IF I NEVER SING ANOTHER SONG

MATT MONRO
SONGWRITERS: DON BLACK; UDO JERGENS & ALEXANDRA
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: HEARTBREAKERS
LABEL: PARLOPHONE
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1989
 
          Matt Monro(born Terence Edward Parsons, 1 December 1930 – 7 February 1985) was an English singer. Known as "The Man with the Golden Voice", he performed internationally during his 30-year career. AllMusic has described Monro as "one of the most underrated pop vocalists of the '60s", who "possessed the easiest, most perfect baritone in the business".
        His recordings include the UK top 10 hits "Portrait of My Love", "My Kind of Girl", "Softly As I Leave You", "Walk Away" and "Yesterday" (originally by the Beatles). He also recorded several film themes such as "From Russia with Love" for the eponymous James Bond film, "Born Free" for the eponymous film and "On Days Like These" for The Italian Job.
          Monro was born Terence Edward Parsons on 1 December 1930 in Finsbury, north London, to Frederick and Alice Parsons. He had three brothers — Arthur, Reg and Harry — and a sister, Alice. He attended Duncombe School in Islington, and Elliott School, Putney.
            Monro had a difficult childhood. His father died when he was three and after his mother became ill, he was fostered out for two years. Leaving school at 14, he tried a succession of jobs without remaining in any of them for very long, before National Service beckoned in 1948. Monro became a tank driving instructor in the British armed forces and was posted to Hong Kong. He had sung in public from an early age, for example at the Tufnell Park Palais, and in Hong Kong he took to entering local talent contests, winning several. In fact, he became a regular guest (and frequent winner) of Radio Rediffusion's Talent Time show in Hong Kong. He was invited by then-host Ray Cordeiro to perform in his own one-off show entitled Terry Parsons Sings, on the condition that he would bow out of future Talent Time episodes to make way for others. Agreeing to the deal, he performed his first on-air concert for Rediffusion on 27 June 1953.
        Following his discharge from the Army after five years, he returned to London, to try to make a career out of singing. Initially he had little success and was obliged to take on a number of different jobs to supplement his meagre income from the occasional singing engagement. He also hung around the music publishers offices in Denmark Street and occasionally made demos of new songs for their ever-optimistic song-pluggers. Eventually, he became a bus driver for London Transport, driving Route 27 from Holloway (Garage code J) Bus Garage (now demolished: the present Holloway Garage (HT) is the former Holloway Trolleybus Depot).
          In 1956, he made a demo record, "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" which was heard by pianist Winifred Atwell, who was an important influence on his early career. She recommended him to her own recording company, Decca Records, who signed him. She became his mentor, providing him with his stage name, Matt Monro. Matt came from Matt White, a journalist friend, and Monro was Atwell's father's Christian name. His first record which was released in November 1956, was "Ev'rybody Falls in Love with Someone", a song which had just won the BBC Festival of Popular Songs. Monro gained some radio exposure on Radio Luxembourg and, starting on January 2, 1957, became a featured vocalist with the BBC-TV Show Band Parade show presented by Cyril Stapleton which ran until June 28, 1957. He also got a television spot on The Winifred Atwell Show in 1956.
            In 1957, Monro released Blue and Sentimental, an album of standards. Despite the album's favourable reception, Monro languished among the young male singers trying to break through at the end of the 1950s, many of them emulating Frankie Vaughan by recording cover versions of American hits. Monro even recorded a version of Vaughan's "Garden of Eden" during this period. A short recording contract with Fontana Records followed.
       By the end of the 1950s, Monro's mid-decade profile had declined, and he returned to relative obscurity. He and his wife Mickie lived from her wages as a song plugger and his royalties from a TV advertising jingle for Camay soap. In 1959, he recorded a country pastiche song, "Bound for Texas", for The Chaplin Revue, a feature-length compilation of Charlie Chaplin shorts. It would be the first of many Monro soundtrack themes.
In my heyday, young girls wrote to me
Everybody seemed to have time to devote to me
Everyone I saw all swore they knew me
Once upon a song
 
Main attraction, couldn't buy a seat
The celebrity, celebrities were dying to meet
I've had every accolade bestowed on me
And so you see
 
If I never sing another song
It shouldn't bother me
I've had my share of fame
You know my name
 
If I never sing another song
Or take another bow
I would get by
But I'm not sure how
 
Always posing, but you love it all
Though you have to learn to act like you're above it all
Everything I did, the world applauded
Once upon a star
 
Framed citations, hung on every wall
Got a scrapbook full of quotes I can't recall at all
There were times I felt the world belonged to me
And so you see
 
If I never sing another song
It shouldn't bother me
I've had my share of fame
You know my name
 
If I never sing another song
Or take another bow
I would get by
But I'm not sure how
 
La-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
La-la-la-la-la, la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la
 
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la.

TU NÃO SABES

ZECA BALEIRO
COMPOSITOR: Pedro Machado Abrunhosa
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: CANÇÕES D’ALÉM MAR
GRAVADORA: SARAVÁ DISCOS
GÊNERO: MÚSICA PORTUGUESA
ANO: 2020
 
       José Ribamar Coelho Santos(born 11 April 1966), better known by his stage name Zeca Baleiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈzɛkɐ baˈlejru]), is a Brazilian MPB artist. One of his most famous songs is "Salão de Beleza", which was featured on Putumayo World Music's Reggae Around the World compilation. Along with being a solo artist, he has also worked with guitarist Pedro Joia.
   Hailing from the state of Maranhão, in northeastern Brazil, Zeca – short for José – grew up with music. He then went to a university to study Agronomy and was given the nickname "Baleiro" ("candyman"), because of his love for candy.
       His first two records, Por Onde Andará Stephen Fry and Vô Imbolá, won gold status. The title track on Por Onde Andará Stephen Fry? (Where could Stephen Fry be?) was a reference to British actor Stephen Fry's flight from the stage play "Cellmates" in 1995, when he disappeared from the United Kingdom after bad reviews. Zeca won the 2000 Latin Grammys for "best pop album". In 2014, his live album Calma Aí, Coração - Ao Vivo was nominated for the same award, but in the Best Música Popular Brasileira Album category, with the title song being nominated for the Best Brazilian Song category. He currently resides in São Paulo. In 2019, he received another Latin Grammy nomination for Best MPB Album, this time for O Amor no Caos. In 2021, he received another nomination in the same category, this time for the album Canções d'Além Mar.
     Canções d'Além-mar é o o.  álbum de estúdio do cantor brasileiro Zeca Baleiro. O álbum foi lançado em 10 de julho de 2020 pelo selo Saravá Discos, com distribuição digital feita via ONErpm.
        Este álbum foi o vencedor do Grammy Latino 2021 na categoria Melhor Álbum de Música Popular Brasileira
Tu não sabes
Quanto tempo vais poder
Dizer: este sou eu
Gritar que o chão é teu
 
Tu não sabes
Que o céu chama por ti
Quando a noite te sorri
Quando as pétalas se abrem só por si
Tu não sabes
 
Tu não sabes
Quanto tempo irás pedir
Quando o sangue te fugir
Quando o punho se fechar sobre ti
 
Tu não sabes
Que o sonho não morreu
Quando o beijo se perdeu
Que a manhã não acabou só por nós
Tu não sabes
 
Que palavras vais usar
Quando o sono não vier?
Quando a noite te disser: vem comigo?
 
Que loucura irás dizer
Quando a mão que te apertar
Te pedir para ficares só mais um dia?
Tu não sabes
 
Tu não sabes
Quantos rios vão se deter
Quantos olhos vão beber
Nas palavras que colaste junto ao peito
 
Tu não sabes
Que os teus dedos são já meus
Que se vão fechar nos teus
Quando os barcos se despedem na maré
Tu não sabes
 
Que palavras vais usar
Quando o sono não vier?
Quando à noite eu te disser: vem comigo?
 
Que loucura irás dizer
Quando a mão que te apertar
Te pedir para ficares só mais um dia?
Tu não sabes
 
Tu não sabes
Tu não sabes
Tu não sabes
 
Que o sonho não morreu
Quando o beijo se perdeu
Que a manhã não acabou só por nós
Tu não sabes, não sabe, não sabe...

EVERYBODY

BACTREETBOYS
SONGWRITERS: VOLLE,DAG KRISTER; SANDBERG,MARTIN KARL & קוריאט שלומי
COUNTRY: U. S.A.
ALBUM: BACKSTREET’S BACK
LABEL: JIVE RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1997
 
         Backstreet Boys(often abbreviated as BSB) are an American vocal group consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson. Lou Pearlman formed the group in 1993 in Orlando, Florida.
         The group rose to fame with their international debut album, Backstreet Boys(1996). In the following year, they released their second international album Backstreet's Back(1997), along with their self-titled U.S. debut album, Backstreet Boys(1997), which continued the group's success worldwide. They rose to superstardom with their third studio album Millennium(1999) and its follow-up album, Black & Blue(2000). They also released a greatest hits album, The Hits - Chapter One(2001), with a new single, "Drowning." After a two-year hiatus, they regrouped and released a comeback album, Never Gone(2005). After the conclusion of the Never Gone Tour in 2006, Richardson left the group to pursue other interests. The group then released two albums as a quartet: Unbreakable(2007) and This Is Us(2009).
         Richardson permanently rejoined the group in 2012. In the following year, they celebrated their 20th anniversary and released their first independent album, In a World Like This. Their follow-up album DNA (2019) debuted at number one, more than two decades after the group formed and 19 years after they last topped in 2000. They also became the first boy band to top the U.S. album charts in three different decades.
            The Backstreet Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band of all time, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They are the first group since Led Zeppelin to have their first ten albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200, and the only boy band to do so. The albums Backstreet Boys and Millennium were both certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA), making them one of the few bands to have multiple diamond albums.
        The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013. They also released their first documentary movie, titled Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of in January 2015. In March 2017, the group began a residency in Las Vegas that lasted two years, titled Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life. They released their first Christmas album, A Very Backstreet Christmas in 2022.
          Backstreet's Back is the second studio album by American boy band Backstreet Boys, released internationally on August 11, 1997 by Jive Records and Trans Continental Records, with the exception of United States. It was a follow-up to their successful debut album Backstreet Boys (1996). Some songs from this album and the debut album were compiled into a second self-titled album, Backstreet Boys(1997), which was released only in the US.
      There were a few differences between the versions of songs released on this album and the American album. The album also contained the same enhanced section as the American release. The first track recorded for the album was a cover of "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss", which was recorded alongside a new song, "If You Stay", which did not make the final track listing of the album. "Who Do You Love" was performed live but never released as a studio track. The three singles released from this album became three of their most successful and remembered singles.
Everybody, yeah
Rock your body, yeah
Everybody, yeah
Rock your body right
Backstreet's back, alright
 
Hey, yeah, well
Oh, my God, we're back again
Brothers, sisters, everybody sing
Gonna bring the flavor, show you how
Gotta question for you, better answer now, yeah
 
Am I original?
Yeah
Am I the only one?
Yeah
Am I sexual?
Yeah
Am I everything you need?
You better rock your body now
 
Everybody
Yeah
Rock your body
Yeah
Everybody
Rock your body right
Backstreet's back, alright
Alright
 
Now throw your hands up in the air
Wave 'em around like you just don't care
And if you wanna party let me hear you yell
'Cause we got it goin' on again
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
 
Am I original?
Yeah
Am I the only one?
Yeah
Am I sexual?
Yeah
Am I everything you need?
You better rock your body now
 
Everybody
Yeah
Rock your body
Yeah
Everybody
Rock your body right
Backstreet's back, alright
Alright
 
So everybody everywhere
Don't be afraid, don't have no fear
I'm gonna tell the world
Make you understand
As long as there'll be music
We'll be comin' back, again
 
Everybody
Yeah
Rock your body
Yeah
Everybody
Rock your body right (rock your body right)
Backstreet's back
 
Everybody (rock your body)
Yeah (rock your body)
Rock your body (rock your body)
Yeah (everybody rock your body)
Everybody (rock your body)
Rock your body right (rock your body, everybody)
Backstreet's back, alright.

MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE

DON MCLEAN
SONGWRITER: FRANK MILLS; PERCY FRENCH & H COLLINSON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: PLAYIN’ FAVORITES
LABEL: UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 1973
 
    Donald McLean III(born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1971 hit song "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock "cultural touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early rock and roll generation. His other hit singles include "Vincent" (about Vincent van Gogh), "Dreidel", and "Wonderful Baby"; as well as his renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You".
        McLean's composition "And I Love You So" has been recorded by Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, Glen Campbell, and others. In 2000, Madonna had a hit with a rendition of "American Pie".
      In 2004, McLean was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In January 2018, BMI certified that "American Pie" and "Vincent" had reached five million and three million airplays respectively.
     On Nov 22nd 2022 in Nashville, TN McLean was inducted into Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum.
       Playin' Favorites is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1973. It was re-issued by BGO Records in 1995.

Oh, Mary, this London's a wonderful sight
With people here working by day and by night
They don't sow potatoes nor barley nor wheat
But there's gangs of them diggin' for gold in the street
At least when I asked them, that's what I was told
So I just took a hand at this diggin' for gold
But for all that I've found there, I might as well be
In the place where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea
 
I believe that when writin' a wish you expressed
As to how the fine ladies of London were dressed
But if you'll believe me, when asked to a ball
They don't wear no tops to their dresses at all
Oh, I've seen them myself and you could not in truth
Tell if they were bound for a ball or a bath
Don't be startin' them fashions now, Mary McRee,
In the place where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea
 
There's beautiful girls here, oh, never you mind
Beautiful shapes Nature never designed
Lovely complexions of roses and cream
But let me remark with regard to the same
That if at those roses you venture to sit
The colors might all come away on your lip
So I'll wait for the wild rose that's waitin' for me
In the place where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea
 
You remember young Diddy McClaren, of course
But he's over here with the rest of the force
I saw him one day as he stood on the strand
Stopped all the traffic with a wave of his hand
As we were talking of days that are gone
The whole town of London stood there to look on
But for all his great powers, he's wishful like me
To be back where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea.