ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET

MILES DAVIS(INSTRUMENTAL)

SONGWRITER: Bronisław Kaper

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1959

 

Miles Dewey Davis III(May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz.

Born in Alton, Illinois, and raised in East St. Louis, Davis left to study at Juilliard in New York City, before dropping out and making his professional debut as a member of saxophonist Charlie Parker's bebop quintet from 1944 to 1948. Shortly after, he recorded the Birth of the Cool sessions for Capitol Records, which were instrumental to the development of cool jazz. In the early 1950s, Davis recorded some of the earliest hard bop music while on Prestige Records but did so haphazardly due to a heroin addiction. After a widely acclaimed comeback performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, he signed a long-term contract with Columbia Records, and recorded the album 'Round About Midnight in 1955. It was his first work with saxophonist John Coltrane and bassist Paul Chambers, key members of the sextet he led into the early 1960s. During this period, he alternated between orchestral jazz collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, such as the Spanish music-influenced Sketches of Spain(1960), and band recordings, such as Milestones(1958) and Kind of Blue(1959). The latter recording remains one of the most popular jazz albums of all time, having sold over five million copies in the U.S.

"On Green Dolphin Street"(originally titled "Green Dolphin Street") is a 1947 popular song composed by Bronisław Kaper with lyrics by Ned Washington. The song was composed for the film Green Dolphin Street, which was based on a 1944 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Goudge, and became a jazz standard in the 1950s.

BITTERBLUE

BONNIE TYLER

SONGWRITER:

COUNTRY: WALES

ALBUM: BITTERBLUE

LABEL: HANSA RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1991

 

      Gaynor Sullivan(née Hopkins; born 8 June 1951), known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, is a Welsh singer who is known for her distinctive husky voice. Tyler came to prominence with the release of her 1977 album The World Starts Tonight and its singles "Lost in France" and "More Than a Lover". Her 1978 single "It's a Heartache" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.

         In the 1980s, Tyler ventured into rock music with songwriter and producer Jim Steinman. He wrote Tyler's biggest hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart", the lead single from her 1983 UK chart-topping album Faster Than the Speed of Night. Steinman also wrote Tyler's other major 1980s hit "Holding Out for a Hero". She had success in mainland Europe during the 1990s with Dieter Bohlen, who wrote and produced her hit "Bitterblue". In 2003, Tyler re-recorded "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with singer Kareen Antonn. Their bilingual duet, titled "Si demain... (Turn Around)", topped the French charts.

          Bitterblue is the eighth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released on 11 November 1991, through Hansa Records. Bitterblue is a pop rock album, described by Dieter Bohlen as "more commercial" than her previous albums. Bohlen began working with Tyler in early 1991, writing and producing multiple songs for the album. Bitterblue also features compositions from Albert Hammond, Nik Kershaw and Giorgio Moroder.

       Bitterblue received mixed reviews from music critics, with the songs being complimented but the production criticised. The album had major success in mainland Europe, where it reached number one in Austria and Norway. In 1992 it was certified 3× Platinum by IFPI Norway. Three singles were released from the album, including the hits "Bitterblue" and "Against the Wind".

I'll take the train to nowhere

This love is a sacrifice

My heart ain't big enough babe

For your paradise –

Oh darling I'm crazy - after all these years

 

Don't throw away my love babe

I'm not a lonely child

Tomorrow's such a long time

My dreams are running wild –

Oh Darling I'm crazy - after all these years

 

I gave you all my love for free

My tears are full of memories

Give me love, give me all

Baby, catch me when I'll fall tonight

 

Bitterblue, Bitterblue

Breaking up is hard to do

Bitterblue you know that I'm too

Proud to cry

Bitterblue, Bitterblue

I can't take my eyes off you

That's no way to say goodbye

 

I'll be sailing on a rainbow

If you will change your mind

Don't throw away this love babe

Love is hard to find –

Oh darling I'm crazy - after all these years

 

Come save a little room babe

In your heart for me

We can make it better

Love is a mystery –

Oh darling I'm crazy - after all these years

 

Oh I sold my heart to you

I gave you love and heaven, too

Give me love, give me all

Baby catch me when I'll fall tonight

 

Bitterblue, Bitterblue

Breaking up is hard to do

Bitterblue you know that I'm too

Proud to cry

Bitterblue, Bitterblue

I can't take my eyes off you

And that's no way to say goodbye

 

Bitterblue, Bitterblue

Breaking up is hard to do

Bitterblue you know that I'm too

Proud to cry

Bitterblue, Bitterblue

I can't take my eyes off you

And that's no way to say goodbye

 

And that's no way to say goodbye

And that's no way to say goodbye

And that's no way to say goodbye.

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

BESSIE SMITH

SONGWRITER: EDDIE GREEN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: I’M VOILÁ ABOUT THAT THINGS

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 1928

 

       Bessie Smith(April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.

        Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Smith was young when her parents died, and she and her six siblings survived by performing on street corners. She began touring and performed in a group that included Ma Rainey, and then went out on her own. Her successful recording career with Columbia Records began in 1923, but her performing career was cut short by a car crash that killed her at the age of 43.

[Verse 1]

My heart is sad and I'm all alone

My man's treating me mean

I regret the day that I was born

And the man I ever seen

My happiness is less today

My heart is broke, that's why I say

 

[Chorus:]

Lord, a good man is hard to find

You always get another kind

Just when you think that he's your pal

You look and find him foolin' 'round some old gal

Then you rave, you all crave

You want to see him in his grave

So if your man is nice, take my advice;

Hug him in the morning, kiss him at night

Give him plenty lovin'; treat your good man right

Oh, a good man is so hard to find

 

[Chorus:]

We always get that roughed old kind

Just when you think that he's your pal

You like and find him hangin' 'round some old gal

Then you rave, how you crave

You wanna see him dead layin' in his grave

So if your man is nice, take my advice

Hug him in the morning, kiss him at night

Give him plenty love madam, treat your man right

Cause a good man nowadays sure is hard to find.

SUMMERTIME

LOUIS ARMSTRONG & EELA FITZEGERALD

SONGWRITERS: Dorothy Heyward; DuBose; George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: PORGY & BESS

LABEL: VERVE

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1959

 

       Louis Daniel Armstrong(August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. He received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for Hello, Dolly! in 1965, as well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972, and the induction into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2017

       Ella Jane Fitzgerald(April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

       Porgy and Bess is a studio album by jazz vocalist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong and singer Ella Fitzgerald, released on Verve Records in 1959. The third and final of the pair's albums for the label, it is a suite of selections from the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess. Orchestral arrangements are by Russell Garcia, who had previously arranged the 1956 jazz vocal recording The Complete Porgy and Bess.

Ella:

Summertime when the livin' is easy

Fish are jumpin and the cotton is high

You're daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'

So hush little baby, don't you cry

 

Louis:

One of thses mornings you gonna rise up singing

Oh you spead your wings and you take to the skies

But till that morning, ain't nothin' can harm you

Yea with Daddy and Mommy standin' by

 

Ella:

Summertime when the livin' is easy

Fish are jumpin and the cotton is high.

You're daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'

So hush little baby, don't you cry.