AND I LOVE YOU SO

DON MCLEAN
SONGWRITER: DAN MCLEAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ÁLBUM: TAPESTRY
LABEL: MEDIARTS RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 1970
 
       Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1971 hit song "American Pie", an 8.5-minute folk rock "cultural touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early rock and roll generation.
          His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", a rendition of Roy Orbison's "Crying", a rendition of the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You", and "Wonderful Baby".
           His composition "And I Love You So" has been sung by Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, Glen Campbell, and others, and in 2000, Madonna had a hit with a rendition of "American Pie".
         In 2004, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In January 2018, BMI certified that "American Pie" and "Vincent" had reached five million and three million airplays respectively.
         "And I Love You So" is a popular song written by folk singer and guitarist Don McLean and released on his 1970 debut album, Tapestry. Its chorus features an unusual rhyming scheme for a popular song: A-B-B-A versus the usual A-B-C (or A)-B
          Tapestry is the debut studio album by American folk singer Don McLean. The album was originally released by Mediarts Records but was re-launched in 1971 by United Artists after United Artists' purchase of Mediarts. The album was also reissued in 1981 on Liberty Records, but without including the song "Three Flights Up".
        The title track "Tapestry" was an inspiration for the formation of the Greenpeace environmental movement. "And I Love You So" is one of McLean's most recorded songs, with versions by artists ranging from Elvis Presley in the 1970s and to Glen Campbell nearly 30 years later. Perry Como had a huge international hit with the song in 1973.
        The album was produced by Jerry Corbitt of the Youngbloods.
And I love you so,
The people ask me how,
How I've lived 'till now
I tell them I don't know
 
I guess they understand
How lonely life has been
But life began again
The day you took my hand
 
And yes I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me
And the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening get me down
Now that you're around me
 
And you love me too
Your thoughts are just for me
You set my spirit free
I'm happy that you do
 
The book of life is brief
And once a page is read
All but love is dead
This is my belief
 
And yes I know how loveless life can be
The shadows follow me
And the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening bring me down
Now that you're around me
 
And I love you so
People ask me how
How I've lived till now
I tell them I don't know.

LOVE SOMEONE

JASON MRAZ
SONGWRITERS: JASON MRAZ & RAINING JANE.
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: YES!
LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2014
 
          Jason Thomas Mraz (/məˈræz/; born June 23, 1977) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. In 2002 he released his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" that reached number 4 on the US Billboard chart. His second album, Mr. A-Z, released in 2005, peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 100,000 copies in the US. In 2008 Mraz released his third studio album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. It debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and was an international commercial success primarily due to the hit "I'm Yours". The song peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his first top ten single, spent a then-record 76 weeks on the Hot 100, and was certified Diamond (10x Platinum) by the RIAA in 2019. His fourth album, Love Is a Four Letter Word, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200, his highest-charting album to date.
           Mraz has won two Grammy Awards and received two additional nominations, and has also won two Teen Choice Awards, a People's Choice Award and the Hal David Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. He has earned Platinum and multi-Platinum certifications in over 20 countries, and has toured in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and parts of Africa. As of July 2014 Mraz has sold over seven million albums, and over 11.5 million downloaded singles. His musical style, from rhythmic feeling to his use of nylon string guitars, has been heavily influenced by Brazilian music.
        "Love Someone" is a song by American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz. It was released on May 19, 2014, on Atlantic Records as the lead single from his fifth studio album, Yes!. 
Love is a funny thing
Whenever I give it, it comes back to me
And it’s wonderful to be
Giving with my whole heart
As my heart receives
Your love
 
Oh, ain’t it nice tonight we got each other?
And I am right beside you
More than just a partner or a lover
I’m your friend
 
When you love someone
Your heartbeat beats so loud
When you love someone
Your feet can’t feel the ground
Shining stars all seem
To congregate around your face
When you love someone
It comes back to you
 
And love is a funny thing
It’s making my blood flow with energy
And it’s like an awakened dream
As what I've been wishing for, is happening
And it's right on time
 
Oh, ain't it nice this life we've got each other?
I am right beside you
More than just a partner or a lover
I’m your friend
 
When you love someone
Your heartbeat beats so loud
When you love someone
Your feet can’t feel the ground
Shining stars all seem
To congregate around your face
When you love someone
When you love someone
 
We’re gonna give ourselves to love Tonight
Lifting up to touch the starlight
And we will savor every second
We spend together
 
You and I will
You and I will
You and I will
 
When you love someone
Your heartbeat beats so loud
When you love someone
Your feet can’t feel the ground
 
Shining stars all seem
To congregate around your face
When you love someone
It comes back to you.

TI REGALO UN SORRISO

MIA MARTINI
COMPOSITORE: MIA MARTINI
PAESE: ITALIA
ALBUM: MIMI
ETICHETTA: DDD
GENERE: MUSICA LEGGERA
ANNO: 1981
 
          Mia Martini, pseudonimo di Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè, detta Mimì (Bagnara Calabra, 20 settembre 1947–Cardano al Campo, 12 maggio 1995), è stata una cantante, cantautrice e musicista italiana.
      È considerata una delle voci più belle ed espressive della musica leggera italiana, dotata di ampia estensione, di grande duttilità nel passaggio fra i vari registri e di una vocalità capace di coniugare note passionali a note più dolorose con grande facilità, nonché caratterizzata dal suo essere sofisticata e con una forte intensità interpretativa.
       Il suo album di debutto, Oltre la collina e il singolo Padre davvero sono giudicati tra i migliori lavori italiani mai realizzati. Successi come Piccolo uomo, Donna sola, Minuetto, Il guerriero, Inno, E stelle stan piovendo, Al mondo, Donna con te, Che vuoi che sia se t'ho aspettato tanto, Per amarti e La costruzione di un amore la consacrano tra le protagoniste della musica italiana negli anni settanta, decennio nel quale raggiunge una grandissima popolarità sia nazionale che internazionale. È l'unica interprete femminile ad aver vinto due Festivalbar consecutivamente, rispettivamente nel 1972 (con Piccolo Uomo) e nel 1973 (con Minuetto).
        Nel 1977 avvengono due incontri molto importanti: il primo è con Charles Aznavour, sodalizio che culminerà il 10 gennaio 1978 con un recital all'Olympia di Parigi; il secondo incontro è quello col cantautore genovese Ivano Fossati, col quale si instaura un sodalizio artistico e sentimentale che culminerà con l'album Danza nel 1978.
          Ritorna sulle scene nel 1981, dopo due interventi alle corde vocali che ne modificarono la timbrica vocale e l'estensione.
      L'anno successivo si presenta al Festival di Sanremo con E non finisce mica il cielo, scritta sempre da Fossati, dove riceve il Premio della Critica, che viene istituito proprio per la sua intensa interpretazione e che dal 1996 anno successivo alla sua prematura scomparsa, prende il nome di Premio della Critica "Mia Martini".
          Nel 1983 decide di ritirarsi dalle scene a causa di una maldicenza che la terrà fuori dai riflettori fino al 1989, quando si ripresenta sul palco di Sanremo con Almeno tu nell'universo, che la riporta al grande successo.
    Questi sono anni di grandi collaborazioni costellati da canzoni come Gli uomini non cambiano, La nevicata del '56 e Cu'mme, in coppia con Roberto Murolo ed Enzo Gragnaniello. Ha rappresentato l'Italia all'Eurovision Song Contest per due volte, nel 1977 con Libera e nel 1992 con Rapsodia.
         Muore il 12 maggio del 1995 nel suo appartamento di Cardano al Campo pochi mesi prima di compiere 48 anni, in circostanze mai del tutto chiarite.
          Mimì è il 10º album di Mia Martini. È il primo album ad essere pubblicato dalla casa discografica italiana DDD, nel 1981 su supporto 33 giri.
 
Per te
che stai lottando,
per te
che stai perdendo
a te che rimani lì
sempre più sola.
a te che sei prigioniero qui
senza una vela che ti guidi in alto mare,
oh no,
non lasciarti andare,
oh no.
Dammi la mano
e canto per te,
tu dammi un sorriso
e vivo per te,
ti prego lasciami entrare
e resto con te
ci vuole sempre qualcuno
vicino a te.
Per me
che ho pianto tanto
sì per me,
che sto lottando,
e non voglio restare qui
non so stare da sola, e no
non sarò prigioniera io
alzerò la mia vela e andrò diritta in alto mare
oh sì
proverò a volare
eh sì.
Dammi la mano
e canta per me
tu dammi un sorriso
e canto per te,
lo sai ci vuole qualcuno
vicino a me,
tu lasciami entrare
e rimango con te.
C'è qualcuno qui per te
c'è qualcuno qui per te…

FOREVER NOW
MICHAEL BUBLÉ
SONGWRITERS: ALAN CHANG; MICHAEL BUBLÉ; RYAN LERMAN & TOM JACKSON
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: LOVE
LABEL: REPRISE RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 2019
 
         Michael Steven Bublé OC OBC (IPA:/buːˈbleɪ/boo-BLAY; born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the United Kingdom. He found a worldwide audience with his 2005 album It's Time as well as his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible – which reached number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the US Billboard 200, the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and several European charts. Bublé's 2009 album Crazy Love debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 after three days of sales, and remained there for two weeks. It was also his fourth number one album on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart. His 2011 holiday album, Christmas, was in first place on the Billboard 200 for the final four weeks of 2011 and the first week of 2012, totalling five weeks atop the chart, it also made the top 5 in the United Kingdom. With this, Christmas became his third-consecutive number-one album on the chart. To Be Loved was released in April 2013. Bublé has sold over 40 million records worldwide, and won numerous awards, including four Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. Bublé is a dual citizen of Canada and Italy.
       "Forever Now" is a song by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. It was released on 1 March 2019 and is from Bublé's tenth album, Love. The song reached no.19 on US adult contemporary charts.

I just met you
Seems like yesterday
You opened up your eyes and I recognized your face
You know that you're the one that we've been waiting for
We're gonna keep you safe
First time I held you in my arms
I knew I'd love you all the way
 
I took you in at night
Another day has passed
Every week goes by a little faster than the last
It wasn't so long ago
We walked together and you held my hand
And now you're getting too big to want to
But I hope you'll always understand
 
That I'm always gonna lift you up
And I'm never gonna let you down
No matter what you do
I'm forever proud of you
I love you forever now
 
Through your ears I hear it
Through your eyes I see
A world full of magic, full of possibilities
You know as well as anybody how tough this life can be
But you've got so much strength inside you
A strength I pray you'll never need
 
And I'm always gonna lift you up
And I'm never gonna let you down
Time flies by, I hope you realize that I
Love you forever now
 
I'm always gonna be right here
Always gonna cheer you up
I'm always gonna have your back
You're never gonna be alone
 
And I'm always gonna lift you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No matter what you do
I'm forever proud of you
I love you forever now
I love you forever now.