FASCINATION

ACHILLE TOGLIANI
COMPOSITORI: MAURICE DE FÉRAUDY (1859-1932) & DANTE PILADE “FERMO” MARCHETTI (1876-1940)
VERSÃO ITALIANA: ACHILLE TOGLIANI
ALBUM: LASCIAMI CANTARE  UNA CANZONE
ETICHETTA: FONDAZIONE ERIO TRIPODI
GENERE: VALZER
ANNI: 2019
 
      Achille Togliani(Pomponesco, 16 gennaio 1924Roma, 12 agosto 1995) è stato un cantante e attore italiano.
     Figlio dell'ingegnere aeronautico Adelmo Togliani, si trasferì da bambino con la famiglia a Milano dove, frequentando un istituto di ragioneria, fu compagno di scuola di Walter Chiari. Dopo aver tentato la strada del cinema, prese parte ad alcune riviste, fra cui Moulin Rouge e Febbre azzurra di Macario(1947): qui fu notato dal maestro Cinico Angelini che lo volle nel suo organico di "cantanti della radio" cioè l'Orchestra della Canzone, dove entrò nel 1950.
           La voce calda e armoniosa unita a una figura da divo del cinema (tra le sue fiamme giovanili vi furono Sophia Loren che allora usava lo pseudonimo Sofia Lazzaro, con la quale apparve in numerosi fotoromanzi dell'epoca, e Adele Faccio) ne fecero in breve uno fra i più apprezzati interpreti della canzone italiana, con un repertorio sostanzialmente melodico che comprendeva rivisitazioni di successi degli anni trenta e quaranta(celebri i rifacimenti di Parlami d'amore Mariù e Bambina innamorata) e brani romantici dai versi struggenti come Signorinella, La canzone dell'amore, Come pioveva, La signora di trent'anni fa, Addio Signora!, Lasciami cantare una canzone, Non si compra la fortuna, Per l'ultima volta, A luci spente e Conoscerti.
      Nel 1986 è ospite fisso insieme a Carla Boni, Giorgio Consolini e Joe Sentieri nel programma Un fantastico tragico venerdì per 13 puntate.
      Dopo aver partecipato a diverse trasmissioni negli anni sessanta(Gran varietà), settanta, ottanta(Cari amici vicini e lontani) e novanta(Il caso Sanremo), tenne il suo ultimo concerto il 27 luglio 1995 a Treviso in Piazza dei Signori, per poi morire a Roma il 12 agosto dello stesso anno. Le sue spoglie riposano al Cimitero del Verano.
Quando resto solo con te
Io più non mi sento padrone di me
Ti vorrei parlar, ti vorrei baciar
Ma ti guardo solo negli occhi, sognando
 
Cosa tu mi dici, non so
Cosa fai di questo mio cuore, non so
Ho bisogno sempre di questo mistero
Sol per te così vivrò!

 FASCINATION(KEEP FEELING)

THE HUMAN LEAGUE
SONGWRITERS: JOHN WILLIAM CALLIS CALLIS & PHILIP OAKEY
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: DARE/FASCINATION
LABEL: VIRGIN RECORDS
GENRE: SYNTH-POP
YEAR: 1981
 
         The Human League are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Initially an experimental electronic outfit, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1979 and later attained widespread commercial success with their third album Dare in 1981. The album contained four hit singles, including the UK/US number one hit "Don't You Want Me". The band received the Brit Award for Best British Breakthrough Act in 1982. Further hits followed throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, including "Mirror Man", "(Keep Feeling) Fascination", "The Lebanon", "Human" (a US Nº 1) and "Tell Me When".
       The only constant band member since 1977 has been lead singer and songwriter Philip Oakey. Keyboard players Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh both left the band in 1980 to form Heaven 17. Under Oakey's leadership, the Human League then evolved into a commercially successful New Pop band, with a new line-up including female vocalists Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley. Since the mid-1990s, the band have essentially been a trio of Oakey, Catherall and Sulley with various sidemen.
        Since 1978, the Human League have released 9 studio albums, a remix album, a live album, 6 EPs, 29 singles and 13 compilation albums. They have had 6 Top 20 albums and 13 Top 20 singles in the UK and had sold more than 20 million records worldwide by 2010. As an early techno-pop act that received extensive MTV airplay, they are regarded as one of the leading artists of the 1980s Second British Invasion of the US.
If it seems a little time is needed
Decisions to be made (hey, hey, hey, hey)
The good advice of friends unheeded
The best of plans mislaid
Just looking for a new direction
In an old familiar way (hey, hey, hey, hey)
The forming of a new connection
To study or to play
 
And so the conversation turned
Until the sun went down
And many fantasies were learned
On that day
 
Keep feeling fascination
Passion burning
Love so strong
Keep feeling fascination
Looking, learning
Moving on
 
Well the truth may need some re-arranging
Stories to be told (hey, hey, hey, hey)
And, plain to see, the facts are changing
No meaning left to hold
 
And so the conversation turned
Until the sun went down
And many fantasies were learned
On that day
 
Keep feeling fascination
Passion burning
Love so strong
Keep feeling fascination
Looking, learning
Moving on
 
And so the conversation turned
Until the sun went down
And many fantasies were learned
On that day
 
Keep feeling fascination
Passion burning
Love so strong
Keep feeling fascination
Looking, learning
Moving on
 
Keep feeling fascination
Passion burning
Love so strong
Keep feeling fascination
Looking, learning
Moving on
 
Keep feeling fascination
Passion burning
Love so strong
Keep feeling fascination
Looking, learning
Moving on.

LA VIE EN ROSE

MIREILLE MATHIEU
COMPOSITEURes: ÉDITH PIAF & LOUIS GUGLIELMI LOUIGUY
PAYS: FRANCE
ALBUM: et tu serás poète
RECORD: philips records
Genre: variété française
Année: 1976
 
          Mireille Mathieu, née le 22 juillet 1946 à Avignon (Vaucluse), est une chanteuse française de variétés.
Issue d'un milieu modeste, Mireille Mathieu commence sa carrière en 1965 et connaît son premier grand succès en 1966 avec Mon credo. Se façonnant un répertoire regroupant environ 1.200 chansons, interprétées en de nombreuses langues, elle devient une figure de la chanson française à l'échelle internationale.
    Parmi les chansons les plus connues de son répertoire figurent La Dernière Valse, La Paloma adieu, Paris en colère, Une histoire d'amour, Pardonne-moi ce caprice d'enfant, Bravo tu as gagné, Acropolis Adieu, Mille colombes, Santa Maria de la Mer ou encore Une femme amoureuse.
        Et tu seras poète est un album de la chanteuse française Mireille Mathieu sorti en 1976. Il contient une reprise dela célèbre chanson d'Édith Piaf, La Vie en rose.

Des yeux qui font baisser les miens
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche
Voilà le portrait sans retouche
De l'homme auquel j'appartiens
 
Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose
 
Il me dit des mots d'amour
Des mots de tous les jours
Et ça me fait quelque chose
 
Il est entré dans mon cœur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause
 
C'est lui pour moi, moi pour lui dans la vie
Il me l'a dit, l'a juré pour la vie
 
Et dès que je l'aperçois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon cœur qui bat
 
Des nuits d'amour à ne plus en finir
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place
Des ennuis, des chagrins, s'effacent
Heureux, heureux à en mourir
 
Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose
 
Il me dit des mots d'amour
Des mots de tous les jours
Et ça me fait quelque chose
 
Il est entré dans mon cœur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause
 
C'est toi pour moi, moi pour toi dans la vie
Il me l'a dit, l'a juré pour la vie
 
Et dès que je t'aperçois
Alors je sens dans moi
Mon cœur qui bat.

SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD

DIANA KRALL
SONGWRITERS:  JOHN ELTON & TAUPIN BERNIE
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: WALLFLOWER
LABEL: VERVE RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 2015
 
     Diana Jean Krall(born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist, and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second greatest jazz artist of the decade (2000–2009), establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of her time.
       Krall is the only jazz singer to have had eight albums debuting at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums. To date, she has won three Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards. She has also earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums.
   Wallflower is the twelfth studio album by Canadian singer Diana Krall, released on February 3, 2015, by Verve Records. The album was produced by David Foster. The album's supporting tour, Wallflower World Tour, began in Boston on February 25, 2015.
       The album consists of cover songs of various pop and rock songs, the only previously unreleased track being "If I Take You Home Tonight" by Paul McCartney. He wrote the song for his album Kisses on the Bottom, in which he collaborated with Krall. Although the song did not make the cut for that album, Krall asked McCartney if she could record the song, and he gave his consent.
What have I got to do to make you love me?
What have I got to do to make you care?
What do I do when lightning strikes me?
And to wake to find that you're not there
 
What do I do to make you want me?
What have I got to do to be heard?
What do I say when it's all over?
And sorry seems to be the hardest word
 
It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
 
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh, it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word
 
It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
 
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh, it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word
 
What do I do to make you love me?
What have I got to do to be heard?
What do I do when lightning strikes me?
What have I got to do?
What have I got to do?
When sorry seems to be the hardest word.