I SWEAR

JOHN MICAEL MONTEGOMERY

SONGWRITERS: FRANK J. MYERS & GARY BAKER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: ALL-4-ONE

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1994

 

          John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965) is an American country music singer. Montgomery began singing with his brother Eddie, who would later become known as one half of the duo Montgomery Gentry, before beginning his major-label solo career in 1992. He has had more than 30 singles on the Billboard country charts, of which seven have reached number one: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "I Swear", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)", and "The Little Girl". 13 more have reached the top 10. "I Swear" and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" were named by Billboard as the top country songs of 1994 and 1995, respectively. Montgomery's recordings of "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" were both released concurrently with cover versions by the R&B group All-4-One. Several of Montgomery's singles crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, his highest peak there having been achieved by "Letters from Home" in 2004.

          Montgomery has released 10 studio albums. His first seven albums were released via Atlantic Records Nashville, and his next two via parent company Warner Bros. Records Nashville after Atlantic closed its country division in 2001. His first three albums, Life's a Dance (1992), Kickin' It Up (1994), and John Michael Montgomery (1995) are all certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); 1996's What I Do the Best is certified platinum; while Leave a Mark (1998) and Brand New Me (2000) are certified gold.

           All-4-One is the eponymous debut album by All-4-One released on April 12, 1994. It features the Grammy-award-winning hit single, "I Swear".

I see the questions in your eyes

I know what's weighing on your mind

But you can be sure i know my part

Cuz i'll stand beside you through the years

You'll only cry those happy tears

And though i'll make mistakes,

I'll never break your heart

 

Chorus

I swear

By the moon and the stars in the sky

I'll be there

I swear

Like the shadow that's by your side

I'll be there

For better or worse

Til death do us part

I'll love you with every beat of my heart

I swear

 

I'll give you everything i can

I'll build your dreams with these two hands

We'll hang some memories on the wall

And when there's silver in your hair

You won't have to ask if i still care

Cuz as time turns the page

My love won't age at all

 

Chorus x2

I swear.

CANTO DA SAUDADE

BIDU SAYÃO

COMPOSITOR: ALBERTO COSTA

PAÍS: BRASIL

ÁLBUM: O LUAR DA MINHA TERRA

GRAVADORA: VICTROLA

GÊNERO: ÓPERA

ANO: 1933

 

          Balduína de Oliveira Sayão, mais conhecida como Bidu Sayão, (Itaguaí, 11 de maio de 1902 — Rockport, Maine, 12 de março de 1999) foi uma célebre intérprete lírica brasileira. Considerada uma das maiores estrelas da ópera de todos os tempos, foi uma das maiores intérpretes do Brasil.

          Filha de Pedro Luiz de Oliveira Sayão e de Maria José da Costa Oliveira Sayão, Bidu Sayão começou estudando canto com Elena Theodorini, uma romena que então vivia no Brasil. Elena a levou para a Romênia, onde continuou seus estudos. Mais tarde, foi para Nice, na França, onde foi aluna de Jean de Reszke, um tenor polonês que a ajudou a consolidar sua técnica vocal. Bidu estreou em 1926 no Teatro Costanzi de Roma, no papel de Rosina em O Barbeiro de Sevilha, de Rossini. Sua estreia no Metropolitan Opera House de Nova Iorque se deu em 1937 no papel de Manon na ópera de Massenet.

       Foi parte do elenco do Metropolitan durante muitos anos. Arturo Toscanini era seu admirador, referindo-se a ela como la piccola brasiliana (traduzido do italiano, significa "a pequena brasileira"). Em fevereiro de 1938, cantou para o casal Roosevelt na Casa Branca. Roosevelt lhe ofereceu a cidadania estadunidense, mas ela recusou. De acordo com ela mesma, "no Brasil eu nasci e no Brasil morrerei". Entretanto, ela morreu de pneumonia nos Estados Unidos em 1999, antes de completar 97 anos, sem realizar um de seus desejos: rever a Baía de Guanabara.

Naquela tarde de inverno sombria

Ao te deixar, deixar pra sempre abandonada

N'alma eu senti, eu senti uma saudade fria

Mais que saudade e dor, mais que dor, ó bem amada!

 

Juventude, sonhos meus

Ilusões, crenças, amores

Sim a tudo, a tudo eu disse adeus

Eu disse adeus, adeus

Ao te deixar por entre flores

 

Ao te deixar, a tudo eu disse adeus

Crenças, amores, sonhos, sonhos meus

 

Eras tão pobre, modesta e tão pequena

Mas eras rica, rica de amor e de mocidade

Em teu regaço a vida, a vida era serena

Quanta lembrança! Oh sim, quanta, quanta saudade!

 

Juventude sonhos meus

Ilusões, crenças, amores

Sim a tudo eu disse adeus, adeus

Ao te deixar por entre flores!

 

Ao te deixar, a tudo eu disse adeus

Crenças amores, sonhos, sonhos meus

Adeus

Adeus

Sonhos, adeus!

LUA BRANCA

JOANNA

COMPOSITORA: CHUQUINHA GONZAGA

PAÍS: BRASIL

ÁLBUM: VINTE ANOS AO VIVO

GRAVADORA: B$MG

GÊNERO: CHORO

ANO: 1999

 

       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 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.

        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 Randall and 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 Nashville and the defunct BNA Records. Her first two RCA albums (Leave the Light On and Something in Red) and her BNA album Watch Me are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The 1995 compilation Reflections: Greatest Hits is 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 Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 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 pop influences and her dramatic singing voice, with frequent stylistic comparisons to

      "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" is a song originally recorded by American country music artist 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 Whitley as a duet with then-wife Lorrie Morgan. Posthumously released in July 1990, it was the only single from his Greatest Hits compilation album. This version peaked at number 13 on the country singles charts and won the Vocal Event of the Year at the Country Music Association awards.

      Another version was released in 1990 by Jann Browne on 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 Vincent for 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.