FLASHBACK

CALVIN HARRIS
SONGWRITER: CALVIN HARRIS
COUNTRY: SCOTLAND
ALBUM: READY FOR THE WEEKEND
LABEL: FLY EYE RECORDS
GENRE: ELECTRO HOUSE
YEAR: 2009
 
           Adam Richard Wiles(born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. After focusing on self-sung projects, in 2012, Harris released his third álbum 18 Months, which involved various vocalists in its single records and gained international recognition. He has released five studio albums and runs his own record label, Fly Eye Records, which he founded in 2010.
           His debut studio album, I Created Disco, was released in June 2007. Its singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls" both reached the top 10 in the UK. In 2009, he released his second studio album, Ready for the Weekend, which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and whose lead single, "I'm Not Alone", became his first song to top the UK Singles Chart. In 2012, Harris rose to international prominence with the release of his third studio album, 18 Months, which topped the UK Albums charts and became his first album to chart on the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 19. All eight of the album's singles reached the top 10 in the UK, breaking the record for the most top 10 songs from one studio album on the UK Singles Chart with eight entries, surpassing Michael Jackson's record. In 2014, he released his fourth studio album, Motion, which debuted at number two in the UK and number five in the US. In 2017, he released his fifth studio album, Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, which reached the top 2 in the UK and the US and became his third consecutive number one album on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
               In October 2014, he became the first artist to place three songs simultaneously on the top 10 of Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart. He also became the first UK solo artist to reach more than one billion streams on Spotify. Harris has received 18 Brit Award nominations–winning British Producer of the Year and British Single of the Year for "One Kiss" with Dua Lipa, both in 2019, as well as five Grammy nominations, including a win for Best Music Video in 2013. In 2013 he also received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors, and was named the Top Dance/Electronic Artist at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. He appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the United Kingdom. He topped Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid DJs for six consecutive years from 2013 to 2018.
          "Flashback" is a song by Scottish musician Calvin Harris from his second studio album, Ready for the Weekend(2009). The song was released in the UK on 2 November 2009 and features Jordanian singer Ayah Marar. Harris and Marar would later work together again on Harris' 2013 single "Thinking About You".
            "Flashback" was released as the album's third single on 2 November 2009. To promote the track, Calvin was originally scheduled to perform on the UK morning talk show GMTV, however the show declined Calvin's appearance as they thought the song was "too dancy" for the programme.
          The following week, Disney Channel promoted the message card for "Flashback" after the 4:30 showing of Hannah Montana, showing an image of Calvin wearing diamond sunglasses, as well as the words "Flashback [Calvin Harris]".
Im coming out and now my vision is so clear
If i could change my state of mind then I would disappear
The love i get from you is something I cant chance
Then I could let you slip away without a secong glance
 
Why cant I realise, Im fighting for my life
Woah-oah-oah-oah
Woah-oah-oah-oah X2
 
This is like a flashback
This is like a dream
This is like all the things you can fit inside a memory X2
 
This is like a flashback
Flashback
This is like a flashback
Flashback (why, why, why, why, why)
 
Why cant I realise, Im fighting for my life
Woah-oah-oah-oah
Woah-oah-oah-oah X2
 
This is like a flashback
This is like a dream
This is like all the things you can fit inside a memory X2.

PENNY LANE

THE BEATLES
SONGWRITERS: JOHN LENNON & PAUL MCCARTNEY
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: PENNY LANE
LABEL: PARLOPHONE
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1967
 
             The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The group, whose best-known line-up comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are regarded as the most influential band of all time. They were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways; the band later explored music styles ranging from ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements.
     Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years from 1960, initially with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went through a succession of drummers, including Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding their domestic success after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. As their popularity grew into the intense fan frenzy dubbed "Beatlemania", the band acquired the nickname "the Fab Four", with Epstein, Martin and other members of the band's entourage sometimes given the informal title of "fifth Beatle".
           "Penny Lane" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in February 1967 as a double A-side single with "Strawberry Fields Forever". It was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. The lyrics refer to Penny Lane, a street in Liverpool, and make mention of the sights and characters that McCartney recalled from his upbringing in the city.
        The Beatles began recording "Penny Lane" in December 1966, intending it as a song for their álbum Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Instead, after it was issued as a single to satisfy record company demand for a new release, the band adhered to their policy of omitting previously released singles from their albums. The song features numerous key changes that occur mid-verse and between its choruses. Session musician David Mason played a piccolo trumpet solo over its bridge section.
          "Penny Lane" was a top-five hit across Europe and topped the US Billboard Hot 100. In Britain, due to chart protocol regarding double A-sides, it was the first Beatles single since "Please Please Me" in 1963 to fail to reach number 1 on the Record Retailer chart. In November 1967, "Penny Lane" was included on the US Magical Mystery Tour album. In 2011, Rolling Stone ranked the track at number 456 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2006, Mojo ranked the song at number 9 of "The 101 Greatest Beatles Songs".
 
In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to known
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say: Hello!
 
On the corner is a banker with a motor car
The little children laugh at him behind his back
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain, very strange
 
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit and meanwhile back
 
In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen
He likes to keep his fire engine clean
It´s a clean machine
 
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back
 
Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway
 
In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange
 
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit and meanwhile back
 
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
Penny Lane!

SOUS LE CIEL DE PARIS

ZAZ
COMPOSITEURES: HUBERT GIRAUD & JEAN DRÉJAC
PAYS: FRANCE
ALBUM: PARIS
RECORD: WMG
GENRE: CHANSON
ANNÉE: 2014
 
       Isabelle Geffroy (née le 1er mai 1980), plus connue sous le surnom de Zaz, est une auteure-compositrice-interprète française qui mélange les styles jazzy, variété française, soul et acoustique. Elle est célèbre pour son tube «Je veux», issu de son premier album, Zaz, sorti le 10 mai 2010.
    Paris est le troisième album studio de la chanteuse française Zaz. Il est sorti le 10 novembre 2014.
    "Sous le ciel de Paris" est une chanson initialement écrite pour le film français de 1951 Sous le ciel de Paris, réalisé par Julien Duvivier.
          Dans le film, la chanson était chantée par Jean Bretonnière. La même année, il a été enregistré par Anny Gould et par Juliette Gréco. Grâce à Juliette Greco et aux enregistrements ultérieurs d'artistes de renom tels qu'Édith Piaf et Yves Montand, la chanson est devenue un symbole de Paris et de la France pour le monde entier.
Sous le ciel de Paris
S'envole une chanson
Elle est née d'aujourd'hui
Dans le coeur d'un garçon
Sous le ciel de Paris
Marchent des amoureux
Leur bonheur se construit
Sur une air fait pour eux
 
Sous le pont de Bercy
Un philosophe assis
Deux musiciens, quelques badauds
Puis des gens par milliers
 
Sous le ciel de Paris
Jusqu'au soir vont chanter
L'hymne d'un peuple épris
De sa vieille cité
Prés de Notre-Dame
Parfois couve un drame
Oui, mais à Paname
Tout peut s'arranger
Quelques rayons du ciel d'été
L'accordéon d'un marinier
L'espoir fleurit
Au ciel de Paris
 
Sous le ciel de Paris
Coule un fleuve joyeux
Il endort dans la nuit
Les clochards et les gueux
Sous le ciel de Paris
Les oiseaux du bon Dieu
Viennent du monde entier
Pour bavarder entre eux
Et le ciel de Paris
A son secret pour lui
Depuis vingt siècles il est épris
De notre île Saint Louis
 
Quand elle lui sourit
Il met son habit bleu
Quand il pleut sur Paris
C'est qu'il est malheureux
Quand il est trop jaloux
De ses millions d'amants
Il fait gronder sur eux
Son tonnerre éclatant
Mais le ciel de Paris n'est pas longtemps cruel
Pour se faire pardonner, il offre un arc-en-ciel.

EL MANISERO

ANTONIO MACHÍN
COMPOSITOR: MOISÉS SIMONS
PAIS: CUBA
ÁLBUM: EL MANISERO
DISCOGRÁFICA: TUMBAU CUBAN CLASSICS
GÉNERO: BOLERO
AÑO: 1993
 
         Antonio Abad Lugo Machín, conocido como Antonio Machín (Sagua la Grande, Cuba; 11 de febrero de 1903-Madrid, España; 4 de agosto de 1977), fue un cantante cubano de boleros y de música popular en general. Basó su repertorio en la música cubana y la balada romántica.
          (…)Intérprete de reconocido prestigio en el ámbito hispanohablante, es famoso por sus recreaciones, entre otras, de temas como El manisero, Dos gardenias, Angelitos negros. Su disco El manisero, grabado en 1930 acompañado por la orquesta de Don Azpiazu para la compañía Victor de Nueva York, constituyó el primer éxito millonario en ventas de la música cubana. Está enterrado en la tumba número 52 de la Plaza del Cristo del Calvario del Cementerio de San Fernando de Sevilla.
           No sin dificultades llegó a La Habana en 1926, donde se inició como solista en los cafetines, acompañado del guitarrista Miguel Zaballa. La reputación del dúo llegó a oídos de la burguesía habanera, que ya no dudó en contratarlos. Por azar del destino llegó a cantar a una emisora en la que coincidió Don Azpiazu, quien lo contrató como segundo cantante de su orquesta. Sería, pues, el primer cantante negro que actuara en el Casino Nacional de La Habana, lugar de la burguesía más racista y excluyente, ya como todo un profesional. Sin dejar a Azpiazu, fundó un sexteto que hizo sus primeras grabaciones em 1929 y a partir de los medios de la época, es decir, las victrolas de cuerda y la radio que empezaba a desarrollarse. El éxito fue inmediato com Aquellos ojos verdes, al que siguió El manisero. En 1930 dejó Cuba, adonde no volvería hasta 1958. En abril de 1930 llegó a Nueva York, integrando la orquesta de Don Azpiazu. Estuvo cuatro años en la gran metrópoli, formando parte de otras muchas agrupaciones (José Escarpenter y su Orquesta, Orquesta Antillana de Rafael Hernández, Julio Roque y su Orquesta, Armando Valdespí y su Orquesta, además de las dirigidas por él mismo: la Orquesta Machín y el Cuarteto Machín).
          Muy conocido ya en los escenarios latinos de Nueva York, donde popularizara «El Manisero», de Moisés Simons, y grabara una larga serie de títulos a lo largo de la primera mitad de la década del treinta, marchó a Europa en 1936. Tras breve estancia em Londres, actuando en el teatro Adelphya, llegó a París, donde la música cubana tenía fuerte presencia desde los años 20. En París formó el grupo Antonio Machín y su Orquesta, con Moisés Simons al piano, realizando a partir de entonces varias grabaciones. En 1936 grabó también con la Orquesta de Eduardo Castellanos. Enamorado de una joven francesa llamada Line, con ella y con su orquesta realizaría una gira por Suecia, donde no quiso quedarse debido al frío clima, y volvió a París.
Maní, maní
Si te quieres por el pico divertir
Comete un cucurruchito de maní
Maní,maní
Llego el rico maní
Si te quieres por el pico divertir comete un cucurruchito de mani
Que calentico y rico está
Ya no se puede pedir mas
Ay caserita no me dejes ir
Porque despues te vas a arrepentir
Y va a ser muy tarde ya
 
Mani
Manisero llego
Caserita no te acuestes a dormir
Sin comerte un cucurrucho de mani
Cuando la calle sola está
Casera de mi corazón
El manisero entona su pregon
Y si la niña escucha su cantar
Llama desde su balcón.