ALL THE MAN THAT I NEED

WHITNEY HOUSTON
SONGWRITERS: DEAN PITCHFORD & MICHAEL GORE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: I’M YOUR BABY TONIGHT
LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1990
 
     Whitney Elizabeth Houston(August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston has influenced many singers in popular music, and is known for her powerful, soulful vocals and vocal improvisation skills. She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Saving All My Love for You" in 1985 to "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in 1988. Houston enhanced her popularity upon entering the movie industry. Her recordings and films have generated both great success and controversy. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career and posthumously, including two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, and 28 Guinness World Records, as well as induction into the Grammy, Rhythm and Blues Music, and Rock and Roll halls of fame.
       Houston began singing in church as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. She was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen after becoming a teen model in 1981. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, Houston signed to the label at age 19. Her first two studio albums, Whitney Houston(1985) and Whitney(1987), both peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and are among the best-selling albums of all time. Houston's third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight(1990), yielded two Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles: "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need".
        I'm Your Baby Tonight is the third studio album of American singer Whitney Houston released on November 6, 1990, by Arista Records. The album has been certified quadruple platinum in the US by the RIAA
        By 1989, Whitney Houston had become one of the most successful musicians in the industry, with her last two albums -Whitney Houston and Whitney - having sold a combined 30 million copies at the time. Houston's crossover blend of pop and R&B had helped her to break barriers on pop radio and on MTV, which along with the commercial breakthrough of Michael Jackson, led to the music industry enjoying "the best time for crossover artists since the height of disco in the mid-to-late '70s", according to journalist Frank Rizzo in 1987. Despite this, however, some black critics began to voice their disapproval of Houston's music, especially with her sophomore release, Whitney, which included the number-one hits, the dance pop hit "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and, in particular, the rock song, "So Emotional", accusing the singer of "selling out". They also felt that her records lacked the soul of her live performances of the same songs. While attending the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards, Houston's name was jeered by some in the audience after she was announced as a nominee in a category. Houston defended herself against the criticism telling Essence magazine in 1990, "If you're gonna have a long career, there's a certain way to do it and I did it that way. I'm not ashamed of it."
      Still, both Houston and her label head Clive Davis agreed to go into a more urban direction as popular music was starting to embrace a new urban pop sound called new jack swing. As the material on her previous albums had been picked by the label, Houston wanted more creative control over the album's content. As a result, Houston would serve as an executive producer for the first time on an album. She recruited the new jack swing production team of L.A. Reid and Babyface, citing their work on Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel, to help her with her new direction. The duo would present the songs "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", their sole ballad "Miracle" and "Anymore". Houston also recruited longtime idol Stevie Wonder on the album with the two collaborating on the Wonder-composed duet, "We Didn't Know", while longtime friend, singer Luther Vandross, penned the new jack swing-leading "Who Do You Love".
I used to cry myself to sleep at night
But that was all before he came
I thought love had to hurt to turn out right
But now he's here, it's not the same
It's not the same
 
He fills me up, he gives me love
More love than I've ever seen
He's all I got, he's all I got in this world
But he's all the man that I need
 
And in the morning when I kiss his eyes
He takes me down and rocks me slow
And in the evening when the moon is high
He holds me close and won't let go
He won't let go
 
He fills me up, he gives me love
More love than I've ever seen
He's all I got, he's all I got in this world
But he's all the man that I need
 
He fills me up (He fills me up)
He gives me love
More love than I've ever seen
(Than I've ever seen)
He's all I got (he's all I've got)
He's all I got in this world
 
But he's all the man that I need
(All the man, all the man I need)
 
He fills me up (he fills me up)
He gives me love
More, more love, more love (more love),
More love, more love (than I've ever seen)
He's all I've got (he's all I've got)
He's all I got in this world
But he's all the man, all the man
(All the man, all the man I need)
 
He fills me up (woo)
More love than I've ever seen
He's all I've got
All the man, all the man I need.

EN ÉCOUTANT LA PLUIE

SYLVIE VARTAN
COMPOSITEURES: RICHARD ANTHONY & JOHN GUMMOE
PAYS: BULGARIE/FRANCE
ALBUM: TWISTE ET CHANTE
RECORD: RCA VICTOR
GENRE: POP ROCK
ANNÉE: 1963
 
     Sylvie Vartan(en bulgare: Силви Вартан) est une chanteuse française d'origine bulgare, née le 15 août 1944 à Iskretz (Bulgarie).
Durant sa carrière, elle enregistre une cinquantaine d’albums studios et quelque mille cinq cents chansons. Au total, elle vend environ quarante millions de disques. Artiste populaire, elle est apparue dans près de deux mille couvertures de magazines, devançant Brigitte Bardot et Catherine Deneuve.
       Twiste et chante est le deuxième album de Sylvie Vartan. Il est sorti em LP 33 tours en 1963.
        Sylvie George Vartan naît à Iskretz, un village situé dans la chaîne du Grand Balkan(centre de la Bulgarie). Lorsque l'armée soviétique entre en Bulgarie, quelques mois après sa naissance, la famille perd sa maison (réquisitionnée) et s'installe à Sofia, capitale bulgare. Son père, Georges, né en 1912 à Champigneulles(Meurthe-et-Moselle) et mort en 1970, est le fils du directeur de la Compagnie d’électricité, filiale d’une société française, et est lui-même attaché de presse à l'ambassade de France en Bulgarie. En 1936, il épouse Ilona Mayer (9 décembre 1914–26 juin 2007), fille de Rudolf Mayer, un architecte hongrois de confession juive, installé à Sofia avec sa famille dès 1921. Leur premier enfant, Edmond dit Eddie, naît le 5 septembre 1937(mort à Paris le 19 juin 2001).
J'écoute en soupirant la pluie qui ruisselle
Frappant doucement sur mes carreaux
Comme des milliers de larmes qui me rappellent
Que je suis seule en l'attendant
 
Le seul garçon que j'aime n'a pas su comprendre
Que lui seul comptait pour moi
Et près de ma fenêtre je reste à l'attendre
En guettant le bruit de ses pas
 
Pluie, oh dis-lui de revenir un jour
Et qu'entre nous renaisse un grand amour
Le passé ne sera plus qu'un triste souvenir
 
Mais si après la pluie se montre le soleil
Et qu'il va réchauffer son cœur
Il comprendra enfin combien j'étais fidèle
Et il viendra sécher mes pleurs
 
Comment lui dire que moi je l'aime trop
Qu'il me manque et que j'ai le cœur gros
Et que pour moi l'amour sans lui ne compte pas
 
J'écoute en soupirant la pluie qui ruisselle
Frappant doucement sur mes carreaux
Comme des milliers de larmes qui me rappellent
Que j'étais seule en l'attendant.

I WILL BE

LEONA LEWIS
SONGWRITERS: AVRIL RAMONA LAVIGNE; LUKASZ GOTTWALD & MARTIN KARL SANDBERG
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: SPIRIT
LABEL: SYCO
GENRE: POP MUSIC
YEAR: 2007
 
        Leona Louise Lewis(born 3 April 1985) is a British singer, songwriter, actress, model and activist. Born and raised in the London Borough of Islington, she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of The X Factor in 2006, winning a £ million recording contract with Syco Music. Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", peaked at number one for four weeks on the UK Singles Chart and broke a world record by reaching 50,000 digital downloads within 30 minutes. In February 2007, Lewis signed a five-album contract in the United States with Clive Davis's record label, J Records.
       Lewis's success continued with the release of her debut studio album, Spirit(2007), which was certified 10× platinum in the UK and became the fourth best-selling album of the 2000s and one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. According to the Official Charts Company, Spirit is the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the 21st century. The lead single, "Bleeding Love", spent seven weeks at number one in the UK and was the best-selling single of 2007. In the US, it was the best-selling single of 2008 and Lewis was proclaimed Best New Artist by Billboard the same year. In 2009, she released her second studio album, Echo, and recorded the theme song, "I See You", for the film Avatar.
      In 2011, Lewis released the single "Collide", a collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii, and her debut extended play, Hurt: The EP. Her third studio album, Glassheart (2012), marked a new creative direction for Lewis, drawing inspiration from dubstep and electronic music. She began to record material for her first Christmas album during her Glassheart Tour, which took place in mid 2013. Christmas, with Love was released later that year and its lead single, "One More Sleep", peaked at number three in the UK. With this chart entry, Lewis became the first British female solo artist to reach the top five with eight singles, surpassing Olivia Newton-John's record of seven.
       In 2014, she made her film debut in Walking on Sunshine, and her fourth studio album, I Am, was released the following year. In 2016, Lewis made her Broadway debut as Grizabella in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, and the following year, she signed a modelling contract with Wilhelmina Models. She then collaborated with Calum Scott on the single "You Are The Reason"(2018), and had a recurring role on the American television series The Oath(2019). In 2021, Lewis joined the Paramount Plus show Queen of The Universe as a judge.
        Spirit is the debut studio album by English singer Leona Lewis, released by Syco Music in November 2007 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, followed by a worldwide release during early 2008. The album made Lewis the first UK solo artist to debut at number one with a debut album, in the US, on 26 April 2008. Spirit became the fastest-selling debut album in the UK, at time of release. It also became the fastest album to sell one million copies by a solo female in the UK. The album remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the UK, and is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. Spirit is officially the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the 21st century, according to the Official Charts Company.
         After winning the third series of reality singing contest The X Factor in December 2006, Lewis began recording the album in Sweden, the United Kingdom and United States, working with a variety of writers and producers. Critics praised the album for creating a contemporary album using such a variety of producers, and for showcasing Lewis's voice. The release of the album marked Lewis as the first winner of a major television talent show in both the UK and US to be given a major global launch with a debut album.
     The album debuted at number one in nine countries, including the United Kingdom, United States and Germany, and peaked in the top five in a further eight countries. It held the record for the biggest digital album sales in a week ever for a new artist. The album was the sixth biggest-selling of 2008 in the world, as according to the IFPI. It has gone on to sell over eight million copies worldwide, and was the fourth best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK, where it has since sold over 3.12 million copies and remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist. In October 2019, Spirit was recognised as the seventh best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK.
          Spirit spawned seven singles, including two from a re-release of the album. Lead international single "Bleeding Love" went on to top the charts in 36 countries, becoming one of the best-selling singles by a female of all-time. It was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards, and British Single of the Year at the 2008 Brit Awards. Follow-up single "Better in Time" also fared well, charting in the top 10 in 13 countries and reaching number 11 in the US. After a well received performance of Snow Patrol's "Run" whilst promoting Spirit, Lewis recorded a cover version for the re-release of the album, titled Spirit – The Deluxe Edition, which was released as a download-only single in the UK, where it charted at number one, going on to be the third Platinum-selling single from Spirit, following X Factor winner's single "A Moment Like This" and "Bleeding Love".
There's nothing I could say to you
Nothing I could ever do to make you see
What you mean to me
 
All the pain, the tears I cried
Still you never said goodbye and now I know
How far you'd go
 
And if I let you down
I'll turn it all around
This time I'll never let you go
 
I will be, all that you want
And get myself together
'Cause you keep me from falling apart
 
All my life, I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day
And make everything OK
 
I thought that I had everything
I didn't know what life could bring
But now I see, honestly
 
You're the one thing I got right
The only one I let inside
Now I can breathe, cause you're here with me
 
If I let you down
I turned it all around
Cause I'll never let you go
 
I will be, all that you want
And get myself together
'Cause you keep me from falling apart
 
And all my life, Ill be with you forever
To get you through the day and make everything okay
 
Without you I can't breathe
I'm not gonna ever, ever let you leave
You're all I got, you're all I want, oh
'Cause without you I don't know what I'd do
I can never, ever live a day without you
Here with me, do you see you're all I need?
 
And I will be, all that you want and get myself together
'Cause you keep me from falling apart
And all my life, I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day and make everything okay
 
I will be all that you want and get myself together
'Cause you keep me from falling apart
And all my life, I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day and make everything okay.

OVERJOYED

STEVIE WONDER
SONGWRITER: STEVE WONDER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: TALKING BOOK
LABEL: TAMLA
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1972
 
        Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk and jazz. A virtual one-man band, Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of R&B. He also helped drive the genre into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive, consistent socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder.
          Wonder's single "Fingertips" was a Nº 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, at the age of 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. His works Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale(1974) and Songs in the Key of Life(1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making him the tied-record holder for the most Album of the Year wins, with three. He is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases. Wonder began his "commercial period" in the 1980s; he achieved his biggest hits and highest level of fame, had increased album sales, charity participation, high-profile collaborations (including Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson), political impact, and television appearances. Wonder has continued to remain active in music and political causes.
        Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 28, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
     The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts. Talking Book earned Wonder his first Grammy Award, with "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" winning Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 16th Grammy Awards; "Superstition" also won Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song. Often included in lists of the greatest albums of all time, Talking Book was voted number 322 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000), and Rolling Stone ranked it number 59 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
You are the sunshine of my life
That's why I'll always be around
You are the apple of my eye
Forever you'll stay in my heart
 
I feel like this is the beginning
Though I've loved you for a million years
And if I thought our love was ending
I'd find myself drowning in my own tears
 
You are the sunshine of my life
That's why I'll always stay around
You are the apple of my eye (love has joined us)
Forever you'll stay in my heart (love, sweet love)
 
You must have known that I was lonely
Because you came to my rescue
And I know that this must be heaven
How could so much love be inside of you?
 
You are the sunshine of my life, yeah
That's why I'll always stay around
You are the apple of my eye (love has joined us)
Forever you'll stay in my heart (love, sweet love)
 
you are the sunshine of my life, baby
(Love has joined us) that's why I'll always stay around
(Love, sweet love).