BLUES IN MY BOTTLE

CHRISTIAN WILLISOHN
SONGWRITER: CHRISTIAN WILLISOHN
COUNTRY: GERMANY
ALBUM: BOOGIE WOOGIE AND SOME BLUES
LABEL: ENJA RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 1991
 
       Christian Willisohn(born January 22, 1962 in Munich) is a German blues pianist and singer.
        His musical career began in 1980 in clubs in Munich; In 1986 he gave up his job as a stonemason and sculptor. In 1987 he played with Zora Young for the first time in the USA. Since then he has played with many international blues musicians. Today he appears all over Europe with classics and his own compositions with texts by his wife, Alexandra Mayer.
          In 1988 she began her long-term collaboration with Lillian Boutté, which only ended due to her tragic illness. Since 1992 he has been working with the Dutch saxophonist Boris Vanderlek. In 1995 he produced a textbook for blues & boogie piano with Prof. Herbert Wiedemann from the Berlin University of the Arts. In 1996 he founded the label Art By Heart with the piano builder Rainer Schmidt.
       In 2003 he established the success of the festival series with his appearance at the B&B Rhythm'n'Blues Festival in Halle (Westphalia).
             In 2008 and 2009 he accompanied the “Sea Cloud II” with concert tours from Hamburg to St. Petersburg and from Naples to Venice. The band “Southern Spirit” re-formed around him in autumn 2010 with Boris van der Lek (saxophone), Titus Vollmer (guitar, vocal); Peter Kraus (drums, vocal), Matthias Engelhardt (bass).
          He has the ability to always build a bridge with his music from jazz and blues to classical and other music. In interaction with his band and other musicians, he proves himself to be a good team player who likes to see his colleagues shine too.
I went down to the river
Sat there all night long
Wondering 'bout my life
Wondering what went wrong
Blues in my bottle
Sorrow in my cup
I've been down for so long
 
It's getting hard to get back up
It's hard to find a woman
Even harder to find a friend
When I think love's beginning
It turns out to be the end
Blues in my bottle
Sorrow in my cup
I've been down for so long
 
It's getting hard to get back up
I've been drinkin' and drinkin'
To drive my blues away
It leaves me for the night time
But it's right back next day
Blues in my bottle
Sorrow in my cup
I've been down for so long
 
It's getting hard to get back up
I'm happy on the outside
Folks think I'm OK
But I'm crying on the inside
See my tears they fall like rain
Blues in my bottle
Sorrow in my cup
I've been down for so long
It's getting hard to get back up.

MAY IT BE

ENYA
SONGWRITERS: NICKY RYAN; ROPMA SHARE & ENYA
COUNTRY: IRELAND
ALBUM: THE LORD OF RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
LABEL: WEA RECORDS
GENRE: NEW-AGE
YEAR: 2001
 
          Enya Patricia Brennan(Irish: Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin/ˈɛnjə/; born 17 May 1961) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician. Born into a musical family and raised in the Irish-speaking area of Gweedore, County Donegal, Enya began her music career when she joined her family's Celtic folk band Clannad in 1980 on keyboards and backing vocals. She left the group in 1982 with their manager and producer Nicky Ryan to pursue a solo career, with Ryan's wife Roma Ryan as her lyricist. Enya developed her sound over the following four years with multitracked vocals and keyboards with elements of new age, Celtic, classical, church, world, pop, and Irish folk. Thus far, she has sung in ten languages, most notably English, Irish Gaelic(Gaeilge), Latin, and Welsh.
          Enya's first projects as a solo artist included soundtrack work for The Frog Prince(1984) and the 1987 BBC documentary series The Celts, which was released as her debut album, Enya(1987). She signed with Warner Music UK, which granted her artistic freedom and minimal interference from the label. The commercial and critical success of Watermark(1988) propelled her to worldwide fame, helped by the UK number one and international hit single "Orinoco Flow". This was followed by the multi-million-selling albums Shepherd Moons(1991), The Memory of Trees(1995), and A Day Without Rain(2000). Sales of the latter and its lead single, "Only Time", surged in the United States following its use in the media coverage of the September 11 attacks. Following Amarantine(2005) and And Winter Came...(2008), Enya took a four-year career hiatus before she resumed in 2012 and released her eighth studio album, Dark Sky Island(2015).
           Enya is Ireland's best-selling solo artist and second-best-selling overall behind U2. Her discography has sold 26.5million certified albums in the United States and an estimated 75 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. A Day Without Rain(2000) remains the best-selling new-age album, with an estimated 16 million copies sold worldwide. Enya has won numerous awards, including seven World Music Awards, four Grammy Awards for Best New Age Album, and an Ivor Novello Award. She was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for "May It Be", written for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001).
         "May It Be" is a song by Irish recording artist Enya. It was composed by Enya and Roma Ryan for Peter Jackson's 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The song entered the German Singles Chart at number one in 2002 and was performed by Enya at the 74th Academy Awards. "May It Be" was acclaimed by music critics and received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh, how far you are from home
 
Mornië utúlië
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië
A promise lives within you now
 
May it be the shadow's call
Will fly away
May it be your journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun
 
Mornië utúlië
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië
A promise lives within you now
A promise lives within you now
 
May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh, how far you are from home
 
Mornië utúlië
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië
A promise lives within you now
 
May it be the shadow's call
Will fly away
May it be your journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun
 
Mornië utúlië
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië
A promise lives within you now
A promise lives within you now.

IN THE COOL, COOL, COOL OF THE EVENING

ROSEMARY CLOONEY
SONGWRITERS: BING CROSBY; ROY TURK & FRED E. AHLERT
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SUMMER BREEZE
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 2012
 
          Rosemary Clooney(May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There", and "This Ole House". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002.
Sue wants a barbecue,
Sam wants to boil a ham,
Grace votes for Bouillabaisse stew.
Jake wants a weeny bake,
Steak and a layer cake,
He'll get a tummy ache too.
We'll rent a tent or tepee.
Let the town crier cry.
And if it's RSVP
This is what I'll reply
 
In the cool, cool, cool of the Evening
Tell 'em I'll be there
In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
Better save a chair
When the party's gettin' a glow on
And singin' fills the air
In the shank of the night
When the doin's are right
You can tell 'em I'll be there
 
"Whee" said the bumblebee, "
"Let's have a jubilee"
"When?" said the prairie hen, "Soon?"
"Shore" said the dinosaur.
"Where?" said the grizzly bear,
"Under the light of the moon?"
"How `bout ya, brother jackass?"
Ev'ryone gaily cried,
"You comin' to the fracas?"
Over his specs he sighed
 
In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
Tell 'em I'll be there
In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
Slickum on my hair.
When the party's gettin' a glow on
And singin' fills the air
If I ain't in the clink,
And there's sumpin' to drink,
You can tell 'em I'll be there.

DREAM ON LITTLE DREAMER

PERRY COMO
SONGWRITERS: JAN CRUCHFIELD & FRED BURCH
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: DREAM ON LITTLE DREAMER
LABEL: RCA CANDEN
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1973
 
          Pierino Ronald "Perry"Como(/ˈkoʊmoʊ/; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing with the label in 1943.
      He recorded primarily vocal pop and was renowned for recordings in the intimate, easy-listening genre pioneered by multi-media star Bing Crosby.
        "Mr. C.", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show. His weekly television shows and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world. In the official RCA Records Billboard magazine memorial, his life was summed up in these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to all."
         Como received five Emmys from 1955 to 1959, a Christopher Award (1956) and shared a Peabody Award with good friend Jackie Gleason in 1956. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1990 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1987. Posthumously, Como received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 and was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006. He has the distinction of having three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio, television, and music. 
Dream on little dreamer, dreamer on
Dream on little dreamer, dreamer on
I get a heart full of butterflies, lookin' into your dreamy eyes
Dream on ( Dream on! ) little dreamer, dreamer on!
Dream on little dreamer, dreamer on
Dream on little dreamer, dreamer on
Dream about a love so true, dream about how I love you
Dream on ( Dream on! ) little dreamer, dreamer on!
You know I love you,
I love you, I need you so bad
Each night I realize,
when you close your dreamy eyes
Dream on little dreamer, dreamer on
Dream on little dreamer, dreamer on
Dream about a love so fine, sweet as apple berry wine.
Dream on ( Dream on! ) little dreamer, dreamer on!
...little dreamer, dreamer on!