tocava trompete, que seu pai lhe ensinou quando pequena, querendo passar o aprendizado que recebeu, mas isso não agradou à direção da escola, que na época era muito rígida
Emílio Vitalino Santiago (Rio de Janeiro, 6 de dezembro de 1946—Rio de Janeiro, 20 de março de 2013) foi um cantor brasileiro. Em um congresso de otorrinos e cirurgiões de cabeça e pescoço, fonoaudiólogos comentaram que as análises técnicas da voz de Emílio Santiago mostravam que o cantor tinha a voz mais perfeita do Brasil.
Seu primeiro LP foi lançado pela CID em 1975, com canções esquecidas de compositores consagrados como Ivan Lins, Gilberto Gil, João Donato, Jorge Ben, Nelson Cavaquinho, Guilherme de Brito, Durval Ferreira, João Nogueira, Paulo César Pinheiro, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle, dentre outros. Transferiu-se no ano seguinte para a Philips–Polygram, permanecendo neste selo até 1984, pelo qual lançou dez álbuns, todos com pouca repercussão. Além de ganhar o concurso Rede Globo MPB Shell em 1982, com a canção Pelo Amor de Deus, foi escolhido três anos depois como melhor intérprete no Festival dos Festivais, também da Rede Globo, com a canção Elis Elis.
Uma grande fase de sucesso do cantor iniciou-se em 1988, com o lançamento do LP Aquarela Brasileira, pela Som Livre, um projeto especial dedicado exclusivamente ao repertório de música brasileira. Inicialmente, planejava-se lançar apenas um LP, mas devido à grande repercussão e ao sucesso, foram lançados sete trabalhos da série Aquarela Brasileira. O projeto ultrapassou a marca de quatro milhões de cópias vendidas. Nesta época, gravou músicas que se tornaram sucessos como Saigon, em Aquarela Brasileira 2(1989), e Verdade Chinesa, em Aquarela Brasileira 3(1990). Lançou também outros projetos como um tributo ao cantor Dick Farney(Perdido de amor, de 1995) e regravando clássicos do bolero hispânico(Dias de luna, de 1996).
Assinou com a Sony Music em 2000. O disco que marca a estreia na nova gravadora é Bossa Nova, que trouxe muitos clássicos do gênero e também rendeu um DVD. Prosseguiu com Um sorriso nos lábios(2001), um tributo a Gonzaguinha, e outro ao compositor acreano João Donato em 2003.
Eu vou lhe deixar a medida do Bonfim
Não me valeu
Mas fico com o disco do Pixinguinha, sim!
O resto é seu

Trocando em miúdos, pode guardar
As sobras de tudo que chamam lar
As sombras de tudo que fomos nós
As marcas de amor nos nossos lençóis
As nossas melhores lembranças

Aquela esperança de tudo se ajeitar
Pode esquecer
Aquela aliança, você pode empenhar
Ou derreter

Mas devo dizer que não vou lhe dar
O enorme prazer de me ver chorar
Nem vou lhe cobrar pelo seu estrago
Meu peito tão dilacerado
Aliás
Aceite uma ajuda do seu futuro amor
Pro aluguel
Devolva o Neruda que você me tomou
E nunca leu

Eu bato o portão sem fazer alarde
Eu levo a carteira de identidade
Uma saideira, muita saudade
E a leve impressão de que já vou tarde.
WAITING FOR THE NIGHT
NELLY FURTADO
SONGWRIGHTER: NELLY FURTADO & RODNEY ”DARKCHILD” JERKINS
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: THE SPIRIT INDESTRUCTIBLE
LABEL: INTERSCOPE RECORDS
GENRE: R & B
YEAR: 2012

Nelly Kim Furtado ComIH (/fɜːrˈtɑːdoʊ/,Portuguese:[fuɾˈtaðu]; born December 2, 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado is known for her musical versatility and reinvention, commonly associated with world music. She first gained fame with her trip hop inspired debut album, Whoa, Nelly! (2000), which was a critical and commercial success that spawned two top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, "I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the Light". The first of the two singles won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furtado's introspective folk-heavy 2003 sophomore album, Folklore explored her Portuguese roots. Its singles received moderate success in Europe, but the album's underperformance compared to her debut was regarded as a sophomore slump.
Furtado's third album, Loose(2006), was a smash hit and became her bestselling album with more than 12 million copies sold worldwide, also making it one of the bestselling albums of the 2000s. Considered a radical image reinvention, Furtado continued to explore her Latin heritage while leaning heavier into hip hop. The album spawned four successful number one singles worldwide; "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right", and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". Her Timbaland collaboration "Give It to Me" (2007) in the same era also topped the charts in the US and overseas. Furtado's critically acclaimed duet with James Morrison, "Broken Strings" also topped the charts in Europe in 2008.
She released her first Spanish language album, Mi Plan, in 2009, which won her a Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012, Furtado released her nostalgia inspired fifth album, The Spirit Indestructible. Furtado split with her management and went independent thereafter, releasing her indie-pop sixth album, The Ride in 2017 under her own independent label.
Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She has won several awards throughout her career, including one Grammy Award from seven nominations, one Latin Grammy Award, ten Juno Awards, one BRIT Award, one Billboard Music Award, one MTV Europe Music Award, one World Music Award, and three Much Music Video Awards. Furtado has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame and was awarded Commander of the Order of Prince Henry on February 28, 2014, in Toronto by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the former President of Portugal
The Spirit Indestructible is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. The album was released on 14 September 2012. Furtado served as the executive producer for the album as well as a principal writer. Further production on The Spirit Indestructible comes from the likes of Darkchild, Salaam Remi, Mike Angelakos, Bob Rock, Fraser T Smith, Di Genius, The Demolition Crew, John Shanks and Tiësto.
Four singles were released from the album; "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" was released as the album's lead single, then the second European single and title track was "Spirit Indestructible", while "Parking Lot" was chosen as second North American single. The third European single was "Waiting for the Night". The album was nominated for the Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year in 2013.
Baby i know you’re outside
In here it’s warm and dry
Got feelings that I’ve got to try expressing
Like a language that I share with you
Let’s talk in the special way we do
Don’t want to be anywhere else but here with you
Feels so good

Day and night, day and night
You blow my mind, blow my mind
And I can’t help, help myself at all
I can’t hold back
Day and night, day and night

You blow my mind, blow my mind
And I can’t help, help myself from falling
So I’m waiting for the night

Baby I know it’s late
We’ve got decisions to make
Think of what we could create together
And with you I am never afraid
To play with the highest stakes
Nobody could break my rapture

I can’t control it in the night night night
It’s when I’ve got you on my mind mind mind
Cuz you’re the twinkle in my eye eye eye
I’ve got to get you in my life
Can’t think of nothing worse than being lonely
I think you’re the right choice for one and only
We’re running out of time so baby hold me
Days go by

I’m waiting I’m waiting I’m waiting
I’m waiting I’m waiting I’m waiting
Waiting for the night
Yeah I really want to see you yeah I really want to see
You tonight
Don’t keep me waiting waiting, don’t keep me waiting
For the night.