WHY NOT NOW?

MATT MONRO

SONGWRITERS: DAVID GREER & PETER ROSS KING

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: HEARTHBREAKERS

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. 

Please love me tonight

For it's clear very clear

The moment is right so why not now

I thrill at your touch

Your so near very near

I need you so much

So why not now

 

Your warm finger tips

Touching my hand

I long for your lips to understand

 

And whisper love me tonight

Midnight's near

Very near

Tomorrow can wait

So why not now

 

Love will never wait

And maybe tomorrow's too late

Say it tenderly

And whisper love me tonight

 

Midnight's near very near

Tomorrow can wait

So why not now

Tomorrow can wait

So why not now.

 NELLY BLY

ROBERT SHAW CHORALE

SONGWRITER: STEPHEN FOSTER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE MANY MOODS OF CHRISTMAS

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: BALLADS

YEAR: 1850/2011

 

        Stephen Collins Foster was born on July 4, 1826, in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. He was a composer and lyricist who wrote over 200 songs in his lifetime. Some of his most famous works include “Oh! Susanna”, “Camptown Races,” and “My Old Kentucky Home.” Foster died on January 13, 1864, at the age of 37. He was very successful in selling his music to various sheet music publishers throughout his career. Stephen Foster was the first fully professional U.S.

      Nelly Bly is a love song written by Stephen Foster about a young woman in love with a sailor. The song was published in 1850 and was very popular at the time. It describes the young woman’s longing for her sailor lover and sadness when he is away at sea. The lyrics are about as classic Stephen Foster as you can get.

Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly!

Bring the broom along,

We’ll sweep the kitchen clean, my dear,

And have a little song.

Poke the wood, my lady love

And make the fire burn,

And while I take the banjo down,

 Just give the mush a turn.

 

Chorus: Hey, Nelly! Ho Nelly!

Listen, love, to me,

I’ll sing for you and play for you

A dulcem melody.

 

Nelly Bly has a voice

Like a turtle dove,

I hear it in the meadow

And I hear it in the grove.

Nelly Bly has a heart

Warm as a cup of tea,

And bigger than the sweet potatoes

Down in Tennessee.

 

Chorus: Hey, Nelly! Ho Nelly!

Listen, love, to me,

I’ll sing for you and play for you

A dulcem melody.

 

Nelly Bly shuts her eye

When she goes to sleep.

When she wakens up again

Her eyeballs start to peep.

The way she walks, she lifts her foot,

And then she bumps it down;

And when it lights, there’s music there

In that part of the town.

 

Chorus: Hey, Nelly! Ho Nelly!

Listen, love, to me,

I’ll sing for you and play for you

A dulcem melody.

 

Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly!

Never, never sigh;

Never bring the tear drop

To the corner of your eye.

For the pie is made of pumpkins

And the mush is made of corn,

And there’s corn and pumpkins plenty, love,

A-lyin’ in the barn.

NESTE MESMO LUGAR

DALVA DE OLIVEIRA

COMPOSITORES: ARMANDO CAVALCANTI & KLÉCIUS CALDAS.

PAÍS: BRASIL

ÁLBUM: NESTE MESMO LUGAR

GRAVADORA: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GÊNERO: SAMBA-CANÇÃO

ANO: 1956

 

       Vicentina de Paula Oliveira, conhecida como Dalva de Oliveira, (Rio Claro, 5 de maio de 1917 — Rio de Janeiro, 30 de agosto de 1972) foi uma consagrada cantora e compositora brasileira, de ascendência portuguesa, sendo considerada uma das mais importantes cantoras do Brasil e dona de uma voz poderosa, marcando época como intérprete. 

Aqui, neste mesmo lugar

Neste mesmo lugar de nós dois

Jamais poderia pensar

Que voltasse sozinha depois

O mesmo garçom se aproxima

Parece que nada mudou

Porém qualquer coisa não rima

Com o tempo feliz que passou

 

Por uma ironia cruel

Alguém começou a cantar

Um samba-canção de Noel

Que viu nosso amor começar

 

Só falta agora a porta se abrir

E ele ao lado de outra chegar

E por mim passar

Sem me olhar

Só falta agora a porta se abrir

E ele ao lado de outra chegar

E por mim passar.

LAMA NAS RUAS

Diogo Nogueira

COMPOSITORES: ALMIR GUINETO & ZECA PAGODINHO

PAÍS: BRASIL

ÁLBUM: ALMA BRASILEIRA

GRAVADORA: UNIVERSAL MUSIC

GÊNERO: SAMBA

ANO: 2016

 

         “O CD “Alma Brasileira” é uma grande homenagem ao samba e à música popular brasileira. No show, gravado no Rio de Janeiro, Diogo reúne músicas de grandes compositores do samba e de amigos, que fazem parte da sua carreira, como Zeca Pagodinho, Arlindo Cruz, Jorge Aragão, Serginho Meriti e Roberto Ribeiro, em pot-pourris perfeitos para qualquer baile ou roda de samba.

         No repertório também estão interpretações bem particulares de sucessos de Cazuza, Milton Nascimento e Gonzaguinha, além da inédita “Pé na Areia” e de músicas do seu último álbum como “Clareou” e “Alma Boêmia”.

       E para tornar o espetáculo completo e ainda mais especial, tem as participações de Maria Rita em “Beiral” e Beth Carvalho nos sucessos do repertório da cantora, “Firme e Forte” e “Caciqueando”.

Deixa desaguar tempestade

Inundar a cidade

Porque arde um sol dentro de nós

Queixas sabes bem que não temos

E seremos serenos

Sentiremos prazer no tom da nossa voz...

 

Veja o olhar de quem ama

Não reflete um drama, não

É a expressão mais sincera, sim

Vim pra provar que o amor

Quando é puro desperta e alerta o mortal

Aí é que o bem vence o mal

Deixa a chuva cair,

que o bom tempo há de vir...

 

Quando o amor decidir mudar o visual

Trazendo a paz no sol

Que importa se o tempo lá fora vai mal

Que importa...

 

Se há tanta lama nas ruas

E o céu é deserto e sem brilho de luar

Se o clarão da luz

Do teu olhar vem me guiar

Conduz meus passos

Por onde quer que eu vá

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