1 Song Credits

Song Credits (Rev 20160107) Compiled by C.E. Calabro ENTRANCE MUSIC "Havana" is the title of a 1997 single by jazz musician Kenny G. It was the second single taken from his 1996 studio album The Moment, released on Arista Records. The song was written and produced by Kenny G and Walter Afanasieff. As with virtually all of his songs, Kenny G plays the saxophone on this track. The music was arranged by Bill Ross. Amapola – (Please refer to Scene 6) "Samba de Uma Nota Só" ("One-Note Samba") is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim with Portuguese lyrics by Newton Mendonça. The English lyrics were written by Jobim. This well-known song first reached a wide audience on the Grammy-winning bossa nova LP Jazz Samba (Getz/Byrd/Jobim),[1] which reached the number one spot on the Billboard 200 in 1963.[2] Another well-known release is the Sergio Mendes-Brasil '66 version, in medley with "Spanish Flea". 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 One Time, in English). This song was composed by Mexican songwriter Agustín Lara and originally performed by tenor José Mojica in the 1941 film Melodías de América.[1] 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 Scene 5 Description LA COPA DE LA VIDA (The Cup of Life): This was written by Desmond Child and Robi Rosa, who also wrote Ricky Martin's hit "Livin' La Vida Loca." Scene 6 Description AMAPOLA : (Pretty Little Poppy)" is a 1924 song by Cádiz-born composer José María Lacalle García (later Joseph Lacalle), with Spanish lyrics. After the composer died in 1937, English language lyrics were written by Albert Gamse. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES (CUANDO VUELVA A TU LADO): Originally written in Spanish by María Grever, a Mexican songwriter, in 1934. María Joaquina de la Portilla Torres was born to a Spanish father (Francisco de la Portilla) and Mexican mother (Julia Torres) in Guanajuato, Mexico. For the first six years of her life she lived in Mexico City, moving to her father's natal city, Sevilla, in 1888. She studied music in France, with Claude Debussy and Franz Lenhard among her teachers. In 1900 1 she moved back to Mexico and continued her musical studies at her aunt's solfège school. In 1907, the then 22 year old de la Portilla, married Leo A. Grever, an American oil company executive, and in 1916 moved to New York City where she lived for the rest of her life. Originally, the song was known as “Cuando vuelva a tu lado” ("When I Return to Your Side"). The song is also known in English as “What a Diff'rence a Day Makes”, as popularized by Dinah Washington. Scene 7 Description “Por una Cabeza" is a tango song with music and lyrics written in 1935 by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera respectively. [The name is a Spanish horse-racing phrase meaning "by a head", which refers to a horse winning a race by the length of one head. The lyrics speak of a compulsive horse-track gambler who compares his addiction for horses with his attraction to women. The tango is performed by the "The Tango Project", consisting of William Schimmel (accordion), Michael Sahl (piano) and Stan Kurtis (violin), who actually appear in the dancing scene starring Al Pacino and Schindler's List (1993) – It plays well to the subtext of the film's protagonist's "addiction" to women Tango Santa Maria Gotan Project formed in 1999. Their first release was "Vuelvo Al Sur/El Capitalismo Foráneo" in 2000, followed by the album La Revancha del Tango in 2001. Their music involves tango, but also uses elements such as samples, beats, and breaks. Scene 8 Description Yesterday I Saw The Rain (La Otra Tarde Vi Llover) Armando Manzanero Canché born in Ticul Municipality, Mexico on December 7, 1935) is a Mexican musician, singer, and composer of Maya descent,[1] widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in United States in 2014. Scene 9 Description BAILANDO: (English: "Dancing") is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias for his tenth studio album Sex and Love (2014). The song was written by Descemer Bueno, and Alexander Delgado and Randy Malcom Martinez of Gente de Zona, while production was handled by Carlos Paucar. It was released by Universal Republic Records as the sixth single from the record. Scene 10 Description Jurame - Originally written in Spanish by María Grever, a Mexican songwriter. Grever's first international hit was "Júrame" (Promise, Love); a habanera-bolero interpreted in a masterly manner by tenor José Mojica. Other hits continued to follow, such as "Volveré" (I Will Return); "Te quiero dijiste" (Magic Is the Moonlight), written for the 1944 Esther 2 Williams film Bathing Beauty, as well as "Cuando vuelva a tu lado" (When I Return To Your Side) and "Por si no te vuelvo a ver"(What if I see you again). Scene 11 Description: Meddley: Wave" (also known as "Vou Te Contar" in Portuguese) is a bossa nova song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Recorded as an instrumental on his 1967 album of the same name, its English lyrics were written by Jobim himself later that year. The English lyrics were used on the November 11, 1969 recording by Frank Sinatra, on his 1970 album Sinatra & Company.[1] On this recording, Sinatra sang his lowest note, a low E♭. The song was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone to be the 73rd greatest Brazilian song. Corcovado" (known in English as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars") is a bossa nova song written by Antônio Carlos Jobim in 1960. An English lyric was later written by Gene Lees. The Portuguese title refers to the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro. Andy Williams recorded the song with English lyrics, reaching #92 in the Billboard Hot 100 and #18 in the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in 1965.[ Sway: is the English version of "¿Quién será?", a 1953 mambo instrumental song by Mexican composers Luis Demetrio and Pablo Beltran Ruiz. The most famous English version is that of Dean Martin recorded in 1954. English lyrics are by Norman Gimbel. Since then the song has been recorded and remixed by many artists. Quizás, quizás, quizás" (also sometimes known simply as "Quizás"), is a popular song by Cuban songwriter Osvaldo Farrés.[1] Farrés wrote the music and original Spanish lyrics for the song which became a hit for Bobby Capó in 1947. Farrés also received much help and inspiration for his lyrics from Cuban First Lady, Mary Tarrero-Serrano. "You Belong to My Heart" is the name of an English-language version of the Mexican Bolero song "Solamente una vez" (Only One Time, in English). This song was composed by Mexican songwriter Agustín Lara and originally performed by tenor José Mojica in the 1941 film Melodías de América.[1] Manhã de Carnaval" ("Morning of Carnival"), is the most popular song by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfá and lyricist Antônio Maria. Manhã de Carnaval appeared as a principal theme in the 1959 Portuguese-language film Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)[1] by French director Marcel Camus, [3] Orfeu Negro was an international success (winning, for example, an Academy Award in 1960),[4] and brought the song to a large audience. "Bésame Mucho" (Kiss me generously) is a song written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez.[1] It is one of the most famous boleros, and was recognized in 1999 as the most sung and recorded Mexican and Latin American song in the world. 3 Intermission: Get On Your Feet - "Get on Your Feet" is a single by Gloria Estefan. Writers: John DeFaria, Clay Ostwald & Jorge Casas. It was released in 1989 in the U.S., Japan, and the UK, and in 1990 in Europe as the second single from the album Cuts Both Ways. Conga - The song was written by the band's drummer and lead songwriter Enrique Garcia. The single was first released in 1985. Is the first hit single released by the American band Miami Sound Machine led by Gloria Estefan on their second English language album, and ninth overall, Primitive Love. (I've Had) The Time of My Life - is a song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz and it was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes. Scene 12 Description I GO TO RIO: Is a popular song written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson, and performed by Allen. It became a signature song of Allen, as well as being covered by Peggy Lee and Pablo Cruise, among others, in addition to being subject to multiple soundtrack inclusions. The song was first released in 1976, on Peter Allen's fourth studio album, Taught by Experts. Scene 13 Description C’EST LA Vie Salsa Cubaine (Vivir Mi Vida)"C'est la Vie" is a song by Algerian raï singer Khaled. It was produced by Moroccan-Swedish producer RedOne and released on Universal Music Division AZ becoming a summer hit for Khaled in France in 2012. In 2013, American singer Marc Anthony covered the Khaled song as a salsa tune titled "Vivir Mi Vida" ("Live My Life") for his studio album 3.0.[11] This version was produced by Sergio George and recorded at The Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, Florida.

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