GALOPEIRA
CHITÃOZINHO E XORORÓ
COMPOSITOR: MAURÍCIO CARDOZO OCAMPO
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: GALOPEIRA
GRAVADORA: COPACABANA RECORDS
GÊNERO: SERTANEJO
ANO: 1970
 
            Chitãozinho & Xororó é uma Dupla Brasileira de música sertaneja formada pelos irmãos José Lima Sobrinho (5 de maio de 1954) e Durval de Lima (30 de setembro de 1957), nascidos em Astorga. Chitãozinho & Xororó são recordistas em vendas de discos no Brasil: eles venderam mais de 37 milhões de álbuns e ganharam quatro prêmios Grammy Latino. Eles foram creditados por abrir espaço para a música sertaneja nas rádios e televisão a partir da década de 1980 e influenciaram diversos artistas do gênero.
      "Galopeira" é uma música do compositor paraguaio Mauricio Cardoso Ocampo, com versão de Pedro Bento, da dupla Pedro Bento & Zé da Estrada. Foi um dos primeiros sucessos da dupla Chitãozinho & Xororó e é até hoje o maior sucesso da carreira do cantor Donizeti e da cantora paraguaia que há décadas mora no Brasil, Perla. Só depois de Donizeti e Perla é que a dupla Chitãozinho & Xororó fez sucesso com "Galopeira".
          Pedro Bento, um dos compositores de "Galopeira", morreu no dia 3 de janeiro de 2019, aos 84 anos, por complicações de uma pneumonia em São Caetano do Sul, no estado de São Paulo.
                                          

Foi num baile em Assunción
Capital do Paraguai
Onde eu vi as paraguaias
Sorridentes a bailar
 
E ao som de suas guitarras
Quatro guapos a cantar
Galopeira, galopeira
Eu também entrei a dançar
 
Foi num baile em Assunción
Capital do Paraguai
Onde eu vi as paraguaias
Sorridentes a bailar
 
E ao som de suas guitarras
Quatro guapos a cantar
Galopeira, galopeira
Eu também entrei a dançar
 
Galopeira, nunca mais te esquecerei
Galopeira, pra matar minha saudade
Pra minha felicidade, Paraguai, eu voltarei
Pra minha felicidade, Paraguai, eu voltarei
 
Galopeira, nunca mais te esquecerei
Galopeira, pra matar minha saudade
Pra minha felicidade, Paraguai, eu voltarei
Pra minha felicidade, Paraguai, eu voltarei.

NUVEM DE LÁGRIMAS

FAFÁ DE BELÉM
COMPOSITORES: PAULINHO REZENDE & PAULO DEBÉTIO
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: FÁFA- SÉRIE ROMANTICA
GRAVADORA: SOM LIVRE
GÊNERO: SERTANEJO
ANO: 2003
 
             Fafá de Belém, nascida Maria de Fátima Palha de Figueiredo (Belém, 9 de agosto de 1956), é uma cantora, compositora, atriz É multi-instrumentista brasileira, de ascendência indígena afro-brasileira e portuguesa, possuindo cidadania luso-brasileira. Fafá ganhou reconhecimento nacional em 1975. Em 19 de outubro de 2011 foi condecorada com a Medalha de Mérito Turístico de Portugal, no Palácio São Clemente, na Zona Sul do Rio de Janeiro, tendo sido entregue pela Secretária de Estado do Turismo de Portugal, Cecília Meireles, em representação do ministro da Economia e do Emprego de Portugal e pelo cônsul-geral de Portugal no Rio de Janeiro, Antonio de Almeida Lima.                                               

Há uma nuvem de lágrimas sobre os meus olhos
Dizendo pra mim que você foi embora
E que não demora, meu pranto rolar
Eu tenho feito de tudo pra me convencer
E provar que a vida é melhor sem você
Mas meu coração não se deixa enganar
 
Vivo inventando paixões pra fugir da saudade
Mas depois da cama, a realidade
Essa sua ausência doendo demais
Dá um vazio no peito, uma coisa ruim
O meu corpo querendo seu corpo em mim
Vou sobrevivendo num mundo sem paz
 
Ah... Jeito triste de ter você
Longe dos olhos e dentro do meu coração
Me ensina a te esquecer
Ou venha logo e me tire dessa solidão.

MUÑECA BRAVA

CARLOS GARDEL
COMPOSITORES: ENRIQUE CADÍCAMO & LUÍS VISCA
PAIS: ARGENTINA
ÁLBUM: THE HISTORY OF TANGO – CARLOS GARDEL VOL 9
DISCOGRÁFICA: BLACK ROUND RECORDS
GÉNERO: TANGO
AÑO: 2009
 
               Carlos Gardel fue un cantante, compositor y actor de cine. Es el más conocido representante (del género) en la historia del tango. Iniciador y máximo exponente del tango canción, fue uno de los intérpretes más importantes de la música popular mundial en la primera mitad del siglo xx, por la calidad de su voz, por la cantidad de discos vendidos (como cantante y como compositor), por sus numerosas películas relacionadas con el tango y por su repercusión mundial.
                No hay unanimidad sobre el lugar y la fecha de su nacimiento. La hipótesis uruguayista sostiene que nació en Tacuarembó (Uruguay), un 11 de diciembre entre 1883 y 1887. La hipótesis francesista sostiene que nació en Toulouse (Francia) el 11 de diciembre de 1890. Hay unanimidad en el hecho de que vivió desde su infancia em Buenos Aires y se nacionalizó argentino en 1923. Falleció el 24 de junio de 1935 en Medellín, Colombia, en un accidente aéreo.
         La persona y la imagen de Gardel ha sido objeto de idolatría popular, especialmente en Argentina y Uruguay, colocándolo en un lugar de mito y símbolo cultural que aún mantiene su vigencia.
               En 2003 la voz de Gardel fue registrada por la Unesco en el programa Memoria del Mundo, dedicado a la preservación de documentos pertenecientes al patrimonio histórico de los pueblos del mundo. Al mismo tiempo, se hace alusión a su voz y su recuerdo con la frase "cada día, canta mejor".

Che, mandán que parlásen francês
Y tirás ventolín en dos manos,
Que cenas con champán bien frappé
Y en el tango enredás tu ilusión...
Sos un biscuit de pestañas muy arqueadas,
Muñeca brava, bien cotizada,
Sos del Trianón (del "Trianón de villa Crespo..."),
Che, vampiresa, juguete de ocasión...
 
Tenés un camba que te hace gustos
Y viente abriles que sos diqueros,
Y bien repleto tu monedero
Pa´ patinarlo de Norte a Sur...
Te baten todos muñeca brava,
Porque a los giles mareás sin grupo...
¡Pá mi sos siempre la que no supo
guardar un cacho de amor y juventud!
Campaneá que la vida se va
Y enfundá tu silueta sin rango,
Y si el llanto te viene a buscar,
Olvidate, Muñeca, y reí,
Meta champán, que la vida se te escapa,
Muñeca brava, flor de pecado...
¡Cuando llegués al final de tu carrera
tus primaveras verás languidecer!

ISN’T SHE LOVELY

STEVIE WONDER
SONGWRITER: STEVE WONDER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE
LABEL: TAMIA RECORDS
GENRE: R & B
YEAR: 1976
 
               Stevland Hardaway Morris - ( Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the second half of the 20th century, Wonder is one of the most successful songwriters and musicians. A virtual one-man band, his use of synthesizers and further electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of R&B. He also helped drive the genre into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive, consistent socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Wonder is often hailed as a "genius", and has been credited as a pioneer and influence to musicians of various genres including rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk and jazz.
            Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy known as Little Stevie Wonder, leading him to sign with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11. In 1963, the single "Fingertips" was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when Wonder was 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. His Works Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making him the tied-record holder for the most Album of the Year wins, with three. He is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases.
             Wonder's "classic period", which culminated in 1976, was noted for his funky style of playing on the keyboard, personal control of production, and series of songs integrated with one another to make a concept album. In 1979, Wonder made use of the early music sampler Computer Music Melodian through his composition of the soundtrack album Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants". It was also his first digital recording, and one of the earliest popular albums to use the technology, which Wonder used for all subsequent recordings. Wonder's 1970s albums are widely regarded by writers as very influential, as his pioneering stylistic approach to his music helped shaping the sound of pop music in the following decade.
      Wonder has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has won 25 Grammy Awards, making him the Grammy's most awarded solo artist of all time. He was the first Motown artist and second African-American musician to win na Academy Award for Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red. Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Rock Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday in the United States. In 2009, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2014, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
         "Isn't She Lovely" is a song by Stevie Wonder from his 1976 album, Songs in the Key of Life. The lyrics celebrate the birth of his daughter, Aisha Morris. Wonder collaborated on the song with Harlem songwriter and studio owner Burnetta "Bunny" Jones.
           The song opens side 3 of Songs in the Key of Life, and starts with a baby's first cry recorded during an actual childbirth. A recording of Wonder bathing Aisha as an older toddler is brought into the final section of the song, mixed with Wonder's extended chromatic harmonica solo. All of the instruments heard in the song are played by Wonder, except for Greg Phillinganes on some of the keyboard parts. During the recording process, bassist Nathan Watts laid down a bass guitar line to serve as a guide track for Wonder, but Wonder eventually replaced this with his own keyboard bass performance.
          The more-than-six-minute song was not released as a single, as Wonder was unwilling to shorten the song to fit the 7", 45 rpm format. With consumers demanding a single, Tamla compromised in late 1976, and a promotional version was given to radio stations. This edited version, 3:12 in length, received so much airplay that it reached number 23 on the Adult Contemporary chart in January 1977. Since then, the song has become a jazz and pop standard, covered by many artists.
      Wonder performed the song live for Queen Elizabeth II at her Diamond Jubilee Concert on June 4, 2012, with lyrics modified to refer to the Queen.
Isn't she lovely?
Isn't she wonderful?
Isn't she precious?
Less than one minute old
I never thought through love we'd be
Making one as lovely as she
But isn't she lovely made from love?
 
Isn't she pretty?
Truly the angel's best
Boy, I'm so happy
We have been heaven blessed
I can't believe what God has done
Through us He's given life to one
But isn't she lovely made from love?
 
Isn't she lovely?
Life and love are the same
Life is Aisha
The meaning of her name
Londie, it could have not been done
Without you who conceived the one
That's so very lovely made from love.