LA PAMPA Y LA PUNA

YMA SUMAC
COMPOSITORES: C. VALDERRAMA & R. STUBBS
PAIS: PERU
ÁLBUM: FUEGO DEL AMOR
DISCOGRÁFICA: CAPITOL RECORDS
GÉNERO: ÓPERA
AÑO: 1970
 
         Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo, (nacida como Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo) (Perú, 13 de septiembre de 1922-Los Ángeles, 1 de noviembre de 2008) o más conocida como Yma Súmac, fue una cantante soprano, actriz y compositora peruana, que por conflictos migratorios, se nacionalizó estadounidense. En 1956, el libro Guinness de los récords, la consideró como el rango vocal más extenso de la música. Su nombre artístico proviene de «Ima sumaq», que significa «¡Qué hermoso!» en quechua. Destacó durante la década de 1950, tras los lanzamientos de sus primeros trabajos discográficos, bajo el sello de Capitol Records, utilizando la leyenda de su linaje inca, sumado con su registro de voz, junto a su forma de cantar inspirada en la naturaleza, y la fusión de géneros musicales folclóricos, operísticos y comerciales, hecho por Leslie Baxter, Billy May, y Moisés Vivanco, los cuales la hicieron llegar a la cima de las listas de éxitos musicales en Estados Unidos y Reino Unido, logrando éxito internacional. En 1953 desarrolló su propia técnica de canto, denominada «triple coloratura», que se asemeja al trinar de las aves. La llamaron «princesa inca», tras ser certificada en 1946 en el consulado peruano de Nueva York, como ascendiente directa del último emperador inca, Atahualpa. Cuando empezó a cantar profesionalmente, nunca recibió entrenamiento técnico en lo operístico, ni siquiera sabía leer una partitura, por lo que fue autodidacta. Vendió más de 40 millones de discos. En 2010, V Magazine la consideró como uno de los 9 iconos de moda más importantes.
           Inició su carrera en Perú con el nombre de «Imma Sumack» en 1940, siendo introducida por Moisés Vivanco al ambiente artístico, incluyéndola a su grupo folclórico, instruyéndola y esposándola, haciendo giras latinoamericanas, interpretando música andina y criolla. En 1943 firmó con Odeón en Argentina para realizar sus primeras grabaciones musicales. En 1946 viajaron y se mudaron a Estados Unidos y llegaron a presentarse como agrupación en un evento folclórico del Carnegie Hall en 1948. Fue recién en 1949 cuando Capitol Records la descubrió en una presentación en Nueva York, para posteriormente hacer un contrato con ella y cambiar su seudónimo a «Yma Sumac», convirtiéndola en una solista.
   En 1951 se hizo la primera cantante latinoamericana en participar en una obra de Broadway. En 1953 cantó en el estadio Lewisohn Stadium. En 1954, con la gira The Yma Sumac Concert Tour se presentó en el Carnegie Hall, Cocoanut Grove de Los Ángeles y en el Symphony Hall. En 1960 fue la primera intérprete latinoamericana en ganar una estrella musical en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood. Durante 1960-1961 cantó en casi toda la Unión Soviética por invitación de Nikita Jruschov y vendió más de 20 millones de boletos. En 1974, de acuerdo a Variety, hizo más de 3 mil conciertos en todo el mundo. Actualmente, su discografía tiene más de 56 millones de reproducciones en plataformas digitales de streaming a nivel mundial.
Desde mi pampa divina
Salté a la cordillera
Linda joven andina
Porque tu voz divina
Canta la primavera
 
Y al ver que así
Me has vencido
Con la atracción
De la quena
 
Yo amorosa te he traído
Mi canto querido
Más amargo que tu pena
De Virgen del Sol
 
Linda ñusta del Perú
Que tienes la virtud
De encadenar
A tus pies mi corazón
 
En el ritmo cadencioso
Del canto querido
Prende un llanto divino
La nueva emoción
 
Linda ñusta del Perú
Que tienes la virtud
De encadenar
A tus pies mi corazóoon
 
¡Oh, oh, oh, oooh!
¡Oh, oh, oh, ooooh!
¡Oh, oh, oh, ooooh!
 
¡Oh, oh, oh, oooh!
¡Oh, oh, oh, ooooh!

 FOR THE GIRL WHO HAS EVERYTHING

NSYNC
SONGWRITERS: JOLYON W. SKINNER & VEIT U. RENN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ‘N SYNC
LABEL: RCA RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1997
 
           NSYNC(/ɛnˈsɪŋk/, /ɪn-/; also stylized as *NSYNC or 'N Sync) was an American boy band formed by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich. NSYNC consisted of Kirkpatrick, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, and Lance Bass. Their self-titled debut album was successfully released to European countries in 1997, and later debuted in the U.S. market with the single "I Want You Back".
         After heavily publicized legal battles with their former manager Lou Pearlman and former record label Bertelsmann Music Group, the group's second album, No Strings Attached(2000), sold over one million copies in one day and 2.4 million copies in one week, which was a record for over fifteen years. NSYNC's first two studio albums were both certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Celebrity(2001) debuted with 1.8 million copies in its first week in the US. Singles such as "Bye Bye Bye", "This I Promise You", "Girlfriend", "Pop" and "It's Gonna Be Me" reached the top 10 in several international charts, with the last being a US Billboard Hot 100 number one. In addition to a host of Grammy Award nominations, NSYNC performed at the World Series, the Super Bowl and the Olympic Games, and sang or recorded with Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Phil Collins, Celine Dion, Aerosmith, Nelly, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Mary J. Blige, country music band Alabama, and Gloria Estefan. The group received eight Grammy Award nominations.
         NSYNC last recorded new material in 2002 before undergoing an indefinite hiatus. The five members have reunited a couple of times, including at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The band completed five nationwide concert tours and has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands in history. Rolling Stone recognized their instant success as one of the Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments of all time. Justin Timberlake went on to become a ten-time Grammy Award winner throughout his solo career.
         'NSYNC is the debut studio album by American boy band NSYNC, initially released in Germany on May 26, 1997 by Trans Continental Records and internationally on March 24, 1998 by RCA Records. Following the success of the album's initial release, with singles "I Want You Back" and "Tearin' Up My Heart" reaching the top ten on the Official German Charts, and the album reaching number one on the Offizielle Top 100.
         The album has since sold over 15 million copies worldwide, with the album earning a diamond certification in the US, as well as peaking at number two on the Billboard 200.
You drive a pretty car, you know how fine you are
And nobody needs to say it, no way
They love the clothes you wear, they compliment you and I
Just love the way you play it
 
But the only thing you dream of, money can't buy for you
And in my dreams I make your wish come true
For the girl who has everything
I bring you love
I bring you love
'Cause the girl who has everything can't get enough
Of my love
 
Why do you run and hide?
Say what you feel inside (say what you feel)
Why must you always fake it? (oh yeah)
Girl you need to understand
Your heart is safe within my hands and
I promise I'll never break it oh
 
I know that you still dream of what money can't buy for you
And in my dreams I'll make your wish come true
 
For the girl who has everything
I bring you love
I bring you love
'Cause the girl who has everything can't get enough
Of my love
 
If you just let me try, (my baby listen)
I'll help you find (what you've been missing)
You gotta listen to your heart (and not your mind)
Oh baby yeah
 
For the girl who has everything (everything)
I bring you love (I bring you love)
I bring you love (I bring you love)
'Cause the girl who has everything can't get enough
My love (of my love)
For the girl who has everything (I can't, 'cause you want my love )
I bring you love (And I'm gonna give it to ya)
I bring you love
'Cause the girl who has everything can't get enough.

FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE

STEVIE WONDER
SONGWRITERS: MILLER RONALD NORMAN & MURDEN ORLANDO
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE
LABEL: TAMLA LABEL
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1968
 
       Stevland Hardaway Morris(born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter and musician, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that includes rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. A virtual one-man band, his use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of R&B. He also helped drive the genre into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive, consistent socially conscious statements with complex compositions.
          Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder. In 1963, the single "Fingertips" was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when Wonder was 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. His works Innervisions(1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale(1974) and Songs in the Key of Life(1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making him the tied-record holder for the most Album of the Year wins, with three. He is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases. Wonder began his "commercial period" in the 1980s; he achieved his biggest hits and highest level of fame, had increased album sales, charity participation, high-profile collaborations (including Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson), political impact, and television appearances. Wonder has continued to remain active in music and political causes.
          Wonder is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 100 million records worldwide. He has won 25 Grammy Awards(the most by a solo artist) and one Academy Award(Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red). Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday in the U.S. In 2009, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace, and in 2014, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
          For Once in My Life is the ninth (tenth overall) studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder on Motown Records, released in November 1968. Then eighteen years old, Wonder had established himself as one of Motown's consistent hit-makers. This album continued Wonder's growth as a vocalist and songwriter, and is the first album where he shares credit as producer. It featured four songs that hit the Hot 100 charts: "For Once in My Life" (#2), "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (#9) and the modest hits "I Don't Know Why" (#39) and "You Met Your Match" (#35). It also marked the debut of the Hohner Clavinet on a Stevie Wonder album, which would become a mainstay on albums to come.
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me
Someone I've needed so long
For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me
Somehow I know I'll be strong
 
For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Ooh, someone warm like you
Would make my dreams come true
Yeah, yeah, yeah (For once in my life)
 
For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before (Not like it's hurt me before)
For once, I have something I know won't desert me
I'm not alone anymore (I'm not alone anymore)
For once I can say, "This is mine, you can't take it"
As long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me
(Someone who needs me)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
(Someone who needs me)
Oh, I'm in love, baby
 
For once in my life (For once in my life)
I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before (Not like it's hurt me before)
For once, I have something I know won't desert me
I'm not alone anymore (I'm not alone anymore)
For once I can say, "This is mine, you can't take it"
As long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me
(Someone who needs me)
Oh, for once in my life
(Someone who needs me)
Yeah, somebody that needs me
(Someone who needs me)
Oh, baby, for once in my life.

SPEEDY GONZALES

PEPPINO DI CAPRI
COMPOSITORI: BUDDY KAYE; ETHEL LEE & DAVID HESS
PAESE: ITALIA
ALBUM: L’INCREDIBILE PEPPINO DI CAPRI
ETICHETTA: UNIVERSAL DIGITAL ENTERPRISES
GENERE: POP
ANNO: 1958
 
         Giuseppe Faiella, noto anche con lo pseudonimo di Peppino di Capri o Giuseppe di Capri(Capri, 27 luglio 1939), è un cantante, pianista e attore italiano.
          Ha al suo attivo una vittoria al Festival della Canzone Napoletana(nel 1970, con la canzone: Me chiamme ammore) e due al Festival di Sanremo(1973, Un grande amore e niente più e 1976, Non lo faccio più). I suoi più grandi successi sono Champagne e Roberta.
         Originario di una famiglia di musicisti (il nonno fu musicista nella banda di Capri e il padre Bernardo, che aveva un negozio di dischi e di strumenti musicali, nel tempo libero suonava il sax, il clarinetto, il violoncello e il contrabbasso in un'orchestra), si esibisce per la prima volta all'età di quattro anni nel 1943 suonando il pianoforte davanti alle truppe americane di stanza sull'isola natale durante la guerra.
            A sei anni incomincia a studiare pianoforte con una severa insegnante tedesca a Napoli, ma nel 1953 incomincia anche a esibirsi con l'amico Ettore Falconieri, che suona la batteria, nei night-club di Capri (il Number Two) e della vicina Ischia(il Rangio Fellone) con la denominazione Duo Caprese. L'insegnante, venuta a sapere la cosa, decide di cacciare Peppino che comincia così a dedicarsi esclusivamente alla nascente musica rock d'importazione americana.
         Il 26 agosto 1956 Peppino ed Ettore riescono anche a esibirsi in televisione, nella trasmissione televisiva Primo applauso, interpretando due brani: Cry e Tu vuo' fa' l'americano condotta da Enzo Tortora; vinsero e, per premio, ottennero un televisore.
        Sempre con Falconieri, detto Bebè, alla batteria, e altri amici (Pino Amenta al basso, Mario Cenci alla chitarra e Gabriele Varano al sax), forma nel 1958 un complesso, i Capri boys, vagamente ispirato ai tipici gruppi musicali rock statunitensi di quegli ultimi anni. Il gruppo incomincia ad avere buon successo nei vari locali delle due isole del golfo di Napoli, a volte rielaborando successi d'epoca napoletani o americani e a volte componendo nuovi brani.
         In particolare il chitarrista perugino Mario Cenci si rivelerà molto prolifico e creativo nella composizione. In quello stesso anno Peppino e Mario si iscrivono ala SIAE. Il cantante firmerà le sue canzoni fino al 1989 con il suo nome di battesimo, in quanto iscritto alla società degli autori con quest'ultimo e non con il suo futuro pseudonimo. In quello stesso anno, Cenci scrive versi e musica di Let me cry.
Ritorna a casa Speedy Gonzales
Devi lasciare quel bar
E devi smettere di bere
Per scordarti di me
Tu m'hai lasciato sola in casa
Tu m'hai lasciato perché
Ho tanto freddo e sono sola
E il tetto lacrima per me
 
Speedy Gonzales (Speedy, Speedy Gonzales)
Ritorna da me (Speedy, Speedy Gonzales)
Speedy Gonzales (Speedy, Speedy Gonzales)
Non lasciarmi mai più
 
"Ehi, Rosita, I have to go shopping downtown for my mother
She needs some tortillas and chili peppers"
Nascondi il viso col sombrero
E ti vergogni perché
Hai sulle labbra un'altro bacio
Mai baciato da me
Se torni ancor tra le mie braccia
Io ti perdono perché
Berremmo insieme una tequila
E brinderemo al nostro amor
 
Speedy Gonzales (Speedy, Speedy Gonzales)
Ritorna da me (Speedy, Speedy Gonzales)
Speedy Gonzales (Speedy, Speedy Gonzales)
Non lasciarmi mai più
 
"Ehi, Rositas, come down to the cantina
They are giving rib steaks with tequila"
 
Speedy Gonzales (Speedy, Speedy Gonzales)
Why don't you come home (Speedy, Speedy Gonzales)
Speedy Gonzales (Speedy, Speedy Gonzales)
Don't you leave me alone.