ÁLBUM: CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS AND LATIN AMERICAN FAVORITES
DISCOGRÁFICA: MGM RECORDS
GENRE: POP
AÑO: 1960
Connie Francis(nacida como Concetta Rosa Maria
Franconero; Newark, Nueva Jersey, 12 de diciembrede 1938) es una cantantede popestadounidenseque alcanzó su
mayor fama en las décadas de 1950 y 1960. A pesar de varias interrupciones en su carrera,
aún sigue activa como artista.
Connie
Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favourites es un álbum de estudio de
canciones españolas y latinoamericanas grabado por la artista estadounidense
Connie Francis.
Siboney, yo te quiero
Yo me muero por tu amor;
Siboney en tu boca
La miel puso su dulzor;
Ven a mí que te quiero
Y que te adoro
Y qué eres para mí.
Siboney al arrullo
De la palma pienso en ti.
Siboney de mi sueño
Que no oyes la queja de mi voz
Siboney, si no vienes
Me moriré de amor.
Siboney de mi sueño
Te espero con ansia en mi caney
Porque tú eres el dueño
De mi amor Siboney.
Oye el eco de mi canto de cristal
No se pierda por entre el rudo manigual.
LOVE IN
THE SHADOWS
NEIL
SEDAKA
SONGWRITER: NEIL SEDAKA & PHILIP CORDY
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: STEPPIN’ OUT
LABEL: ROCKET RECORDS
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1976
Neil Sedaka(/sɛdækə/born March 13, 1939) is an
American pop singer, pianist, composer and record producer. Since his music
career began in 1957 as a short-lived founding member of the Tokens, he has
sold millions of records as a performer and has written or co-written over 500
songs for himself and others, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard "Howie" Greenfieldand Phil Cody.
Steppin' Out is a 1976 album containing the
works of Neil Sedaka. In
America it was the third and final album of a trilogy of albums issued by The Rocket
Record Company. (Rocket would issue a
compilation album, Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits,
in 1977; but it contained no new material.) Outside America Steppin' Out was
issued on the Polydorlabel. In 1998,
the Varèse Sarabandelabel reissued Steppin' Out and included four bonus tracks.
The title track, a #36 hit in the U.S.,
featured backing vocals by Sedaka's labelmate, Elton John.
In the shadows
You get to know your lover mostly by feel
Got to put your faith in things you can touch
If you dare to
'Cause the shadows can make you crazy
With the things they reveal
They show it all without revealing too much
Scare the hell out of you
'Cause me and my love
Live among the shadows
Where the old playground is an alley way
Now me and my love make love among the shadows
When the sun goes down in a dark hallway
Love in the shadows where the crowd never goes
Deep in the shadows where flowers won't grow
Me and my baby know love in the shadows
In the shadows
You got to work at love to get it to shine
You can't believe in everything that you see
Not this time around
'Cause the shadows can play
A half a million tricks on your mind
You try your best but you can never break free
It just kind of drags you down
'Cause me and my love
Live among the shadows
Where the old playground is an alley way
Now me and my love make love among the shadows
When the sun goes down in a dark hallway
Love in the shadows where the sun never shines
Deep in the shadows where most men go blind
Me and my baby find love in the shadows.
KEY TO MY LIFE
BOYZONE
SONGWRITERS: RONAN KEATING; MARTIN SEAN BRANNIGAN; RAY
HEDGES; STEPHEN GATELY & MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER CHARLES
COUNTRY: IRELAND
ALBUM: SAID AND DONE
LABEL: UNIVERSAL MUSIC IRELAND
GENRE: POP MUSIC
YEAR: 1995
Boyzone were an Irish boy band, created
in 1993 by talent manger Louis Walsh. Before
even recording any material, Boyzone made an appearance on RTÉ's The Late Late
Show. Their most successful line-up was composed
of Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham,
Ronan Keating, and Shane Lynch. As of 2018, Boyzone have released
seven studio albums and nine compilation albums.
In 2012, the Official
Charts Companyrevealed the biggest selling singles
artists in British music chart history, with Boyzone currently placed at 29th
and the second most successful boy band in Britain, behind Take That. According
to the British
Phonographic Industry(BPI), Boyzone has been certified
for six million albums and over seven million singles in the UK, with 25
million records sold by 2013 worldwide.
Boyzone have had six UK Nº 1 singles and nine
Nº 1 singles in Ireland. Of the 24 singles they released in the UK, 21 entered
the top 40 (including 18 in the top 10 and 12 in the top 2) in the UKcharts and 22
singles (including 19 in the top 5) in the Irishcharts. They have had five Nº 1 albums in the UK.
The
group split in 1999. Boyzone made a comeback in 2007, originally with the
intention of just touring. Gately died on 10 October 2009 of
natural causes while on holiday in the Spanish island of Majorca.
Boyzone
went on tour in late 2018 to celebrate their 25th anniversary. An
album to celebrate the anniversary was released on 16 November 2018. On 28
April 2018, it was announced that the band would split for good after their
anniversary celebrations, which ended in 2019.
Said and Done is the debut album by Irish boy
band Boyzone. The
album was released on 21 August 1995 by Polydor Recordsand went straight to Nº 1 on the UK Albums Chart. The
album sold 1.2 million copies in the first year of its release. As of December
1997, the album had sold 2.2 million copies worldwide.
You're the key to my
life...
Rain on the window
covers the trace
Of all the tears that I've had to waste
And now I'm missing you so
And I won't let you go away
Stain on the desktop where coffee cups lay
And memories of you forever will stay
And the scent of your perfume
And the smile on your face will remain...
And I never gave up hope when things got me down
But I just bit on my lip and my face began to frown
Cos that was just my pride and I've nothing else to hide
And now the way is clear and all I want to say is.
All of my life the doors have been closed now
And all of my dreams have been locked up inside
But you came along and captured my heart, girl
You're the key to my life
Yeah
Year after year, was blaming myself (blaming myself.)
For what I'd done, just thought of myself
I know that you'll understand (you'll understand...)
This was all my own fault, don't go away.
And I never gave up hope when things got me down
But I just bit on my lip
And my face began to frown
Cos that was just my pride and I've nothing left to hide
And now the way is clear and all I want to say is...
All of my life the
doors have been closed now
And all of my dreams have been locked up inside
But you came along and captured my heart, girl
You're the key to my life
Girl you know that I
feel for you
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
Stop the thunder and the pouring rain
You're the one that's going to stop the pain
Girl you know that I feel for you
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
Stop the thunder and the pouring rain
Listen to me can't you hear what I say...
All of my life the
doors have been closed now
And all of my dreams have been locked up inside
But you came along and captured my heart, girl
You're the key to my life.
LOVE ME FOR A REASON
THE OSMONDS
SONGWRITERS: BRISTOL JOHNNY WILLIAM & BROWN WADE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: LOVE ME FOR REASON
LABEL: UNIVERSAL RECORDS
GENRE: POP MUSIC
YEAR: 1974
The Osmonds are an American family music
group who reached the height of their fame in the early to mid- 1970s.
Currently consisting of a duo of original members Merrill Osmondand Jay Osmond, the
group had its best-known configurations as a quartet (billed as the Osmond
Brothers) and a quintet (as the Osmonds). The group has comprised siblings who
are all members of a family of musicians from Ogden, Utahand have been in the public eye since the 1960s.
The Osmond Brothers began as a barbershop quartetconsisting of brothers Alan,
Wayne, Merrill
and Jay. They were later joined by younger siblings Donnyand Jimmy, both of
whom enjoyed success as solo artists. With the addition of Donny, the group
became known as the Osmonds; performing both as teen idolsand as a soft rockband,
their peak lasted from 1971 to 1975. Their only sister Marie, who
rarely sang with her brothers at that time, launched a successful career in
1973, both as a solo artist and as Donny's duet partner. By 1976, the band was
no longer producing hit singles; that year, they transitioned into television
with Donny &
Marie, a popular variety showthat ran
until 1979.
A revival of the original Osmond Brothers
lineup in the 1980s achieved moderate success in country music, and
both Donny and Marie separately made comebacks in their respective fields in
the late-1980s. The Osmonds have sold over 77 million records worldwide. The
quartet continued to perform through their 50th anniversary in 2007, at which
point Alan and later Wayne retired due to health issues; Jimmy was recruited
after Alan's retirement, with the group performing as a trio until Jimmy
suffered a stroke and retired in 2018. Alan's son David Osmond performed with the group in 2019.
On October 14, 2019, the original Osmond Brothers
quartet reunited for CBS' The Talkfor their sister Marie's
60th birthday, billed as the last appearance for the lineup. The brothers
performed "The Last Chapter," written as a farewell song and
introduced in 2018. Donny & Marie ended an 11-year Las Vegas residency on
November 16, 2019. Merrill and Jay continue to perform and tour, as does Donny
as a solo artist.
Love Me for a Reason is the sixth studio
album by The Osmonds,
released in 1974. The album peaked at Nº 47 on the Billboard Top LPschart. Two singles were released from the album: the title track
"Love Me for a
Reason" (Nº 1 UK, Nº 10 US) and "Having a
Party" (Nº 28 UK).
After a string of three albums (Phase III, Crazy
Horses and The Plan) in which the Osmonds performed mostly their own material
and focused on rock music, Love Me for a Reason consisted mostly of the work of
professional songwriters, most prominently H. B. Barnum,
who arrangedall of the songs on the album and co-wrote three. The title track in
particular was aimed at the easy listeningmarket, continuing a string of easy listening hits for the quintet
(it peaked at Nº 2 on the Billboard easy listening chart). The retrenchment,
reuniting with former producer Mike Curb,
and focus on pop was an effort to regain some popularity the group had lost in
1973, driven by brief but intense competition from The DeFranco
Family, Donny's voice changing, and the less
commercially friendly content of The Plan.