MIA GIOCONDA

VICENTE CELESTINO
COMPOSITOR: VICENTE CELESTINO
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: NOITE CHEIA DE ESTRELAS/MIA GIOCONDA-75RPM
GRAVADORA: RCA VICTOR
GÊNERO: VELHA GUARDA
ANO: 1960
 
        Antônio Vicente Filipe Celestino(Rio de Janeiro, 12 de setembro de 1894São Paulo, 23 de agosto de 1968) foi um cantor brasileiro famoso na primeira metade do século XX.
        Celestino nasceu na rua do Paraíso nº 11 no bairro de Santa Teresa em 12 de setembro de 1894, embora tenha sido registrado como nascido no dia 22 do mesmo mês e ano. Outra divergência encontra-se na ordem de seus prenomes, pois foi registrado como "Filipe Antônio Vicente", mas durante sua vida assinou "Antônio Vicente Filipe". Primeiro filho de Giuseppe Celestino e Serafina Gammaro, imigrantes italianos originários da Calábria, Celestino teve onze irmãos, dos quais cinco eram mulheres e seis eram homens. Cinco de seus irmãos homens dedicaram-se ao canto e um ao teatro; um exemplo foi seu irmão Amadeu Celestino. Desde os oito anos, por sua origem humilde, Celestino teve de trabalhar como sapateiro, vendedor de peixe, jornaleiro e, já rapaz, chefe de seção numa indústria de calçados
    Em 1905, aos 11 anos de idade, Vicente foi a um recital de Baiano e Eduardo das Neves, no qual percebeu que era aquilo que queria fazer no futuro.
       Depois de um tempo cantando para quem quisesse ouvi-lo, recebeu convites para se apresentar nos clubes recreativos do Rio de Janeiro. Todo o seu pagamento (cerca de 10 mil-réis por dia) era cedido aos pais para aliviar a complicada situação financeira da família.
Do dia que nascemos e vivemos para o mundo
Nos falta uma costela que encontramos num segundo
Às vezes, muito perto, desejamos encontrá-la
No entanto, é preciso muito longe ir buscá-la
 
Vejamos o destino de um pracinha brasileiro
Partindo para a Itália, transformou-se num guerreiro
E lá, muito distante, despontar o amor sentiu
E disse estas palavras a uma jovem quando a viu
 
Italiana
La mia vita oggi sei tu
Io te voglio tanto bene
Partiremo due insieme
Ti lasciar non posso più
 
Italiana
Voglio a ti, piccola bionda
Ha il viso degli amori
Le tue labbra son due fiori
Tu sarai la mia Gioconda
 
Vencido o inimigo que antes fora varonil
Recebeu a F.E.B. ordem de embarcar para o Brasil
Dizia a mesma ordem: Quem casou não poderá
Levar consigo a esposa, a esposa ficará
 
Prometeu, então, o bravo, ao dar baixa e ser civil
Embarcarás, amada, para os céus do meu Brasil!
E, enquanto ela esperava lá no cais napolitano
Repetia estas palavras no idioma italiano
 
Brasiliano
La mia vita oggi sei tu
Io te voglio tanto bene
Chiedo a Dio que tu venga
Ti scordar non posso più
 
Brasiliano
Sono ancora la tua bionda
Mio sposo ha lasciato
Questo cuore abbandonato
Che chiamasti di Gioconda
 
Di Gioconda!
Di Gioconda!.

DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY

BOBBY MCFERRIN
SONGWRITER: ROBERT MCFERRIN JR.
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SIMPLE PLEASURES
LABEL: MANHATTAN RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1988

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        Simple Pleasures is the fourth studio album by American singer and musician Bobby McFerrin, released in 1988 by Manhattan Records.
  The album was McFerrin's commercial breakthrough and contained the hit single "Don't Worry, Be Happy". The song was featured in the film Cocktail and peaked at Nº 1 for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" won the 1988 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
      Simple Pleasures spent 55 weeks on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., peaking at Nº. 5. On September 26, 1988, the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
       The album features unaccompanied a cappella singing, with all parts performed exclusively by McFerrin via overdubbing
        Robert Keith McFerrin Jr.(born March 11, 1950) is an American folk and jazz singer. He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion. He is widely known for performing and recording regularly as an unaccompanied solo vocal artist. He has frequently collaborated with other artists from both the jazz and classical scenes.
        McFerrin's song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" was a Nº 1 U.S. pop hit in 1988 and won Song of the Year and Record of the Year honors at the 1989 Grammy Awards. McFerrin has also worked in collaboration with instrumentalists, including the pianists Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Joe Zawinul, the drummer Tony Williams, and the cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
       McFerrin was born in Manhattan, New York City, United States, the son of operatic baritone Robert McFerrin and singer Sara Copper. He attended Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, Cerritos College, University of Illinois Springfield(then known as Sangamon State University) and California State University, Sacramento.
        His mother Sara (Copper) McFerrin was a soloist and taught voice at Fullerton College in Southern California.
Here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now
 
Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry, be happy
 
Ain't got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The landlord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy (look at me, I'm happy)
 
Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) Hey I give you my phone number
When you worry, call me, I make you happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
 
Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style
Ain't got no gal to make you smile
But don't worry, be happy
'Cause when you worry your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now
 
Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry, be happy.
 
Now there is this song I wrote
I hope you learned it note for note, like good little children
Dn't worry, be happy
Now listen to what I said, in your life expect some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
But don't worry, be happy, be happy now
 
Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't do it, be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) Put a smile in your face, don't bring everybody down like this
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) It will soon pass, whatever it is
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) I'm not worried
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) I'm happy.

 LOVE IS FOR ME

JOE COCKER
SONGWRITERS: ART NEVILLE; LEO NOCENTELLI; JOSEPH MODELISTE & GEORGE PORTER JR.
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: HYMN FOR MY SOUL
LABEL: NEW DOOR RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 2007
 
         Hymn for My Soul is the twentieth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 2007. It was produced by Ethan Johns. Musicians on these special sessions included Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Benmont Tench, legendary drummer Jim Keltner, Mike Finnigan, ace guitarist Albert Lee, Dave Palmer, Greg Leisz, James Gadson, Bob Babbitt and Johns. The songs include Cocker's signatures on George Harrison's "Beware of Darkness", Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells", John Fogerty's "Long As I Can See The Light" and Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin'".
        The album reached Nº 9 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Cocker's highest-charting album in the UK along with Have a Little Faith(1994).
      John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. Most of his best known singles were recordings of songs written by other song writers, though he composed a number of songs for most of his albums as well, often in conjunction with songwriting partner Chris Stainton.
       His first album featured a recording of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends", which brought him to near-instant stardom. The song reached number one in the UK in 1968, became a staple of his many live shows (Woodstock and the Isle of Wight in 1969, the Party at the Palace in 2002) and was also known as the theme song for the late 1980s American TV series The Wonder Years. He continued his success with his second album, which included a second Beatles song: "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window". A hastily thrown together 1970 US tour led to the live double-album Mad Dogs & Englishmen, which featured an all-star band organized by Leon Russell. His 1974 recording of "You Are So Beautiful" reached number five in the US, and became his signature song. Cocker's best selling song was the US number one "Up Where We Belong", a duet with Jennifer Warnes that earned a 1983 Grammy Award. He released a total of 22 studio albums over a 43-year recording career.
       In 1993, Cocker was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male. He was awarded a bronze Sheffield Legends plaque in his hometown in 2007, and received an OBE the following year for services to music. Cocker was ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.
Skin so soft, smile so new
It's all these things I see in you
Heart so warm and your mind so clear
It's things like this I see in you, my dear
 
I believe everything about you, baby
(I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe)
 
So many things in you to appreciate
Like in a impatient child, I can hardly wait
My found of love is going round
Because of you girl, I'm so proud (I'm so proud, baby)
It don't matter how foolish I might sound
It would be the most senseless, of having you around
 
I believe everything about you, baby
(I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe)
 
Love is for me
You oughta be
Right here in my loving arms (right here in my loving arms)
Please don't you wait, don't hesitate
Turn on your loving charms
Turn them on little momma, give me your loving baby
 
I don't mean to impose on you
Such a prize to my eyes, what else could I do
Help me climb the mountain of success
The cliffs that lead to your happiness
I believe everything about you baby
(I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe)
 
Love is for me (love is for me)
You oughta be (to be)
Right here in my loving arms (right in my loving arms)
Please don't you wait, don't hesitate
Turn on your loving charms
 
Right now baby
Your love is for me (love is for me)
You know it
I believe everything about you baby
Make me feel real good
 
I can hardly wait for your love
And you know about your love then, baby (your love is for me)
I believe everything
Everything you saw (love is for me)
 
But I don't know, I must continue
(Love is for me)
Give me your love, baby
(Love is for me).

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

CHRISTINA PERRY
SONGWRITER: JIMMIE DAVIS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SONG FOR CAMELLA: LULLABIES & SING-A-LONGS
GENRE: CHILDREN’S MUSIC
LABEL: ELEKTRA(NEK)
YEAR: 2019
 
         Christina Judith Perri(born August 19, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter. After her debut single "Jar of Hearts" was featured on the television series So You Think You Can Dance in 2010, Perri signed with Atlantic Records and released her debut extended play, The Ocean Way Sessions. Her debut studio album, Lovestrong(2011), followed soon after and has since been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA).
       Perri also gained recognition for writing and recording "A Thousand Years", the love theme for the film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2(2012), which appears on the accompanying soundtrack. The song went on to sell over 10 million copies in the United States, being certified Diamond, and the official music video reached two billion views on YouTube in December 2021. She later released her second extended play, A Very Merry Perri Christmas(2012), followed by her second studio album, Head or Heart(2014). After recording the lullaby albums Songs for Carmella(2019) and Songs for Rosie(2021), Perri released her third studio album, A Lighter Shade of Blue(2022).
       Perri was born in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. She is of Italian and Polish descent, and has called her family "very Italian". She has an older brother, Nick Perri, who formerly played guitar with Shinedown, Silvertide, Perry Farrell and Matt Sorum and cousin Dominic Perri.
       She graduated from Archbishop Ryan High School in 2004 and later attended the University of the Arts. She taught herself how to play guitar as a 16-year-old by watching a videotape of Shannon Hoon from the group Blind Melon performing on VH1. In college she majored in communication for a year before dropping out to pursue a music career.
      She frequently sang and acted in musical theater as a child. Perri claims to have learned to play piano and guitar because she missed hearing music being played in the house when she moved away. According to Perri, whenever she played the guitar or piano, she would sing and "all of a sudden these songs would appear."
        Christina Perri has been waiting what feels like a thousand years to dedicate her voice to a daughter.
        While the "Jar of Hearts" singer may have taken a momentary hiatus from putting out new tunes after the release of her 2014 album Head or Heart, it turns out she had signed her voice over to motherhood. Perri and her husband Paul Costabile welcomed their first child, a daughter named Carmella Stanley, on Jan. 17, shortly after they tied the knot on Dec. 12, 2017, in New York City.
         Using her experience with becoming a mother to “tiptoe back into working and putting out new music,” Perri, 32, is announcing her latest and greatest project: a lullaby album.
       “Putting out new songs that I sang to her all year feels so authentic and genuine as to where I’m at in my real life. I am a huge fan of when people are authentic of where people are at,” she tells PEOPLE about her album Songs for Carmella: Lullabies & Sing-a-Longs, which is set to be released on Carmella’s first birthday.
       “I just didn’t want to jump into a new project that wasn’t related to how amazing my life is right now due to my daughter,” she adds. “That’s the biggest and best thing that’s ever happened to me, so I didn’t want to pretend that didn’t happen.”
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You'll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don't take
My sunshine away
 
The other night, dear
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you
In my arms
When I awoke, dear
I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried
 
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You'll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don't take
My sunshine away.