Jerry Rivera (nacido el 31 de julio de 1973) es
un cantautor puertorriqueño de salsa.
Rivera (nombre de nacimiento: Geraldo Rivera
Rodríguez) nació en Humacao, Puerto Rico, un
pueblo ubicado en la costa este de Puerto Rico, se mudó con su familia a Levittownen el pueblo de Toa Baja,
donde recibió su primaria y educación secundaria. Toda su familia está
compuesta por músicos, incluidos los artistas tropicales Edwin Rivera (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Rivera)
y su hermana menor Saned. Otros
dos hermanos, Ito y José, son músicos instrumentales profesionales. Sus padres,
también músicos, lo inspiraron a convertirse en músico y de niño solía acompañarlo.su madre Dominga,
cantante, y su padre Edwin, guitarrista y director del Trío Los Barones,
durante sus shows.
En 1986, cuando tenía 13 años, acompañó a su
padre quien se encontraba actuando en un hotel em Isla Verde,
San Juan. Frankie Ruiz, quien era
huésped del hotel, apareció y cantó un par de canciones con ellos y se tomó una
foto junto a Rivera. En 2003, esta imagen fue utilizada por Rivera para
hacer la portadadel álbumde su tributo Canto a
mi Ídolo ... Frankie Ruiz ('Yo le canto a mi ídolo ... Frankie Ruiz'), quien había
fallecido en 1998.
Cuenta Conmigo (Stand By Me) es el tercer y más
exitoso álbum de Jerry Rivera. Está
considerado como uno de los discos más importantes de su carrera. Se posiciona
como uno de los más vendidos de la historia de la salsa, e incluso ha sido
comparado con Siembrade Willie Colony Ruben Blades. El álbum
fue premiado como "Álbum Tropical del Año" en los Premios Lo
Nuestro de 1993.
Amores como el nuestro quedan ya muy pocos
Del cielo caen estrellas sin oír deseos
Deshojar una rosa ya es cosa de tontos
A nadie le interesan ya los sentimientos
Como los unicornios
Van desapareciendo
Amar es hoy tan fácil
Solo es cosa de un beso
Un amor como el nuestro
No debe morir jamás
Amores como el nuestro cada vez hay menos
En los muros casi nadie pinta corazones
Ya nadie se promete más allá del tiempo
De sábanas mojadas hablan las canciones
Como Romeo y Julieta
Lo nuestro es algo eterno
Estar enamorado
Es darse por completo
Un amor como el nuestro
No debe morir jamás
Como los unicornios
Van desapareciendo
Amar y ser amado
Es darse por completo
Un amor como el nuestro
No debe morir jamás
Amores como el nuestro
Se encuentran hoy ya menos
Este amor que nos brindamos
Merece la eternidad
Por ser tan puro y sagrado
No debe morir jamás
Amores como el nuestro se encuentran hoy ya
menos
Es cosa ya de tontos
Pues que ha pasado de moda
Aquel que da serenatas
O aquel que regala rosas
Amor es dar por completo
Todo lo que siente el alma
Es entregarse a la vida si es necesario
Del amor nadie se salva
Y eso es así.
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS
HARRY NILSSON
SONGWRITER: JIMMY CLIFF
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: PUSSY CATS
LABEL: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1974
Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 –
January 15, 1994), known professionally as Nilsson, was an American
singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early
1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering vocal overdubexperiments,
returns to the Great American Songbook, and
fusions of Caribbean sounds. A tenorwith a 3 1⁄2 octave range, Nilsson was
one of the few major pop-rock recording artists to achieve significant
commercial success without ever performing major public concerts or undertaking
regular tours. The craft of his songs and the defiant attitude he projected
remain touchstones for later generations of indie rockmusicians.
Born in Brooklyn,
Nilsson moved to Los Angeles as a teenager to escape his family's poor
financial situation. While working as a computer programmer at a bank, he grew
interested in musical composition and close-harmonysinging, and was successful in having some of his songs recorded by
various artists such as the Monkees.
In 1967, he debuted on RCA Victorwith the
LP Pandemonium
Shadow Show, followed by a variety of
releases that include a collaboration with Randy Newman(Nilsson Sings
Newman, 1970) and the original children's story The Point!(1971).
His most commercially successful album, Nilsson Schmilsson(1971), produced the international top 10 singles "Without You"
and "Coconut".
His other top 10 hit, "Everybody's
Talkin'" (1968), was featured prominently in
the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy. A versionof Nilsson's
"One",
released by Three Dog Nightin 1969, also reached the U.S. top 10.
During a 1968 press conference, the Beatleswere
asked what their favorite American group was and answered "Nilsson".
Sometimes called "the American Beatle",
he soon formed close friendships with John Lennonand Ringo Starr. In the
1970s, Nilsson, Lennon and Starr were members of the Hollywood
Vampiresdrinking club, embroiling themselves
in a number of widely publicized, alcohol-fueled incidents. They produced one collaborative
album, Pussy Cats
(1974). After 1977, Nilsson left RCA, and his record output diminished. In
response to Lennon's 1980
murder, he took a hiatus from the music industry to
campaign for gun control. For the rest of his life, he
recorded only sporadically. In 1994, Nilsson died of a heart
attack while in the midst of recording what became his last album, Losst and Founnd(2019).
Nilsson created the first remix album(Aerial
Pandemonium Ballet, 1971) and recorded the first mashupsong ("You Can't Do That",
1967). He was voted No. 62 in Rolling Stone's
2015 list of the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time",
where he was described as "a pioneer of the Los Angeles studio sound, a
crucial bridge between the baroquepsychedelic popof the late Sixties and the more personal singer-songwriter era of
the Seventies". The RIAAcertified Nilsson
Schmilsson and Son of Schmilsson(1972) as gold records,
indicating over 500,000 units sold each. He earned Grammy Awardsfor two of his recordings; Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Malein 1970 for "Everybody's Talkin'" and Best Pop Vocal
Performance, Male in 1973 for "Without You".
"Many Rivers to Cross" is a song writtenand recorded in
1969 by Jimmy Cliff. It has
since been recorded by many musicians, including Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Joe Cocker, Percy Sledge, Desmond Dekker, UB40, Cher, The Brand New
Heavies, Eric Burdon
& The Animals, The Walker
Brothers, Marcia Hines, Toni Childs, Oleta Adams, Linda Ronstadt, Annie Lennox, Bryan Adams, Arthur Leeand Jimmy Barnes. It was
also performed in the Caribbean by two female musicians, Alison Hindsof Barbadosand Tessanne Chinof Jamaica.
Many rivers to cross
But I just can`t seem to find, my way over
Wandering, I am lost, as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross
And it`s only my will that keeps me alive
Well I`ve been licked, washed up for years
And I merely survived because of my pride
And this loneliness
won`t leave me alone
It`s such a drag to be on your own
My woman left me and she didn't say why
Well I guess I have to try
Sweet thing
Sweet thing
And this loneliness
just won`t leave me alone
You know it's such a drag to be on your own
My woman left me but she didn't say why
So I guess I have to try, try
Many (many), many
(many) rivers to cross
(Many rivers to cross) But just where to begin
I`m playing for time
There have been times I found myse-elf sitting in limbo
Alone, alone, for my lifetime
Many rivers to cross
But I just can`t seem to find, my way over
Wondering, I am lost as I travel along.
MORE THAN WORDS
EXTREME
SONGWRITERS: GARY CHERONE & NUNO BETTENCOURT
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: EXTREME II: PORNOGRAFFITTI
LABEL: A & M RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1991
Extreme is an American rockband formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in
1985, currently headed by frontman Gary Cheroneand guitarist Nuno Bettencourt.
The band reached the
height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with original
line-up Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Geary and Patrick Badger.
They
have released five studio albums, two EPs (in Japan) and two compilation albums
since their formation. The band was one of the most
successful rock acts of the early 1990s, selling over 10 million albums
worldwide. Extreme achieved their greatest success with their 1990 album Pornograffitti, which
peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200,
and was certified gold in May 1991 and double platinum in October 1992. That
album featured the acousticballadsingle "More Than Words",
which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100in the United States.
"More Than Words" is a song by rockband Extreme. It is
the fifth track and third single from their 1990 album Pornograffitti. It is a
balladbuilt around
acoustic guitar work by Nuno Bettencourtand the vocals of Gary Cherone(with harmony vocals from Bettencourt). The song is a detour from
the funk metalstyle
that permeates the band's records. As such, it has often been described as "a blessing
and a curse" due to its overwhelming success and recognition worldwide,
but the band ultimately embraced it and plays it at every show.
Saying: I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It's not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words
Is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn't have to say
That you love me
'Cause I'd already know
What would you do if
my heart was torn in two?
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away?
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying: I love you
More than words
Now that I've tried
to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close, don't ever let me go
More than words
Is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say
That you love me
'Cause I'd already know
What would you do if
my heart was torn in two?
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away?
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying: I love you.
ALL
AROUND THE WORLD
OASIS
SONGWRITER: NOEL GALLAGHER
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: BE HERE NOW
LABEL: CREATION RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1997
Oasis were an English rockband formed in Manchesterin 1991. Developed from an earlier group, the Rain, the band
originally consisted of Liam
Gallagher(lead vocals, tambourine), Paul Arthurs(guitar), Paul McGuigan(bass guitar), and Tony McCarroll(drums). Upon returning from working as a roadiefor Inspiral Carpets,
Liam's older brother Noel(lead guitar, vocals) joined as a fifth member, finalising the
band's core line-up. During the course of their existence, they had various line-up
changes, though the Gallagher brothers remained as the staple members.
Oasis signed to independent record label Creation Recordsin 1993 and released their record-setting debut album Definitely Maybe(1994). The following year they recorded (What's the Story) Morning Glory?(1995) with drummer Alan White, in the midst of a chart rivalrywith Britpoppeers Blur.
Spending ten weeks at number one on the UK
Albums Chart, (What's the Story) Morning
Glory? was also an international chart success, and became one of the best-selling albums of all time. In
addition, it stands as the fifth best-selling album in the UK,
and the biggest-selling album in the UK of
the 1990s. The Gallagher brothers featured regularly
in tabloid newspapersfor their disputes
and wild lifestyles. In 1996, Oasis performed two nights at Knebworthfor an audience of 125,000
each night, the largest outdoor concerts in UK history at the time. In 1997,
Oasis released their third album, Be
Here Now; becoming the fastest-selling album in UK
chart history. However,
its popularity declined quickly.
McGuigan and Arthurs left in 1999 as Oasis
released Standing on the Shoulder of Giants(2000). They were replaced by former Heavy Stereoguitarist Gem Archerand former Rideguitarist Andy
Bell. White departed in 2004, replaced by Zak Starkeyand later Chris
Sharrockas touring members. Oasis released
three more studio albums, Heathen
Chemistry(2002), Don't
Believe The Truth(2005) and Dig Out Your Soul(2008). The group abruptly disbanded after the departure of Noel in August
2009.
As of 2009, Oasis have sold over 75 million
records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. They
are among the most successful acts on the UK
Singles Chartand Albums Chart,
with eight UK number-one singles and eight UK number-one albums. The band also
achieved three platinumalbums in the US. They won 17 NME Awards,
nine Q Awards,
four MTV
Europe Music Awardsand six Brit Awards,
including one in 2007 for Outstanding
Contribution to Musicand one for the
"Best Album of the Last 30 Years" (for (What's the Story)
Morning Glory?). They were nominated for two Grammy Awards.
"All Around the World" is a song by
the English rockband Oasis.
It was written by the band's lead guitarist and principal songwriter Noel Gallagher.
Released on 12 January 1998 as the third single from their third studio álbum Be
Here Now(1997), it is the longest song ever
recorded by Oasis. The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chartand earned a Gold certification. This was the last Oasis single to
be released on the Creation
Recordslabel. The song also reached number
one in Ireland and peaked at number 15 on the US BillboardModern Rock Trackschart.
"All Around the World"—nearly ten
minutes long—is embellished with stringand hornpieces, and is followed by the two-minute-long instrumental "All
Around the World (Reprise)". Upon its release, the reviews
were generally positive. As with many Oasis songs (such as "Whatever", "Acquiesce",
"Live Forever") it sends the message
that "everything's gonna be okay". This was
their last UK single to feature rhythm guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthursand bassist Paul McGuiganbefore they left the band
in 1999.
It's a bit early in
the midnight hour for me
To go through all the things that I want to be
I don't believe in everything I see
You know I'm blind, so why do you disagree?
Take me away
'Cause I just don't want to stay
And the lies you make me say
Are getting deeper every day
These are crazy days, but they make me shine
Time keeps rolling by
All around the world
You gotta spread the word
Tell 'em what you've heard
You're gonna make a better day
All around the world
You gotta spread the word
Tell 'em what you've heard
You know it's gonna be okay
What you gonna do
when the walls come falling down?
You never move, you never make a sound
Where you gonna swim with the riches that you found?
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