WHAT A SHAME
LEYLA BLUE
SONGWRITERS: KELLEN POMERANZ; JESSE FINK & LEYLA AROCH.
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM:EP: SONGS FOR BOYS WHO DIDN’T TEXT ME BACK
LABEL: “TIK TOK”
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2019
 
        “What A Shame” is part of the repertoire of the EP “Songs For Boys Who Didn't Text Me Back”, released in November 2019. The song came to occupy the 167 position in Spotify's Top 200 Brazil and managed to reach the second place in the Top 50 Viral platform.
“It was really crazy! I was not expecting at all [this success]. To be honest, "What a Shame" would be the last song I would expect to become a hit. But that's great, it just shows that when you release a song, your job is not over. You need to keep trying, “says Leyla, about the success she has suddenly achieved.
The singer reveals that the music, like all of her other compositions, is extremely personal and has a real background. “I was clearly upset about it, and very angry. So, it was good to release the song “.
        Young singer and songwriter Leyla Blue has just broken new records in Brazil after going viral in an organic movement at TikTok with the track What A Shame, part of the EP Songs For Boys repertoire Who Didn't Text Me Back, released in November 2019. Currently the song occupies the 167 position in the Top 200 Brasil of Spotify, besides being in the second place in the Top 50 Viral of the platform.
         Now 20 years old, the singer perceives pop music as an underutilized means of communication, but capable of communicating different perspectives and awakening awareness through reactive emotions. For the young artist, who grew up in bustling New York City while learning to deal with obsessive compulsive disorder, music has always been a means of facilitating universal connections.
       On the way of composing visceral and honest that marks his style, Blue commented: "It is a strange puzzle, but when I understand something myself and I confess it, I feel stronger. I cannot control the chemical processes that occur in my brain, but I can understand them and direct them to something more productive, my OCD and eating problems are part of who I am, I’m just telling my story and I hope it can inspire others to be more open about their own stories ".
         Recently hired by Universal Music Group's Island Records label, the young artist is currently preparing for the launch of a new body of work, entitled The Blue. The project was defined as the artist's most revealing so far, described by the artist as a "diary of her deepest thoughts".
I don't understand how you got your hands
All up on that new mistake
Wait, which one was she again?
Could be dating all her friends
You know that they all look the same
And talk like: Take my picture; no, wait, redo
Might delete it, I felt kinda cute
Guess I'll never understand the thinking of a man
The only thing that's left to say
 
What a shame, baby, what a shame
Coulda been with me instead of What's-Her-Fucking-Name?
What a shame, baby, what a shame
Had a winning here, but you threw away the game
Gave you a million chances, don't get no more
Can't wait forever, I'm getting bored
What a shame, baby, what a shame
What a shame
 
You pay for all her fun, T-Pain on your tongue
But I can buy my own damn drink
Don't need smoke in summer lungs or liquor in my blood
To tell you what the fuck I think
Guy's like: What's your problem? What? Why you mad?
You should smile, you look better like that
Guess I'll never understand why guys want something bland
Over someone who's got everything
 
'Cause what a shame, baby, what a shame
Coulda been with me instead of What's-Her-Fucking-Name?
What a shame, baby, what a shame
Had a winning here, but you threw away the game
Gave you a million chances, don't get no more
Can't wait forever, I'm getting bored
What a shame, baby, what a shame
What a shame
 
Now it's four in the morning
What am I doing here?
I need to fucking leave
I could say more but
The only thing that's left to say
 
Is what a shame, baby, what a shame
Coulda been with me instead of What's-Her-Fucking-Name?
What a shame, baby, what a shame
Had a winning here but you threw away the game
Gave you a million chances, don't get no more
Can't wait forever, I'm getting bored
What a shame, baby, what a shame
What a shame.

HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY

GEORGE JONES
SONGWRITER: BOBBY BRADDOCK & CURLY PUTMAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: I AM WHAT I AM
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1980
 
           George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last two decades of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved." Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum". George Jones has been called "The Rolls Royce Of Country Music" and had more than 160 chart singles to his name from 1955 until his death in 2013.
          Born in Texas, Jones first heard country music when he was seven, and was given a guitar at the age of nine. He married his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, in 1950, and was divorced in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1953. He married Shirley Ann Corley in 1954. In 1959, Jones recorded "White Lightning", written by J. P. Richardson, which launched his career as a singer. His second marriage ended in divorce in 1968; he married fellow country music singer Tammy Wynette a year later. Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones". After his divorce from Wynette in 1975, Jones married his fourth wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 and became sober for good in 1999. Jones died in 2013, aged 81, from hypoxic respiratory failure.
            During his career, Jones had more than 150 hits, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists. Robert Christgau has called him "honky-tonk's greatest honky".
           "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is a song recorded by American country music artist George Jones. It has been named in several surveys as the greatest country song of all time. It was released in April 1980 as the lead single from the album I Am What I Am. The song was Jones's first solo No. 1 single in six years. The melancholy song was written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman. The week after Jones' death, the song re-entered the Hot Country Songs chart at No. 21. As of November 13, 2013, the single has sold 521,000 copies in the United States. Since 2008 it has been preserved by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry. The song was No. 275 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
         Alan Jackson sang the song during George Jones' funeral service on May 2, 2013. George Strait and Jackson sang the song as a tribute during the 2013 CMA Awards on November 6, 2013.
 
He said I'll love you till I die
She told him you'll forget in time
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind
 
He kept her picture on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
He still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again
 
Kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single I love you
 
I went to see him just today
Oh but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years
 
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
 
You know she came to see him one last time
Oh and we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
This time he's over her for good
 
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today.

WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL

KEITH WHITLEY
SONGWRITERS: DON SCHLITZ & PAUL OVERSTREET
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES
LABEL: RCA NASHVILLE
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1988
 
          Jackie Keith Whitley (July 1, 1954 – May 9, 1989) was an American country music singer. During his career, Whitley only recorded two albums but charted 12 singles on the Billboard country charts, and 7 more after his death.
          Born in Ashland, Kentucky, Whitley grew up in nearby Sandy Hook, Kentucky. Whitley began his career there in 1970, performing in Ralph Stanley's band. Establishing himself as a lead singer in bluegrass music, Whitley moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1983 and began his recording career there. His first Top 20 Country Hit single, "Miami, My Amy", was released in 1986. In 1988, his first three singles from his studio álbum Don't Close Your Eyes, the title song, "When You Say Nothing at All" and "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" were number one hits. Years of alcoholism severely compromised his health and he died of alcohol intoxication in 1989 at his Goodlettsville home at the age of 34. His later singles, "I Wonder Do You Think of Me", "It Ain't Nothin'", and "I'm Over You", were released after his death.
           "When You Say Nothing at All" is a country song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. It was a hit song for three different performers: Keith Whitley, who took it to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on December 24, 1988; Alison Krauss, whose version was her first solo top-10 country hit in 1995; and Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, whose version was his first solo single and a chart-topper in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand in 1999.

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing
 
[Chorus]
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
A touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
Now you say it best, when you say nothing at all
 
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near you drown out the crowd
Old Mister Webster could never define
What's being said between your heart and mine
[Chorus]

TINY DANCER

ELTON JONES
SONGWRITERS: BERNIE TAUPIN & ELTON JOHN
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER
LABEL: UNI RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR:1971
 
         Sir Elton Hercules John CH Kt CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 on more than 30 albums, John has sold over 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100, including seven number ones in the UK and nine in the US, as well as seven consecutive number-one albums in the US. His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", rewritten in dedication to Diana, Princess of Wales, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts. He has also produced records and occasionally acted in films. John owned Watford F.C. from 1976 to 1987 and from 1997 to 2002. He is an honorary life president of the club.
          Raised in the Pinner area of Greater London, John learned to play piano at an early age, and by 1962 had formed Bluesology, an R&B band with whom he played until 1967. He met his longtime musical partner Taupin in 1967, after they both answered an advert for songwriters. For two years, they wrote songs for artists including Lulu, and John worked as a session musician for artists including the Hollies and the Scaffold. In 1969, John's debut album, Empty Sky, was released. In 1970, his first hit single, "Your Song", from his second album, Elton John, became his first top ten in both the UK and the US. His most commercially successful period, 1970–1976, included Honky Château (1972), Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) and his first Greatest Hits compilation — the latter two listed among the best-selling albums worldwide. John has also had success in musical films and theatre, composing for The Lion King and its stage adaptation, Aida and Billy Elliot the Musical.
          John has received five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards; including for Outstanding Contribution to Music; two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Tony Award, a Disney Legends Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him 49th on its list of 100 influential musicians of the rock and roll era. In 2013, Billboard ranked him the most successful male solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists, and third overall, behind the Beatles and Madonna. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998.
         John has been involved in the fight Against AIDS since the late 1980s. In 1992, he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and a year later he began hosting his annual Academy Awards Party, which has since become one of the biggest high-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. Since its inception, the foundation has raised over £300 million. John has performed at a number of royal events, such as the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in 1997, the Party at the Palace in 2002 and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012.
          Madman Across the Water is the fourth studio album by Elton John, released in 1971 through DJM and Uni Records. The album was the fourth studio album released by John, as well as his third album to be released in 1971, at which point John had been rising to prominence as a popular music artist. The album contains 9 tracks, each composed and performed by John and with lyrics written by songwriting partner Bernie Taupin.
            There were two singles released from Madman Across the Water, "Levon" and "Tiny Dancer." It was certified gold in February 1972, followed by platinum in March 1993, and 2× platinum in August 1998 by the RIAA. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Blue jean baby, LA lady
Seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed
Pirate smile
You'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must've seen her
Dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me
Tiny dancer in my hand
 
Jesus freaks out in the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back she just laughts
The boulevard is not that bad
 
Piano man he makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows
The tune she hums
 
But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly
 
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
 
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
 
Blue jean baby, LA lady
Seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed
Pirate smile
You married the music man
Ballerina, you must've seen her
Dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me
Tiny dancer in my hand
 
But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly
 
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today.