Corcovado (song)

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Released December 1965 Length 2:54 "Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" (1965) "May Each Day" (1966)		Genre bossa nova, jazz Writer(s) Antônio Carlos Jobim
"Ain't It True" (1965) "Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" (1965)

"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.

Notable recordings

It is now considered a jazz standard, having been recorded by:

João Gilberto – O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor (1960)

Cannonball Adderley and Sérgio Mendes – Cannonball's Bossa Nova (1962)

Miles Davis – Quiet Nights (1962)

Stan Getz, Antônio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto (1963)

Charlie Byrd – Brazilian Byrd (1964)

Vince Guaraldi – The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (1964)

Caterina Valente – Valente on TV (1964)

Morgana King – on TV at Hollywood Palace (1964)

Oscar Peterson – We Get Requests (1964)

Sérgio Mendes – Sergio Mendes & Bossa Rio (1964)

Blossom Dearie – May I Come In (1964)

Doris Day - Latin for Lovers (1965)

Henry Mancini - The Latin Sound Of Henry Mancini (1965)

Cliff Richard – Kinda Latin (1965)

Earl Grant – Bali Ha'i (1966)

Frank Sinatra and Antônio Carlos Jobim – Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)

Engelbert Humperdinck – Release Me (1967)

Nara Leão - Dez Anos Depois (1971)

Mary Wilson – The Supremes Live! In Japan (1973)

Elis Regina and Antonio Carlos Jobim – Elis & Tom (1974)

Rita Reys and Metropole Orchestra – Rita Reys Sings Antonio Carlos Jobim (1981)

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Abraça Jobim (1981)

Astrud Gilberto – Jazz Masters 9 (1993)

Everything but the Girl – Red Hot + Rio (1996)

Django Bates - Quiet Nights (1998)

Chris Connor – I Walk With Music (2002)

Jacintha – The Girl From Bossa Nova (2004)

Holly Shelton – Memphis Jazz Box (2004)

Stacey Kent and Jim Tomlinson – The Lyric (2005)

Olivia Ong – A Girl Meets Bossa Nova (2005)

Theresa Sokyrka – These Old Charms (2005)

Karita Mattila – Fever (2007)

Art Garfunkel – Some Enchanted Evening (2007)

Queen Latifah – Trav'lin' Light (2007)

Woven Hand – Ten Stones (2008)

Diana Panton – ...If The Moon Turns Green (2008)

Señor Coconut And His Orchestra – Around The World With Señor Coconut And His Orchestra (2008)

Diana Krall – Quiet Nights (2009)

Andrea Bocelli with Nelly Furtado – Passione (2013)

Matt Dusk and Margaret – Just the Two of Us (2015)

Zule Guerra y Blues de Habana- Blues de Habana (2015)

Caroll Vanwelden – Portraits of Brazil (2016)

References

Corcovado (song) Wikipedia

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