GET CLOSER

SEALS & CROFTS WITH CAROLYN WILLIS
SONGWRITER: JIMMY SEALS & DARRELL CROFTS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: GET CLOSER
LABEL: WARNER RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1976
 
        Seals and Crofts was an American soft rock duo made up of Jimmy Eugene Seals(October 17, 1942 – June 6, 2022) and Darrell George "Dash" Crofts(born August 14, 1938) They are best known for their hits "Summer Breeze"(1972), "Diamond Girl"(1973), and "Get Closer"(1976), each of which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Both members have long been public advocates of the Baháʼí Faith. Though the duo disbanded in 1980, they reunited briefly in 1991–1992, and again in 2004, when they released their final album, Traces
      Get Closer is Seals and Crofts's eighth studio album. The title cut made the top 10 on 2 charts in early 1976, reaching #6 in Pop, and #2 in Adult Contemporary. It would be their final top 10 pop hit. "Goodbye Old Buddies" reached #10 on the US AC chart as well and #8 on the Canadian AC chart.
     The song "Get Closer" features the vocals of Carolyn Willis, who had been in the group Honey Cone.
       "Sweet Green Fields" was sampled in the 1997 song "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" by Busta Rhymes. It was also sampled in 2002 by Syleena Johnson on "Tonight I'm Gonna Let Go" which was based on "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See".
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to love, love only you
Then love only me
Darling if you want me to see, see only you
Then see only me
There's a line that I can't cross over
It's no good for me and it's no good for you
And that feeling deep down inside me
I can't explain it and you're wondering why
You say we been like strangers
But I'm not the others you can hang by your fingers
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to love, love only you
Then love only me
Darling if you want me to see, see only you
Then see only me
There was a time I would come running
Drop everything for the touch of your hand in mine
??????????
And I can't go on living
Wondering if you'll be here tomorrow
People change and you're changing
And I've given you my all
That no one can borrow
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me...

BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY

BRENDA LEE
SONGWRITERS: DIANE LAMPERT & JOE SENECA
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: LET ME SING
LABEL: DECCA RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1963
 
       Brenda Mae Tarpley(born December 11, 1944), known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Performing rockabilly, pop and country music, she had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s and is ranked fourth in that decade, surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry" and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which has become a Christmas standard.
       At 4 ft 9 inches tall (approximately 145cm), she received the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite" in 1957, after recording the song "Dynamite" when she was 12 and was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following. In 1969, Lee returned to the charts with her recording "Johnny One Time" penned by A. L. "Doodle" Owens and Dallas Frazier. The song reached #3 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart and #41 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also earned Lee her second Grammy nomination for Best Pop Female Vocal. Later success came with a return to her roots as a country singer, with a string of hits through the 1970s and 1980s.
      Lee has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. She is a member of the Rock and Roll, Country Music and Rockabilly Halls of Fame. She is also a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Lee is the first woman to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Country Music Halls of Fame.
     ..."Let Me Sing" is the ninth studio album by American singer Brenda Lee. The album was released December 9, 1963, on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. The album was the second and final album studio album released by Brenda Lee in 1963.
Break it to me gently
Let me down the easy way
Make me feel that you still love me
If it's just, if it's just for one more day
Break it to me gently
 
So my tears, my tears won't fall too fast
If you must go, then go slowly
Let me love you 'till the last
The love we shared for oh so long
Is such a big part of me
 
If you must take your love away
Take it gradually
Oh break it, break it to me gently
Give me time or give me a little time to ease the pain
 
Love me just a little longer
'Cause I never never love again
'Cause I'll never love (never love again).

BLUEBERRY HILL

FATS DOMINO
SONGWRITERS: AL LEWIS; LARRY STOCK & VINCENT ROSE.
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: FATS DOMINO: BLUEBERRY HILL
LABEL: IMPERIAL RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 1956
 
          Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orleans to a French Creole family, Domino signed to Imperial Records in 1949. His first single "The Fat Man" is cited by some historians as the first rock and roll single and the first to sell more than 1 million copies. Domino continued to work with the song's co-writer Dave Bartholomew, contributing his distinctive rolling piano style to Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952) and scoring a string of mainstream hits beginning with "Ain't That a Shame" (1955). Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 US pop hits. By 1955, five of his records had sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.
         Domino was shy and modest by nature but made a significant contribution to the rock and roll genre. Elvis Presley declared Domino a "huge influence on me when I started out" and when they first met in 1959, described him as "the real king of rock 'n' roll". The Beatles were also heavily influenced by Domino.
    Four of Domino's records were named to the Grammy Hall of Fame for their significance: "Blueberry Hill", "Ain't That a Shame", "Walking to New Orleans" and "The Fat Man". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first group of inductees in 1986. The Associated Press estimates that during his career, Domino "sold more than 110 million records".
I found my thrill
On Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill
When I found you
 
The Moon stood still
On Blueberry Hill
And lingered until
My dream came true
 
The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows you made
Were never to be
 
Though we're apart
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On Blueberry Hill
 
The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were only to be
 
Though we're apart
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On Blueberry Hill.

RAZÃO DO AMOR

MARCOS VALLE
COMPOSITOR: MARCOS E PAULO CÉSAR VALLE
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: SAMBA DEMAIS
GRAVADORA: ODEON RECORDS
GÊNERO: BOSSA NOVA
ANO: 1963
 
       Marcos Kostenbader Valle(Rio de Janriro, 14 de Setembro de 1943) é um compositor, cantor, instrumentista e arranjador brasileiro.
       Começou a estudar piano clássico aos seis anos de idade e formou-se em piano e teoria musical em 1956. O primeiro sucesso da dupla Marcos e Paulo Sérgio foi Sonho de Maria, gravada pelo Tamba Trio em 1963.
        Marcos começou tocando no trio formado por ele, Edu Lobo e Dori Caymmi. Em 1964, sua canção Samba de Verão atingiu o segundo lugar nas paradas de sucesso estadunidenses, e teve pelo menos 80 versões gravadas nos EUA.
        Escreveu muitos temas para telenovelas, dentre elas Pigmalião 70 e Os Ossos do Barão. Nos anos 70, a TV Globo solicitou aos irmãos Valle e Nelson Motta que fizessem uma canção de natal para o fim do ano, com os atores das telenovelas e artistas da Rede Globo cantando. A canção "Um novo tempo" (a dos versos "Hoje é um novo dia/de um novo tempo/que começou...") tornou-se um sucesso tão grande que nunca mais saiu do ar, sendo presença obrigatória no Natal da Rede Globo até hoje.
         Jet-Samba foi o primeiro disco lançado por um selo brasileiro após dezenove anos, e o primeiro totalmente instrumental em 38 anos, com Valle comandando toda a produção e também assinando os arranjos. Seu último trabalho é o CD e DVD Estática, lançado em 2010.
Por que na vida o amor tem que também ter fim
Pra ver então que ainda era o amor
Seu olhos já não trazem o azul do céu
E eu até já não mais creio o céu
 
Ah essa canção
Pra que se o amor se já não é mais canção
São mãos que não se encontram
Um vazio, uma incerteza
E esse medo de ficar sempre sozinho a viver
 
Seus olhos são seus olhos que eu não esqueço mais
E estão a ser em tudo que eu vou ver
No vento que não vai parar
No azul que existe por brilhar
Nos sonhos que ainda vou ter que sonhar
Sonhar.