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Tropical Fantasy (album)
''Tropical Fantasy'' is a 1962 album by French composer Michel Magne, credited to "Michel Magne et son grand orchestre." It was released in France by Bel Air records (with a cover photo from Three Lions) and in the United States, with two fewer tracks, by Columbia Records (with cover art by Marilyn Bass). It was reissued digitally in 2012. The album was recorded at Barclay-Hoche Studios. Background Although Magne is known primarily as a film composer, ''Tropical Fantasy'' is not his first, or his only, album of original music. In 1956, Magne released ''Musique pour films,'' which, despite the title, consisted entirely of music ''not'' written for films. And in 1959, "Michel Magne et son grand orchestre à cordes" released ''Paris,'' an easy listening album of music divided into four musical eras (1900, 1925, 1935, and 1955). In the same year, showing himself to be a pioneer of the genre, he released an album of electronic music, ''Musique tachiste.'' In 1962, the year ''Tropic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Magne
Michel Magne (20 March 1930 in Lisieux, Calvados, France – 19 December 1984 in Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise) was a French film and experimental music composer. Early life He was the fifth child in a family of eight. As young as age five, he was intrigued by his parents' piano. The Lisieux cathedral's organist taught him to play keyboards, and soon he played the harmonium during Sunday services. At age nine he found his parents' Wagner discs, and thereafter would often quote Wagner in his works. He then studied music at the french: Caen Conservatory, in Caen, France. By age 16 he had written an oratorio and a piano concerto. In 1946, he left Caen to attend the Paris Conservatory, where he had lessons by Simone Plé-Caussade and Olivier Messiaen. Achievements, career, recording studio He was nominated in 1962 for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for adapting the Jackie Gleason score to film '' Gigot''. He also scored '' Barbarella'' and a series of OSS 117 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ary Barroso
Ary de Resende Barroso (1903–1964), better known as Ary Barroso, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV. He was one of Brazil's most successful songwriters in the first half of the 20th century. Barroso also composed many songs for Carmen Miranda during her career. Biography Born on November 7, 1903, Ary Barroso was the most influential pre-bossa nova composer in Brazil. Barroso's songs were recorded by a lengthy list of artists including Carmen Miranda and João Gilberto. His 1939 composition ''Aquarela do Brasil'', better known as ''Brazil'', was featured in the 1942 Disney film ''Saludos Amigos'', and has gone on to become one of the 20 most recorded songs of all time. His song '' Na Baixa do Sapateiro'', based on a Brazilian pop tune, was included in the Disney film '' The Three Caballeros'' and popularised as ''Baía''. Barroso's soundtrack for the movie ''Brazil'' was nominated for an Oscar in 1945. Although he failed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bésame Mucho
"Bésame Mucho" (; "Kiss Me A Lot") is a bolero song written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez. It is one of the most popular songs of the 20th century and one of the most important songs in the history of Latin music. It was recognized in 1999 as the most recorded and covered song in Spanish of all time. Famous versions were sung by Trio Los Panchos and female vocalist Gigliola Cinquetti in 1968, and by Dalida in 1976. English lyrics to it were written by Sunny Skylar. The song appeared in the film '' Follow the Boys'' (5 May 1944) when it was played by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra and in '' Cowboy and the Senorita'' (13 May 1944) with vocal by Dale Evans. Inspiration According to Velázquez herself, she wrote this song even though she had never been kissed yet at the time, and kissing, as she heard, was considered a sin. She was inspired by the piano piece " Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruiseñor", from the 1911 suite '' Goyescas'' by Spanish composer Enrique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solamente Una Vez
"You Belong to My Heart" is the name of an English-language version of the Mexican Bolero song "Solamente una vez" (''Only Once'', in English). This song was composed by Mexican songwriter Agustín Lara and originally performed by singer Ana María González and tenor José Mojica in the 1941 film ''Melodías de América''. After that, the original Spanish-language version was very popular in Mexico and Cuba as well as being recorded by many of the greatest Bolero interpreters such as Los Panchos in 1951. Covers of ''Solamente una vez'' "Solamente una vez" has been performed by many artists including Anacani, Natalie Cole, Sara Montiel, Daniel Rodríguez, Quartetto Gelato, Arielle Dombasle, Benny Moré, Ignacio Piñeiro, Pedro Vargas, Julio Iglesias, Roberto Carlos, Andrea Bocelli, Chucho Valdés, Plácido Domingo, Nat King Cole, Marty Robbins, Lucho Gatica, Guadalupe Pineda, Roland Shaw & His Orchestra, Luis Miguel, and Cliff Richard and the Shadows. ''The Three Caballeros' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Gilbert
Ray Gilbert (September 5, 1912 – March 3, 1976) was an American lyricist. He grew up in Hartford, Connecticut. Career Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Oscar-winning song " Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film ''Song of the South'', which he wrote with Allie Wrubel in 1947. He also wrote American English lyrics for the songs in '' The Three Caballeros'' featuring Donald Duck. He also wrote the English lyrics of the Andy Williams' 1965 hit, " ...and Roses and Roses", and "Lost in Your Love" with Sidney Miller, to music by Bert Jay. Gilbert also wrote the English lyrics for a number of songs composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular ma ..., including " Dindi," ""Amor em Paz" (" Once I Loved"), and " Inútil Paisagem" ("Useless Landscap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wolcott
Charles Frederick Wolcott (September 29, 1906 in Flint, United States – January 26, 1987 in Haifa, Israel) was a music composer who served as a member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Baháʼí Faith, between 1963 and 1987. Early life Wolcott was born in Flint, Michigan, USA. Michigan and attended the University of Michigan where he formed his own band “Charley Wolcott and His Wolverines” in 1924–27. Following his graduation, he joined Jean Goldkette's band as a jazz pianist and scored music for such members of that group as Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey as well as becoming an arranger for Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman and the Dorsey Brothers. He later joined Johnny Green's band as well and the two became good friends. Wolcott then went to radio, arranging for Al Jolson, George Burns and Gracie Allen and Rudy Vallee. Hollywood career He moved to Hollywood sometime between 1935 and 1937 and soon began working at Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquarela Do Brasil
"Aquarela do Brasil" (, 'Watercolor of Brazil'), written by Ary Barroso in 1939 and known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Music of Brazil, Brazilian songs. Background and composition Ary Barroso wrote "Aquarela do Brasil" in early 1939, when he was prevented from leaving his home one rainy night due to a heavy storm. Its title, a reference to watercolor painting, is a clear reference to the rain. He also wrote "Três lágrimas" (Three Teardrops) on that same night, before the rain ended.About "Aquarela do Brasil" at blog Cifra Antiga Accessed on March 30, 2009. Describing the song in an interview to Marisa Lira, of the newspaper ''Diário de Notícias'', Barroso said that he wanted to "free the samba away from the tragedies of life, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braguinha (composer)
Carlos Alberto Ferreira Braga (March 29, 1907 – December 24, 2006), commonly known as Braguinha ("Little Braga") or João de Barro ("the Hornero"), was a Brazilian songwriter and occasional singer. Life He was born in Rio de Janeiro, where he lived all his life. Braga studied architecture in his youth, and, when he started to write songs, he adopted the pseudonym "João de Barro" (the name of a bird that builds elaborate mud nests), as his father wouldn't approve of seeing the family name associated with the world of samba and popular music, then on the fringes of society. Braguinha is most famous for his Carnaval ''marchinhas'' (a genre of light-hearted songs related rhythmically to the military march). Many of those, some composed as early as the 1930s, have become standards of Brazilian popular music, being sung by revellers year after year during Carnaval celebrations. His ''marchinhas'' have been recorded by some of the best-known Carnaval singers of the 20th century, su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osvaldo Farrés
Osvaldo Farrés (; January 13, 1903 – December 22, 1985) was a Cuban songwriter and composer best known for having written the songs "", "", "", and "". Early life Farrés was born in 1903 in the small city of Quemado de Güines, Las Villas, Cuba. Career Although unable to read or write music, he became a prolific and world-renowned composer. His songs include " Quizás, Quizás, Quizás", "Acércate Más", "Tres Palabras", "Toda Una Vida" and his own favorite "Madrecita" written in honor of his mother and sung to this day in Latin America on Mother's Day. His songs have been performed and recorded by stars such as Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Eydie Gorme, Pedro Vargas, Raquel Bitton, Charles Aznavour, Luis Miguel, Maurice Chevalier, Sara Montiel, Olga Guillot, John Serry Sr., Cake''The Billboard''. "Advanced Record Releases - Alfredo Antonini and Viva America Orchestra", New York, Vol. 58 No. 14, 6 April 1946, P. 34 & P. 13''Latin American Music'' - Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acércate Más (Come Closer To Me)
"Acércate Más" is a 1946 hit song by Osvaldo Farrés. The song was translated into English as "Come Closer to Me," in the film Easy to Wed by Carlos Ramírez. The song was covered by Nat King Cole in 1958, in both English and Spanish. This version peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2013, a posthumous duet was created with his daughter Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the h ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Acercate Mas (Come Closer to Me) 1946 songs Nat King Cole songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
