FOR THE GOOD TIMES
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
SONGWRITER: KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: KRISTOFFERSON
LABEL: SONY MUSIC ENTRETAINEMENT
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1970

Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein.
In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup The Highwaymen, and formed a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the Nashville music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing. In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. As an actor, he is known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid(1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born(1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy(1978), Heaven's Gate(1980) and Blade(1998).
On November 10, 2009, Kristofferson was honored as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI Country Awards. Throughout his career, Kristofferson's songwriting has garnered 48 BMI Country and Pop Awards. He later remarked, "The great thing about being a songwriter is you can hear your baby interpreted by so many people that have creative talents vocally that I don't have." Kristofferson had always denied having a good voice, and has said that as he's aged, what quality it might once have had commenced to decay.
Kristofferson speaking at the 2014 PEN New England Song Lyrics Award ceremony held in Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
In December 2009, it was announced that Kristofferson would be portraying Joe in the upcoming álbum Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a collaboration between rock singer John Mellencamp and novelist Stephen King.
On May 11, 2010, Light in the Attic Records released demos that were recorded during Kristofferson's janitorial stint at Columbia. Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos is the first time these recordings have been released and includes material that would later be featured on other Kristofferson recordings and on the recordings of other prominent artists, such as the original recording of "Me and Bobby McGee".
On June 4, 2011, Kristofferson performed a solo acoustic show at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center, showcasing both some of his original hits made famous by other artists, and newer songs.
In early-2013, Kristofferson released a new album of original songs calle Feeling Mortal. A live album titled An Evening With Kris Kristofferson was released in September 2014.
Kris Kristofferson voiced the character Chief Hanlon of the NCR Rangers in the hit 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas.
In an interview for Las Vegas magazine Q&A by Matt Kelemen on October 23, 2015, he revealed that a new album, The Cedar Creek Sessions, recorded in Austin, would include some old and some new songs. In December 2016, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album.
Kristofferson covered Brandi Carlile's "Turpentine" on the 2017 album Cover Stories.
Kristofferson performed, with assistance from Brandi Carlile, the Joni Mitchell composition "A Case of You", from the 1971 Mitchell álbum Blue, on November 7, 2018 at the Both Sides Now - Joni 75 A Birthday Celebration to celebrate the 75th birthday of Joni Mitchell.
Kristofferson was announced on June 28 as being one of the supporting artists, alongside Bryan Ferry, for a Barbra Streisand "exclusive European concert" on July 7, 2019 in London's Hyde Park as part of the Barclay's Summertime Concert series.
Don't look so sad;
I know it's over;
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning.
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're bur.....ning.

Chorus:
Lay your head upon my pillow,
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine.
Hear the whisper of the raindrops
Blowing soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time
For the good times.

I'll get along; you'll find another;
And I'll be here if you should find you ever need me.
Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever.
There'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me.
Chorus:
Lay your head ...
I STILL MISS SOMEONE
JOHNNY CASH
SONGWRITERS: JOHNNY CASH; ROY CASH & ROY CASH, JR.
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: THE FABULOUS JOHNNY CASH
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1958

The Fabulous Johnny Cash is the second studio album by American country singer Johnny Cash and his first to be released by Columbia Records, marking the beginning of a long association with the label. It was released on November 3, 1958 not long after Cash's departure from Sun Records.
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932–September 12, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. His genre-spanning songs and sound embraced country, rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.
Born in Arkansas to poor cotton farmers, Cash rose to fame in the prominent country music scene in Memphis, Tennessee, after four years in the United States Air Force. Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his Tennessee Three backing band characterized by train-like chugging guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, free prison concerts, and a trademark, all-black stage wardrobe, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally began his concerts by simply introducing himself, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash," followed by his "Folsom Prison Blues".
Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his career. His signature songs include "Folsom Prison Blues", "I Walk the Line", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm", and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous numbers like "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue"; a duet with his future wife, June Carter, called "Jackson" (followed by many further duets after their wedding); and railroad songs including "Hey, Porter", "Orange Blossom Special", and "Rock Island Line". During the last stage of his career, Cash covered songs by several late-20th-century rock artists, notably "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails, "Rusty Cage" by Soundgarden and "Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode.
Cash received multiple Country Music Association Awards, Grammys, and other awards, in categories ranging from vocal and spoken performances to album notes and videos. In a career that spanned almost five decades, Cash was the personification of country music to many people around the world. Cash was a musician who was not defined by a single genre. He recorded songs that could be considered rock and roll, blues, rockabilly, folk, and gospel, and exerted an influence on each of those genres.
His diversity was evidenced by his presence in five major music halls of fame: the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), the Country Music Hall of Fame (1980), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1992), GMA's Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2010). and the Memphis Music Hall of Fame Marking his death in 2003, Rolling Stone stated other than Elvis Presley Cash was the only artist inducted as a performer into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
His contributions to the genre have been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Cash received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996 and stated that his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 was his greatest professional achievement. In 2001, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. "Hurt" was nominated for six VMAs at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. The only VMA the video won was that for Best Cinematography. With the video, Johnny Cash became the oldest artist ever nominated for an MTV Video Music Award. Justin Timberlake, who won Best Video that year for "Cry Me a River", said in his acceptance speech: "This is a travesty! I demand a recount. My grandfather raised me on Johnny Cash, and I think he deserves this more than any of us in here tonight.
At my door the leaves are falling
A cold wild wind has come
Sweethearts walk by together
And I still miss someone

I go out on a party
And look for a little fun
But I find a darkened corner
because I still miss someone

Oh, no, I never got over those blues eyes
I see them every where
I miss those arms that held me
When all the love was there

I wonder if she's sorry
For leavin' what we'd begun
There's someone for me somewhere
And I still miss someone.
COME AWAY WITH ME
NORAH JONES
SONGWRITERS: JESSE HARRIS & NORAH JONES
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: COME AWAY WITH ME
LABEL: BLUE NOTE RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 2002

Come Away with Me is the debut studio album by American recording artist Norah Jones, released on February 26, 2002 by Blue Note Records. Recording sessions took place at Sorcerer Sound Studio in New York City and Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York.
Come Away with Me peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200, and received Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. It was later certified Diamond by the RIAA on February 15, 2005 for shipments of over ten million copies in the United States, and has sold over 27 million copies worldwide as of 2016 making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Come Away with Me is an acoustic pop album that features Jones supported by jazz musicians: Kevin Breit, Bill Frisell, Adam Levy, Adam Rogers, and Tony Scherr on guitar; Sam Yahel on organ; Jenny Scheinman on violin; Rob Burger on accordion; and Brian Blade, Dan Rieser, and Kenny Wollesen on drums. Jones wrote the title song. Guitarist Jesse Harris wrote the hit "Don't Know Why". The album includes cover versions of "The Nearness of You" by Hoagy Carmichael and "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams.
Come Away with Me incorporates blues, jazz, and folk music. Bobby Dodd of All About Jazz writes that although the album features jazz standards, jazz purists and academics "may deny [Jones] jazz credibility for her folk infusion".
Norah Jones(born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist. She has won multiple awards and has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000s decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was ranked 60th on Billboard magazine's artists of the 2000s decade chart.
In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release of Come Away with Me, which was a fusion of jazz with country, blues, folk and pop. It was certified Diamond, selling over 27 million copies. The record earned Jones five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. Her subsequent studio albums—Feels Like Home, released in 2004, Not Too Late, released in 2007, and 2009's The Fall all gained Platinum status, selling over a million copies each. They were also generally well received by critics. Jones's fifth studio album, Little Broken Hearts, was released on April 27, 2012; her sixth, Day Breaks, was released on October 7, 2016. Her seventh studio album, Pick Me Up Off the Floor, was released on June 12, 2020. Jones made her feature film debut as an actress in My Blueberry Nights, which was released in 2007 and was directed by Wong Kar-Wai.
Jones is the daughter of Indian sitar master and composer Ravi Shankar and concert producer Sue Jones, and is the half-sister of fellow musicians Anoushka Shankar and Shubhendra Shankar.
Throughout 2002 and 2003, Jones appeared on stages globally, on her first tour with her Handsome Band, travelling throughout Asia, America, Europe and Oceania, with numerous sold-out concerts and critical acclaim. Jones' tour to promote her third album, Not Too Late, began in Wallingford, Connecticut, on April 13, 2007, and featured a free concert in New York City on July 6, 2007. The European phase began on July 9, 2007, in Paris, concluding in Reykjavík, Iceland, on September 2, 2007. Jones and band play typically several album hits, modified with guitar solos and additional percussion. Additionally, shows may feature several covers of country, jazz, blues, or folk songs, ranging from the ubiquitous to the obscure. Artists covered have included, among others, Willie Nelson, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, John Prine, Randy Newman, Patsy Cline, Elvis Presley, Tom Waits, and Townes Van Zandt.
Jones worked with Reverb, a non-profit environmental organization, for her 2007 summer tour. She also performed at Bryant Park on July 6 as part of Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series.
Her 2012–2013 Little Broken Hearts Tour had stops in several South America nations and India. This was her first time touring within these countries.
Come away with me in the night
Come away with me and I will write you a song
Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us with their lies

And I wanna walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountain top
Come away with me and I'll
Never stop loving you

And I wanna wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you

To come away with me in the night
Come away with me.
IN ASSENZA DI TE
LAURA PAUSINI
COMPOSITORI: ANTONIO GALBIATI; CHEOPE & LAURA PAUSINI
PAESE: ITALIA
ALBUM: LA MIA RISPOSTA
ETICHETTA:CGD EAST WEST
GENERE: POP
ANNO: 1998

"In assenza di te" è una canzone registrata ed eseguita dalla cantante italiana Laura Pausini.
La canzone ha un adattamento in spagnolo con il titolo En absencia de ti e uno in inglese con il titolo It's Not Good-Bye.
Laura Pausini (Faenza, 16 maggio 1974) è una cantautrice italiana.
Ha iniziato la sua carriera nel 1993, vincendo il Festival di Sanremo nella sezione Novità con il brano La solitudine e confermando il successo l'anno seguente classificandosi al terzo posto con il brano Strani amori e risultando la cantante con le maggiori vendite del Festival del 1994.
Raggiunge il mercato discografico internazionale, in numerosi paesi dell'Europa, dell'America del Nord e dell'America Latina, diventando la cantante italiana più nota dagli anni novanta in poi, incidendo brani in spagnolo, portoghese, inglese, francese, catalano e latino e collaborando con Madonna, Phil Collins, Ricky Martin, Luciano Pavarotti, Julio Iglesias, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Ennio Morricone e Ray Charles.
Nella prima parte della sua carriera ha cantato principalmente di problemi e storie d'amore adolescenziali mentre dal 1998, con l'album La mia risposta, i critici musicali italiani l'hanno considerata come una cantante più matura, lodando la sua semplicità e la sua potente voce. La nota rivista americana Billboard inserisce il suo álbum Similares (simili in italiano) tra i 50 migliori album latini del decennio duemiladieci.
Il suo repertorio è basato sulla melodia italiana, evolvendo nello stile musicale nel corso della carriera attraverso influenze di musica latina, pop rock, swinge dance pop. Nel 2006 è stata insignita del titolo di Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana da Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, mentre nel 2013 del titolo di Ambasciatrice dell'Emilia-Romagna nel mondo.
Le stime di vendita dela FIMI e della Rai affermano che la cantante abbia superato i 70 milioni di dischi venduti nel mondo aggiudicandosi 225 dischi di platino. Ha ricevuto numerosi premi, candidature e riconoscimenti tra i più importanti a livello mondiale, vincendo tra questi um Grammy Award e 4 Latin Grammy Awards.
Nel 2020 avrebbe dovuto partecipare di nuovo in qualità di coach internazionale al talent show La Voz(format The Voice), che originariamente doveva essere trasmessa su Antena 3 da marzo 2020 poi rimandata a data da destinarsi per la pandemia da coronavirus.
Il 6 febbraio 2020 partecipa come ospite della terza serata del Festival di Sanremo per presentare Una. Nessuna. Centomila., un concerto benefico per raccogliere fondi da destinare ai centri e alle organizzazioni che sostengono e supportano le donne vittime di violenza previsto inizialmente il 19 settembre 2020 a Reggio Emilia poi posticipato al 2021 sempre in seguito alla pandemia da coronavirus.
Io come un albero nudo senza te
Senza foglie e radici ormai
Abbandonata così
Per rinascere mi servi qui

Non c'è una cosa che non ricordi noi
In questa casa perduta ormai
Mentre la neve va giù
È quasi Natale e tu non ci sei più

E mi manchi, amore mio
Tu mi manchi come quando cerco Dio
E in assenza di te
Io ti vorrei per dirti che
Tu mi manchi amore mio
Il dolore è forte come un lungo addio
E l'assenza di te
È un vuoto dentro me

Perché di noi è rimasta l'anima
Ogni piega, ogni pagina
Se chiudo gli occhi sei qui
Che mi abbracci di nuovo così

E vedo noi stretti dentro noi
Legati per non slegarsi mai
In ogni lacrima tu sarai
Per non dimenticarti mai

E mi manchi, amore mio
Così tanto che ogni giorno muoio anch'io
Ho bisogno di te
Di averti qui per dirti che

Tu mi manchi, amore mio
Il dolore è freddo come un lungo addio

E in assenza di te
Il vuoto è dentro me

Tu mi manchi, amore mio
E mi manchi come quando cerco Dio
Ho bisogno di te
Di averti ancora qui con me

E mi manchi, amore mio
Così tanto che vorrei seguirti anch'io
E in assenza di te
Il vuoto è dentro me

Grido il bisogno di te
Perché non c'è più vita in me

Vivo in assenza di te
In assenza di te.