"H"

HAPPY XMAS (War is over)

(John Lennon)

"-Happy Christmas, Yoko!"

"-Happy Christmas, John!"

So this is Christmas

and what have you done?

Another year over

and a new one just begun

And so this is Christmas

I hope you have fun.

The near and dear one

the old and the young

(A very merry Christmas

 and a happy New Year.

 Let's hope it's a good one

 without any fear)

And so this is Christmas (War is over)

For weak and for strong (If you want it)

For rich and the poor ones (War is over)

The world is so wrong (Now)

And so happy Christmas (War is over)

For black and or white (If you want it)

For yellow and red ones (War is over)

Let's stop all the fight (Now)

(A very merry Christmas

 and a happy New Year.

 Let's hope it's a good one

 without ant fear)

And so this is Christmas (War is over)

And what have we done? (If you want it)

Another year over (War is over)

A new one just begun (Now)

And so happy Christmas (War is over)

We hope you have fun (If you want it)

The near and the dear one (War is over)

The old and the young (Now)

(A very merry Christmas

 and a happy New Year.

 Let's hope it's a good one

 without any fear)

(War is over, if you want it.

 War is over now)

"-Happy Christmas! Happy Christmas, Christmas! Happy Christmas, Christmas! Happy, happy Christmas!".

JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO - 1971

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HE IS SAILING

(Jon Anderson - Vangelis)

Out of the mist into tropical splendor

with garlands of flowers

in majestical fusion we see tonight

On to this sacred reunion of pleasure

they row as a rhythm, ten thousands of millions

they touch the light

King is sailing they say

king is sailing we hear

king is sailing they say

king is sailing this day, of days, of days

Coca say Tay Toka

(instrumental break)

King is coming they sing

king is coming they know

king is coming we sing

king is coming we know

Ko Tay, Ko Tay, Ko Tay, Ko Tay, Ko Tay

(instrumental break)

All the souls he to touch

all the souls he to touch

all the souls he to touch

all the millions of souls he to touch, he to touch

Coca say yah, say yah, say yah

Heaven set sail in his ship full of light

he transcends all our love, to caress all our fears

in a moment divine

Weakest and strongest will dance in delight

all illuminous our savior, they bringing him forth

all will sing to night

Our true kingdom come

our true kingdom come

our true kingdom come

our true kingdom come

higher, than higher, than higher, than higher, than higher

Ahaaaaaah! Ahaaaaaah! Ahaaaaaah!

Ahaaaaaah! Ahaaaaaah! Ahaaaaaah!

Coca me say me, me Tay, me, me Toka, Toka!

Coca me say me, me Tay, me, me Toka, Toka!

Coca me say me, me Tay, me, me Toka, Toka!

Coca me say me, me Tay, me, me Toka, Toka!

(instrumental break)

Coca me say my, my Tay, me, my Toka, Toka!

Coca me say my, my Tay, me, my Toka, Toka!

Coca me say my, my Tay, me, my Toka, Toka!

Coca me say my, my Tay, me, my Toka, Toka!

Coca me say my, my Tay, me, my Toka, Toka!

Coca me say my, my Tay, me, my Toka, Toka!

Coca me say my, my Tay, me, my Toka, Toka!

Coca me say my, my Tay, me, my Toka, Toka!

Coca me say my, my Tay, me, my Toka, Toka...

JON AND VANGELIS – 1983

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HELLO DETROIT

(Berry Gordy - Willie Hutch)

You're a fighter, your're a lover

you're strong and you recover

from whatever gets you down

And there's so many, many reasons

any time, any season

is the right time, to be with you

Hello Detroit

you've won my heart

your renaissance and waterfronts

give you a flare of your own

Irresistible you

hug and kissable you

you're alive with so much feeling

And I will always be there for you

I will say a little prayer for you

and I will always care for you! Hello!

Hello Detroit

you've touched my soul

thanks for the memories I cherish so

Winter, spring, summer and fall

you've got it all

hello, hello, hello! Hello Detroit!

(instrumental break)

On a stroll through Belle Isle Park

Greektown after dark

you instill in the young the will 

to become stars and champions

Hello my friend!

How have you been?

It's in the air, it's everywhere

the magical touch of you

Irresistible you

hug and kissable you

you're alive with so much feeling

And I will always be there for you

I will say a little prayer for you

and I will always care for you! Hello!

A big D! The Motor City

and the Motown sound

that's got the whole world singin' 

And I will always be there for you

I will always say a little prayer for you

and I will always care for you! Hello!

(Hello Detroit! Detroit!

 Irresistible you

 hug and kissable you

 you're alive with so much feeling)

(And I will always be there for you

 I will say a little prayer for you

 I will always care for you! Hello!) 

Hello Detroit!

SAMMY DAVIS JR. - 1984

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HELLO YOUNG LOVERS

(Rodgers - Hammerstein)

Hello, young lovers, wherever you are
oh, I hope that your troubles they are few
All, all my good wishes, they go with you tonight
yes, I've been in love, ah, like you

Ah, be brave young lovers and follow your star
ah, be brave and faithful and true
cling very close to each other tonight
yes, I've been in love, ah, like you!

I know how it feels to have wings on your heels
and to fly down the street in a trance
you'll fly down the street on a chance that you will meet
and you'll meet not really by chance

Don't you cry, don't cry young lovers, whatever you do
save those tears because I'm all alone
yes, all, all of my memories, they are happy tonight
yes, I've had a love of my own
I've had a love of my own like yours

I've had a love of my own
of my own, of my own
I've had a love of my own!

PAUL ANKA - 1960

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HI-LILI, HI-LO

(Helen Deutsch – Bronislau Kaper)

On every tree there sits a bird, singing a song of love

on every tree there sits a bird, and ev'ryone I ever heard

could break my heart without a word singing a song of love

A song of love is a sad song, hi-Lili, hi-Lili, hi-lo

a song of love is a song of woe, don't ask me how I know

a song of love is a sad song, for I have loved and it's so

Hi-Lili, hi-Lili! Hi-lo, hi-lo! Hi-Lili, hi-Lili! Hi-lo!

Hi-Lili, hi-Lili! Hi-lo, hi-lo! Hi-Lili, hi-Lili! Hi-lo!

A song of love is a sad song, hi-Lili, hi-Lili, hi-lo

a song of love is a song of woe, don't ask me how I know

a song of love is a sad song, for I have loved and it's so

Hi-Lili, hi-Lili! Hi-lo, hi-lo! Hi-Lili, hi-Lili! Hi-lo!

Hi-Lili, hi-Lili! Hi-lo, hi-lo! Hi-Lili, hi-Lili! Hi-lo!

LESLIE CARON & MEL FERRER - 1953

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HISTORIA DE UN AMOR

(Carlos Almarán)

Ya no estás más a mi lado corazón

En el alma solo tengo soledad

Y si ya no puedo verte

Por qué Dios me hizo quererte

Para hacerme sufrir más?

Siempre fuiste la razón de mi existir

Adorarte para mí fue religión

Y en tus besos yo encontraba

El calor que me brindaban

El amor y la pasión

Es la historia de un amor

Como no hay otra igual

Que me hizo comprender

Todo el bien todo el mal

Que le dio luz a mi vida

Apagándola después

Ay, que vida tan oscura

Sin tu amor no viviré

Es la historia de un amor

(instrumental break)

Es la historia de un amor

Como no hay otra igual

Que me hizo comprender

Todo el bien todo el mal

Que le dio luz a mi vida

Apagándola después

Ay, que vida tan oscura

Sin tu amor no viviré

Es la historia de un amor!

TRIO LOS PANCHOS - 1955

* * *

HISTÓRIA... DO BRASIL... 

(Lamartine Babo)

Quem foi que inventou o Brasil?

Foi seu Cabral! Foi seu Cabral!

No dia vinte e um de abril

Dois meses depois do carnaval

Quem foi que inventou o Brasil?

Foi seu Cabral! Foi seu Cabral!

No dia vinte e um de abril

Dois meses depois do carnaval

Depois, Ceci amou Peri

Peri beijou Ceci

Ao som... Ao som do Guarani!

Do Guarani ao guaraná

Surgiu a feijoada

E mais tarde o Parati

Quem foi que inventou o Brasil?

Foi seu Cabral! Foi seu Cabral!

No dia vinte e um de abril

Dois meses depois do carnaval

Quem foi que inventou o Brasil?

Foi seu Cabral! Foi seu Cabral!

No dia vinte e um de abril

Dois meses depois do carnaval

Depois, Ceci virou Iaiá

Peri virou Ioiô

De lá... pra cá tudo mudou

Passou-se o tempo da vovó

Quem manda é a Severa

E o cavalo Mossoró

(instrumental break)

Quem foi que inventou o Brasil?

Foi seu Cabral! Foi seu Cabral!

No dia vinte e um de abril

Dois meses depois do carnaval

Quem foi que inventou o Brasil?

Foi seu Cabral! Foi seu Cabral!

No dia vinte e um de abril

Dois meses depois do carnaval.

ALMIRANTE - 1933

* * *

HO CAPITO CHE TI AMO

(Luigi Tenco)

Ho capito che ti amo

Quando ho visto che bastava un tuo ritardo

Per sentir svanire in me l’indifferenza

Per temere che tu non venissi più

Ho capito che ti amo

Quando ho visto che bastava una tua frase

Per far sì che una serata come un’altra

Cominciassi per incanto a illuminarsi

E pensare che poco tempo prima

Parlando con qualcuno mi ero messo a dire

Che oramai non sarei più tornado

A credere all’amore, a illudermi e sognare

Ed ecco che poi

Ho capito che ti amo

E già era troppo tardi per tornare

Per un po’ ho cercato in me l’indifferenza

Poi mi son lasciato andare nell’amore.

LUIGI TENCO - 1964

* * *

HO FATTO UN SOGNO

(A. Venditti - S. Bardotti - E. Morricone)

Se fai un sogno

Puoi chiamarlo Roma

Quando t'immagini la tua città

Certo che i nemici non le mancheranno mai

È fragile anche lei, ma è calda la sua mano

Che quando ti accarezza ti fa suo, ti fa romano

Piccola, grande, amara e dolce Roma

C'è tutto il mondo chiuso dentro te

Tutto quell'amore, quella forza che tu hai

Insegnamela, dai. Quel che sarò, sarai

Sorridi Roma, non ti lasceremo mai

(instrumental break)

Se fai un sogno

Puoi chiamarlo Roma

Quando t'immagini la tua città

Certo che i nemici non le mancheranno mai

È fragile anche lei, ma è calda la sua mano

Che quando ti accarezza ti fa suo, ti fa romano

Ho fatto un sogno e l'ho chiamato Roma

Il tuo segreto io lo so qual'è

Forse nella gente che ogni giorno sceglie te

E che orgogliosamente quel che sarà, sarà

Ti può dire: "Adesso sei la mia città".

ANTONELLO VENDITTI - 1997

* * *

HO TOLTO IL MAKE-UP (The curtain falls)

(E. Ruggeri - S. Weinstein)

Ho tolto il make-up

E torna la realtà

Le luci in sala

Mi aspetta la città

Ma se c'è un sorriso

Tra la gente nei foyer

Ciò vuol dir che rimane

Quel che non è

E che invece ancora c'è

È stato un sogno

Che ci ha portato via

Tenendoci per mano

Fino alla galleria

E questa festa ancora resta

Tra il sipario e questa platea

Se potessi decidere

Di tornare a rivivere

Sarei pronta ad illudere

Col gesto e con l'idea

E questa festa ancora resta

Nell'aria come una magia

Che grandioso mestiere è il mio

Non vorrei fare altro io

E di questo ringrazio Dio

"-Ragazzi, Enrico*, grazie per questo disco. È stata un'avventura straordinaria!".

RITA PAVONE - 2013

* (Enrico Cremonesi: Italian orchestra conductor who arranged Rita Pavone's album MASTERS [SONY MUSIC {2013}]).

* * *

HOLLY HOLY

(N. Diamond)

Holly holy eyes

dream of only me.

Where I am, what I am, what I believe in. 

Holly holy

Holly holy dream

wanting only you.

And she comes and I run just like the wind will.

Holly holy

(Sing) Sing a song

(Sing) Sing a song of songs

(Sing) Sing it out

Sing it strong! (Sing! Sing! Sing! Sing!) Yeah! Yeah!

Call the sun in the dead of the night

and the sun's gonna rise in the sky.

Touch a man who can't walk upright

and that lame man, he's gonna fly.

And fly! (Aaah!) Eh! And fly!

Holly holy love

take the lonely child.

And the seed let it be filled with tomorrow. 

Holly holy

(Sing) Sing a song (Sing)

(Sing) Sing a song of songs (Sing)

(Sing) Sing it out (Sing)

Sing it strong! (Sing! Sing! Sing! Sing!) Yeah! Yeah!

Call the sun in the dead of the night

and the sun's gonna rise in the sky.

Touch a man who can't walk upright

and that lame man, he's gonna fly.

And fly! (Aaah!) Eh! Can and fly!

Holly holy dream

dream by only you.

Holly holy sun.

Holly holy rain.

Holly holy, holy love!

Holly! Holly holy! Holly holy love!

NEIL DIAMOND - 1969

* * *

HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN

(Irving Berlin)

How much do I love you?
I'll tell you no lie
how deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?

How many times a day
do I think of you?
How many roses are
sprinkled with dew?

How far would I travel
to be where you are?
How far is the journey
from here to a star?

And if I ever lost you
how much would I cry?
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?

(instrumental break)

And if I ever lost you
how much would I cry?
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?

KEELY SMITH - 1959

* * *

HYMNE À L'AMOUR

(Édith Piaf - Marguerite Monnot)

Le ciel bleu sur nous peut s'effondrer

Et la Terre peut bien s'écrouler

Peu m'importe si tu m'aimes

Je me fous du monde entier

Tant qu'l'amour inonderait mes matins

Tant que mon corps frémira sous tes mains

Peu m'importe les problèmes

Mon amour, puisque tu m'aimes

J'irais jusqu'au du monde

Je me ferais teindre en blonde

Si tu me le demandais

J'irais décrocher da lune

J'irais voler la fortune

Si tu me le demandais

Je renierais ma patrie

Je renierais mes amis

Si tu me le demandais

On peut bien rire de moi

Je ferais n'importe quoi

Si tu me le demandais

Si un jour la vie t'arrache à moi

Si tu meurs, que tu sois loin de moi

Peu m'importe, si tu m'aimes

Car moi je mourrais aussi

Nous aurons pour nous l'éternité

Dans le bleu de toute l'immensité

Dans le ciel, plus de problèmes

Mon amour, crois-tu qu'on s'aime?

(orchestra and choir)

Dieu réunit ceux qui s'aiment!

ÉDITH PIAF - 1950

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* H *  SINGERS GALLERY  * H *

HARRY BELAFONTE

(born: Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.)

(New York City-NY [USA]: 1st March 1927 - 25 April 2023)

"Banana boat song"

*

HARRY JAMES

(Trumpeter, band leader)

(born: Henry Haag James)

(Albany-GA [USA], 15 March 1916 - Las Vegas-NV [USA], 5 July 1983)

"Lullaby of Broadway"

*

HENRY MANCINI

(Composer)

(born: Enrico Nicola Mancini)

(Cleveland-OH [USA], 16 April 1924 - Los Angeles-CA [USA], 14 June 1994)

"Charade", "Sunflower"

*

HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS

(American musical group)

(1964-1969 formation: Herb Alpert [trumpet, vocals], John Pisano [guitar],

Lou Pagani [piano], Nick Ceroli [drums], Pet Senatore [bass guitar], 

Tonni Kalash [trumpet], Bob Edmondson [trombone])

JOHN PISANO (born: John Joseph J. Pisano) 

(Staten Island-NY [USA], 6 February 1931)

LOU PAGANI (? [?], in 19??)

NICK CEROLI (born: Nicholas Mathew Ceroli) 

(Niles-OH [USA], 22 December 1939 - Los Angeles-CA [USA], 11 August 1985)

PET SENATORE (Newark-NJ [USA], 19 August 1935)

TONNI KALASH (San Francisco-CA [USA], 15 June 1937 - 

Los Angeles-CA [USA], 15 May 2001)

BOB EDMONDSON (born: Robert Edmondson) 

(Los Angeles-CA [USA]: 5 March 1935 - 29 May 2021) 

HERB ALPERT (leader)

(born: Herbert Alpert)

(Los Angeles-CA [USA], 31 March 1935)

"Sandbox", "Without her"

*

HERVÊ CORDOVIL

(Viçosa-MG [Brazil], 3 February 1914 - São Paulo-SP [Brazil], 16 July 1979)

"Pé de manacá"

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