"J"

JAMBALAYA (On the bayou)
(Hank Williams)

Good-bye Joe, me gotta go, me oh, my oh
me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou
my Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh, my oh
son of a gun, we'll have a-big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'cause tonight I'm gonna see ma cher amio
pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
son of a gun, we'll have a-big fun on the bayou

Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'
kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
dress in style, go hog wild, me oh, my oh
son of a gun, we'll have a-big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'cause tonight I'm gonna see ma cher amio
pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
son of a gun, we'll have a-big fun on the bayou

(instrumental break)

Settle down far from town, get me a pirogue
and I'll catch all the fish in the bayou
spend my mon' to get Yvonne what she need-oh
son of a gun, we'll have a-big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'cause tonight I'm gonna see ma cher amio
pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
son of a gun, we'll have a-big fun on the bayou!

BRENDA LEE - 1956

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JE CHANGERAIS D'AVIS (Se telefonando)

(De Chiara - Costanzo - E. Morricone - Lazmann - Hardy)

La vie n'est pas un seul garçon, un seul visage à aimer

La vie n'est pas une seule passion pour toujours, allumée

Il faut de tout pour faire un cœur et bien peu, pour le défaire

Mais pourtant devant toi, j'ai peur, j'oublie les leçons d'hier

Je changerais d'avis, ce qu'il faut penser, au fond, je sais que le l'oublierais

Je changerais de vie, si tu le voulais, au fond, je sais que je te suivrais

Je changerais d'amis si tu y tenais, tout mon passé, je le quitterais

Si tu m'aimais aussi, je sais que je pourrais tout laisser

Et tout recommencer

Je changerais d'avis et je me dirais que jusqu'à toi, je m'étais trompée

Je changerais de vie sans me demander, où je m'en vais si tu m'emmenais

S'il n'y avait qu'une chance, une sur des milliers pour te garder

Moi je la prendrais

Et tant pis si c'est fou, j'aurais envie de tout avec toi

Si tu pouvais m'aimer.

FRANÇOISE HARDY - 1966

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JINGLE BELLS
(James Pierpont) (traditional)

Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way

The bells on bob tail ring
They make our spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side

The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And we, we got upset

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

Now the ground is white
So go it while you're young
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song

Just get a bobtailed nag
Two forty for his speed
Then hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack, you'll take the lead

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh!

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JULIA

(Elidio Capotosti - Alberico Gentile)

Julia, hai gli occhi di un angelo

Un volto dolcissimo

Ma non hai forse un cuor

Julia, l'amore tuo fragile

È un sogno bellissimo

Ma è legato al dolor

Julia, amarti e comprenderti

Mi è stato difficile

Perché strana sei tu

Julia, del mio amore non ridere

Non sciupare così

Il ricordo che avrò di te

(instrumental break)

Julia, amarti e comprenderti

Mi è stato difficile

Perché strana sei tu

Julia, del mio amore no ridere

Non sciupare così

Il ricordo che avrò di te

Julia, amarti e comprenderti

Mi è stato difficile

Perché strana sei tu

Julia, del mio amore no ridere

Non sciupare così

Il ricordo che avrò di te

Julia, del mio amore no ridere

Non sciupare così

Il ricordo che avrò di te

Hai gli occhi di un angelo, Julia!

TONY DALLARA - 1959

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JÚRAME

(María Grever)

Todos dicen que es mentira que te quiero
Porque nunca me habían visto enamorado
Yo te juro que yo mismo no comprendo
El por que tu mirar ma ha fascinado

Cuando estoy cerca de ti, estoy contento
No quisiera que de nadie te acordaras
Tengo celos hasta del pensamiento
Que pueda recordarte a otra persona amada

Júrame, que aunque pase mucho tiempo
Pensarás en el momento
En que yo te conocí

Mírame, pues no hay nada más profundo
Ni más grande en este mundo
Que el cariño que te di

Besame, con un beso enamorado
Como nadie me ha besado
Desde el día en que nací

Quiéreme, quiéreme hasta la locura
Así sabrás la amargura
Que estoy sufriendo por ti

"-Júrame, que aunque pase mucho tiempo pensarás en el momento en que yo te conocí. Mírame. Pues, no hay nada más profundo, ni más grande en este mundo que el cariño que te di."

Besame, con beso enamorado
Como nadie me ha besado
Desde el día en que nací

Quiéreme, quiéreme hasta la locura
Así sabrás la amargura
Que estoy sufriendo por ti.

JOSÉ MOJICA - 1927

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JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

(B. Joel)

Don't go changing, to try and please me

you never let me down before, hmmm

don't imagine you're too familiar

and I don't see you anymore

I would not leave you in times of trouble

we never could have come this far, hmmm

I took the good times, I'll take the bad times

I take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion

don't change the colour of your hair, hmmm

you always have my unspoken passion

although I might not seem to care

I don't want clever conversation

I never want to work that hard, hmmm

I just want someone that I can talk to

I want you just the way you are

I need to know that you will always be

the same old someone that I knew

ah, what will it take till you believe in me

the way that I believe in you?

I said I love you and that's forever

and this I promise from the heart, hmmm

I couldn't love you any better

I love you just the way you are. "-Right!"

(instrumental break)

I don't want clever conversation

I never want to work that hard, hmmm

I just want someone that I can talk to

I want you just the way you are...

BILLY JOEL - 1977

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* J *  SINGERS GALLERY  * J *

JACQUES BREL

(born: Jacques Romain Georges Brel)

(Schaerbeek [Belgium], 8 April 1929 - Bobigny [France], 9 October 1978)

"Ne me quitte pas"

*

JAIR RODRIGUES

(born: Jair Rodrigues de Oliveira)

(Igarapava-SP [Brazil], 6 February 1939 - Cotia-SP [Brazil], 8 May 2014)

"Consolação", "Disparada"

*

JAMES BASKETT

(born: James Franklin Baskett)

(Indianapolis-IN [USA], 16 February 1904 - Los Angeles-CA [USA], 9 July 1948)

"Zip-a-dee-doo-dah"

*

JANE FROMAN

(born: Ellen Jane Froman)

(University City-MO [USA], 10 November 1907 - Columbia-MO [USA], 22 April 1980)

"With a song in my heart"

*

JEANETTE MACDONALD

(born: Jeanette Anna MacDonald)

(Philadelphia-PA [USA], 18 June 1903 - Huston-TX [USA], 14 January 1965)

"Indian love call"

*

JEFFERSON aka GEOFF TURTON

(born: Geoffrey Turton)

(Birmingham, England [UK], 11 March 1944)

"Baby take me in your arms"

*

JERRY ORBACH

(born: Jeromy Bernard Orbach)

(New York City-NY [USA]: 20 October 1935 - 28 December 2004)

"Be our guest"

*

JIMMY FONTANA

(born: Enrico Sbriccoli)

(Camerino [Italy], 13 November 1934 - Roma [Italy], 11 September 2013)

"Nasce una vita", "Pensiamoci ogni sera"

*

JOAN MANUEL SERRAT

(born: Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa)

(Barcelona [Spain], 27 December 1943)

"Mediterráneo"

*

JOÃO GILBERTO

(born: João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira)

(Juazeiro-BA [Brazil], 10 June 1931 - Rio de Janeiro-RJ [Brazil], 6 July 2019)

"Chega de saudade", "Samba de uma nota só", "Trevo de quatro folhas", Wave"

*

JODIE SANDS

(born: Eleanor DiSipio)

(Philadelphia-PA [USA], in 1927)

"Love me forever"

*

JOE DASSIN

(born: Joseph Ira Dassin)

(New York City-NY [USA], 5 November 1938 - 

Papeete, Tahiti [French Polynesia], 20 August 1980)

"Et si tu n'existais pas"

*

JOHN BARRY

(Composer, conductor)

(born: John Barry Prendergast)

(York, England [UK], 3 November 1933 - Oyster Bay-NY [USA], 30 January 2011)

"You only live twice"

*

JOHN FOSTER

(born: Paolo Occhipinti)

(Milano [Italy], 23 August 1939)

"Amore scusami"

*

JOHN LENNON

(born: John Winston Lennon)

(Liverpool, England [UK], 9 October 1940 - New York City-NY [USA], 8 December 1980)

"Happy Xmas", "Imagine", "Stand by me"

*

JOHN MILES

(born: John Ethrington)

(Jarrow, England [UK], 23 April 1949 - Newcastle upon Tyne, England [UK], 5 December 2021)

"Music"

*

JOHN NEWTON

(Composer, poet)

(London, England [UK]: 4 August [O.S. 24 July] 1725 - 21 December 1807)

"Amazing grace"

*

JOHN PISANO

(Composer, jazz guitarist)

(born: John Joseph J. Pisano)

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

"Sandbox"

*

JOHN WILLIAMS

(Composer)

(born: John Towner Williams)

(New York City-NY [USA], 8 February 1932)

"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Star wars"

*

JOHNNIE RAY

(born: John Alvin Ray)

(Hopewell-OR [USA], 10 January 1927 - Los Angeles-CA [USA], 24 February 1990)

"Cry", "I'll never fall in love again", "You're all that I live for"

*

JOHNNY MATHIS

(born: John Royce Mathis)

(Gilmer-TX [USA], 30 September 1935)

"My love for you"

*

JON AND VANGELIS

(British-Greek musical duo)

(1979 formation: Jon [singer], Vangelis [musician, composer])

JON (born: John Roy Anderson)

(Accrington, England [UK], 25 October 1944)

VANGELIS (born: Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassiou)

(Agria [Greece], 29 March 1943 - Paris [France], 17 May 2022)

"He is sailing", "I hear you now"

*

JONGO TRIO

(Brazilian ensemble trio)

(1965 formation: Cido Bianchi [piano], Sabá [bass], Toninho [drums])

CIDO BIANCHI (born: Aparecido Bianchi)

(Ribeirão Preto-SP [Brazil], in 1935 - São Paulo-SP [Brazil], 1st March 2015)

SABÁ (born: Sebastião Oliveira da Paz)

(Belém-PA [Brazil], in 1926 - São Paulo-SP [Brazil], 23 February 2010)

TONINHO (born: Antônio Pinheiro Filho) 

(São Paulo-SP [Brazil]: 26 December 1938 - 22 May 2004)

"Reza"

*

JORGE VEIGA

(born: Jorge de Oliveira Veiga)

(Rio de Janeiro-RJ [Brazil]: 14 April 1910 - 29 June 1979)

"Café soçaite"

*

JOSÉ BARTEL

(Lille [France], 24 February 1932 - La Rochelle [France], 26 January 2010)

"Les parapluies de Cherbourg (Final)"

*

JOSÉ CARRERAS

(born: Josep Maria Carreras i Coll)

(Sants, Barcelona [Spain], 5 December 1946)

"Granada"

*

JOSÉ FELICIANO

(born: José Montserrate Feliciano Gracía)

(Lares [Puerto Rico], 10 September 1945)

"Light my fire"

*

JOSÉ MOJICA

(born: Crescenciano Abel Exaltación de la Cruz 

José Francisco de Jesús Mojica Montenegro y Chavarín)

(San Gabriel, [Mexico], 14 September 1896 - Lima [Peru], 20 September 1974)

"Júrame"

*

JOSÉ ROBERTO

(Harmonica player)

(born: José Roberto Bertrami)

(Tatuí-SP [Brazil], 21 February 1946 - Rio de Janeiro-RJ [Brazil], 8 July 2012)

"O diamante cor de rosa"

*

JOSELITO

(born: José Jiménez Fernández)

(Beas de Segura [Spain], 11 February 1943)

"Donde estará mi vida"

*

JUANITA HALL

(born: Juanita Long)

(Keyport-NJ [USA], 6 November 1901 - Bay Shore-NY [USA], 28 February 1968)

"Bali Ha'i"

*

JUCA CHAVES

(born: Jurandyr Czaczkes)

(Rio de Janeiro-RJ [Brazil], 22 October 1938 - Salvador-BA [Brazil], 25 March 2023)

"Por quem sonha Ana Maria"

*

JUDY GARLAND

(born: Frances Ethel Gumm)

(Grand Rapids-MN [USA], 10 June 1922 - London, England [UK], 22 June 1969)

"You'll never walk alone"

*

JULIE COVINGTON

(London, England [UK], 11 September 1946)

"Don't cry for me Argentina"

*

JULIE LONDON

(born: Gayle Peck)

(Santa Rosa-CA [USA], 26 September 1926 - Encino-CA [USA], 18 October 2000)

"Cry me a river"

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