Francisca
Edwiges Neves Gonzaga, mais conhecida como Chiquinha Gonzaga (Rio
de Janeiro, 17 de outubro de 1847 — Rio
de Janeiro, 28 de fevereiro de 1935) foi uma compositora,
instrumentista
e maestrina
brasileira.
Foi
a primeira pianista chorona
(musicista de choro), autora da primeira marcha carnavalesca com letra ("Ó
Abre Alas", 1899) e também a primeira mulher a reger uma orquestra no
Brasil.
No
Passeio Público do Rio de Janeiro há
uma herma em sua
homenagem, obra do escultor Honório Peçanha. Em maio de 2012 foi sancionada a
Lei 12 624, que instituiu o Dia da Música Popular Brasileira, comemorado no dia de seu
aniversário.
Era
filha da união de José Basileu Gonzaga, marechal
de campo do Exército Imperial Brasileiro e de Rosa
Maria Neves de Lima, filha de escrava
alforriada. Contrariando a família, José Basileu casou-se com Rosa Maria após o
nascimento de Francisca.
Chiquinha
Gonzaga cresceu em uma família de pretensões
aristocráticas (afilhada de Luís Alves de L. e Silva, Duque de Caxias)
e conviveu bastante com a rígida família paterna.
Fez
seus estudos normais com o cônego Trindade, um professor de referência, e musicais no
piano com o Maestro Elias Álvares Lobo.
Desde
cedo, frequentava rodas de lundu, umbigada e outros ritmos oriundos da África. Aos 11 anos
escreve sua primeira composição, a canção natalina Canção dos Pastores.
Oh, lua branca de
fulgores e de encanto,
Se é verdade que ao
amor tu dás abrigo,
Vem tirar dos olhos
meus, o pranto,
Ai, vem matar essa
paixão que anda comigo.
Ai, por quem és,
desce do céu, ó lua branca,
Essa amargura do meu
peito, ó vem, arranca,
Dá-me o luar de tua
compaixão,
Oh, vem, por Deus,
iluminar meu coração.
E quantas vezes, lá
no céu, me aparecias,
A brilhar em noite
calma e constelada.
Em tua luz então me
surpreendias
Ajoelhado junto aos
pés da minha amada.
E a chorar, a
soluçar, cheia de pejo,
Vinha em seus lábios
me ofertar um doce beijo.
Ela partiu, me
abandonou assim,
Oh, lua branca, por
quem és, tem dó de mim!
'TIL A TEAR BECOMES A ROSE
KEITH WHITLEY
SONGWRITERS: RICE
WILBURN S & VAUGHN M SHARON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: KEITH WHITLEY – GREATEST HITS
LABEL: RCA VICTOR
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1990
Jackie Keith Whitley (July 1, 1954 – May 9,
1989) was an American country musicsinger. During his career, Whitley only recorded two albums but
charted 12 singles on the Billboardcountry 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.
Loretta Lynn Morgan (born June 27, 1959)
is an American country music singer.
She is the daughter of George
Morgan, widow of Keith Whitley,
and ex-wife of Jon Randalland Sammy Kershaw,
all of whom are also country music singers. Morgan has been active as a singer since the age of 13,
and charted her first single in 1979. She achieved her greatest
success between 1988 and 1999, recording for RCA
Records Nashvilleand the defunct BNA Records.
Her first two RCA albums (Leave the Light Onand Something in Red)
and her BNA album Watch Meare all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA). The 1995 compilation Reflections: Greatest Hitsis her
best-selling album with a double-platinum certification; War Paint, Greater Need,
and Shakin'
Things Up, also on BNA, are certified gold.
Morgan has made over forty chart entries on
the BillboardHot Country Songscharts, including three number-one singles: "Five Minutes", "What Part of No",
and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength",
along with eleven additional top-ten hits. Morgan has recorded in collaboration
with her father, as well as Whitley, Randall, Kershaw, Frank Sinatra,
Johnny Mathis,
Tammy Wynette,
Dolly Parton,
Andy Williams,
the New World Philharmonic, and Pam Tillis.
She is also a member of the Grand
Ole Opry. Morgan's musical style is defined largely
by country popinfluences and her dramatic singing voice, with frequent stylistic
comparisons to
"'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" is a
song originally recorded by American country
musicartist Leon Everette.
It was released in 1985 from his álbum Where's the Fire. His version of the
song peaked at number 44 on Hot
Country Songs.
The song was later covered by Keith Whitleyas a duet with then-wife Lorrie
Morgan. Posthumously released in July 1990, it was
the only single from his Greatest Hitscompilation album. This
version peaked at number 13 on the country singles charts and won the Vocal
Event of the Year at the Country Music Associationawards.
Another version was released in 1990 by Jann Browneon her album Tell Me Why.
John Prine and Fiona Whelan Prine also
covered the song for the 1999 album In
Spite of Ourselves.
In 2015, a version of the song was released
by singer Kevin Moon and Bluegrass artist Rhonda
Vincentfor Moon's Throwback CD.
Darling, I can see
the clouds around you And in your heart I know a sorrow grows But if you weep I'll be right here to hold you 'Til each tear you cry becomes a rose Dearest love, I know your heart been shattered And all my words can offer no relief But my love will heal the pain you've suffered And I'll be here if you should turn to me Darling, I can see the clouds around you And in your heart I know a sorrow grows But if you weep I'll be right here to hold you 'Til each tear you cry becomes a rose In deepest night when memories tend to gather Lay with me and put your fears to sleep 'Cause there's no pain no dream can put us under All the love that binds you and me Darling, I can see the clouds around you And in your heart I know a sorrow grows But if you weep I'll be right here to hold you 'Til each tear you cry becomes a rose 'Til each tear you cry becomes a rose.
KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNING
CHARLEY PRIDE
SONGWRITER: BEN PETERS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: CHARLEY PRIDE SINGS HEART SONGS
LABEL: RCA VICTOR
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1971
Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 –
December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseballplayer. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid 1970s,
when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Recordssince Elvis Presley.
During the peak years of his recording career (1966–1987), he had 52 top-10
hits on the BillboardHot Country Songschart, 30 of which made it to number one. He won the Entertainer of
the Year award at the Country Music Association Awardsin 1971.
Pride is one of three African-Americanmembersof the Grand Ole Opry(the others being DeFord
Baileyand Darius Rucker).
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Famein 2000.
"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" is a
song written by Ben Peters,
and recorded by American country musicartist Charley Pride.
It was released in October 1971 as the first single from the álbum Charley
Pride Sings Heart Songs. The song has since become one of his signature tunes
and was his eighth song to reach number one on the country charts. and was also
Pride's only single to reach the Top 40 on the pop charts, peaking at #21 on
the Billboard Hot 100,
and also went into the Top Ten of the Adult Contemporary charts. It also
reached #19 on the U.S. Cash BoxTop 100. The song spent four months on the pop chart, longer than
any of his other hits. Billboard ranked it as the Nº. 74 song for 1972.
Whenever I chance to
me, some old friends on the street
They ask me: How does a woman get to feel this way?
I've always got a smilin' face, anytime and any place
Every time they ask me why, I just smile and say
You've got to kiss an
angel good morning
Let her know you think about her when you're gone
Kiss an angel good morning
Love her like the devil when you get back home
Well, people may try
to guess, the secret of happiness
Some of them never learn, and it's a simple thing
The secret I was speakin' of is a woman and a man in love
The answer is in this song that I always sing
You've got to kiss an
angel good morning
Let her know you think about her when you're gone
Kiss an angel good morning
Love her like the devil when you get back home
Kiss an angel good
morning
Let her know you think about her when you're gone
Kiss an angel good morning
Love her like the devil when you get back home.
SOMETHING IN THE WAY SHE MOVES
THE BEATLES, GEORGE HARRISON
SONGWRITER: GEORGE HARRISON
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: ABBEY ROAD
LABEL: APPLE RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL
YEAR: 1970
George Harrison MBE(25 February 1943 – 29 November
2001) was an English musician, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer
who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian cultureand helped broaden the scope of popular musicthrough his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned
spirituality in the Beatles' work. Although the majority of the band's songs
were written by John
Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from
1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group include
"Taxman",
"Within You Without You", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps",
"Here Comes the Sun" and "Something".
Harrison's earliest musical influences
included George Formbyand Django Reinhardt;
Carl Perkins,
Chet Atkinsand Chuck Berrywere subsequent influences. By 1965, he had begun to lead the
Beatles into folk rockthrough his interest in Bob Dylanand the Byrds,
and towards Indian
classical musicthrough his use of the sitaron
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)".
Having initiated the band's embracing of Transcendental Meditationin 1967, he
subsequently developed an association with the Hare Krishna movement.
After the
band's break-upin 1970, Harrison released
the triple album All
Things Must Pass, a critically acclaimed work
that produced his most successful hit single, "My Sweet Lord",
and introduced his signature sound as a solo artist, the slide guitar.
He also organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladeshwith Indian
musician Ravi Shankar,
a precursor to later benefit concertssuch as Live Aid.
In his role as a music and film producer, Harrison produced acts signed to the
Beatles' Applerecord label before founding Dark
Horse Recordsin 1974 and co-founding HandMade Filmsin 1978.
Harrison
released several best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer. In
1988, he co-founded the platinum-sellingsupergroupthe Traveling
Wilburys. A prolific recording artist, he was
featured as a guest guitarist on tracks by Badfinger,
Ronnie Woodand Billy Preston,
and collaborated on songs and music with Dylan, Eric Clapton,
Ringo Starrand Tom Petty,
among others. Rolling Stonemagazine ranked him number 11 in their list of the "100
Greatest Guitarists of All Time". He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fameinductee – as a
member of the Beatles in 1988, and posthumously for his solo career in 2004.
Harrison's first marriage, to model Pattie Boydin 1966, ended in divorce in 1977. The following year he married Olivia Arias,
with whom he had a son, Dhani.
Harrison died from lung cancer in 2001 at the age of 58, two years after
surviving a knife attack by an intruder at his Friar Parkhome. His remains were cremated and the ashes were scattered
according to Hindu traditionin a private ceremony in the Gangesand Yamunarivers
in India. He left na estateof almost £100 million.
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by
the English rockband the Beatles,
released on 26 September 1969 by Apple
Records. Named after the
locationof EMI Studiosin London, the cover features the group walking across the street's zebra crossing,
an image that became one of the most famous and imitated in popular music.
The album's
initially mixed reviews were contrasted by its immediate commercial success,
topping record charts in the UK and US. The lead single "Something" / "Come
Together" was released in October and topped the US charts.
The album incorporates genres such as blues, rockand pop,
and makes prominent use of Moog
synthesizer, sounds filtered through a Leslie speaker,
and tom-tom drums.
It is the Beatles' only album recorded exclusively through a solid-statetransistormixing desk, which afforded a clearer and brighter sound than the
group's previous records. Side two contains a medley of shorter song fragments. The
sessions also produced a non-album single, "The Ballad of John and Yoko"
backed with "Old Brown Shoe".
Producer George
Martinreturned on the condition that the
Beatles adhere to the discipline of their earlier records. They found the
album's recording more enjoyable than the preceding Get Backsessions, but personal
issues still permeated the band. Production lasted from February to August
1969, and the closing track "The
End" marked the final occasion that all four members
recorded together. John Lennon privately
left the group six days before the album's release; Paul McCartneypublicly declared the
band's break-upthe following April.
Upon
release, detractors found Abbey Road to be inauthentic and bemoaned
the production's artificial effects. Since then, many critics
have hailed the album as the Beatles' finest; in particular,
"Something" and "Here
Comes the Sun" are considered among the
best songs George Harrisonwrote for the group. The album has also been ranked as one of the
Beatles' best-selling, including a multi-platinum certification by the RIAA. Shortly
after its release, a satirical interpretation of the cover photograph fuelled
rumours in the US of McCartney's purported death.
EMI Studios was also renamed Abbey
Road Studiosin honour of the album. In 2020, it
was ranked fifth in Rolling
Stone's list of the greatest albums of all time.
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