Moonlight Serenade by -Bev-

-Bev- - Moonlight Serenade

-Bev-

Sep 19, 2024 06:23pm

<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/AYCH/cc8b930b16_7SKC_media.png?w=700"> Thank You so very much MikeIII for uploading this gorgeous song....I love this version I wanted to try this one because it is an old song created and written originally by GLen Miller... but a with a twist...it has that Bossa Nova feel to it....For me I have always loved Jazz and feel so at home as well as comfortable with that genre....It is like Jazz was meant to be for me!!! Ok Cladnar5 Thank you for giving me a chance for my Two mins of Fame...and for the wonderful theme you chose for us all today!!! <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Simone_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Simone_%28cropped%29.jpg"> Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira (born December 25, 1949), better known as Simone, is a Brazilian singer of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BAsica_popular_Brasileira" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Música Popular Brasileira</a> (MPB) who has recorded more than 30 albums.Simone was born on December 25, 1949, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador,_Bahia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Salvador, Bahia</a>, as the seventh daughter in a family of nine children. During her teenage years, she was a professional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">basketball</a> player and moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">São Paulo</a> to become a member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_basketball_team" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the women's national basketball team</a>. She studied in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos_(S%C3%A3o_Paulo)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Santos, São Paulo</a>, majoring in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_education" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">physical education</a>. Her music career began when a close friend and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">guitar</a> teacher Elodir Barontini invited her to sing at a dinner with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeon_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Odeon</a>'s marketing manager. At the end of this encounter, specially scheduled for her performance, came an offer of a contract to record not one but four albums at once. Her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponymous" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">eponymous</a> debut album was recorded in October 1972 at a low cost and with a few musicians, conducted by José Biamonte. It circulated only among friends, relatives, and artists; ten years later it would be re-edited and with a different cover. On March 20, 1973, Simone was launched for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">press</a> in a closed meeting at the Hilton Hotel in São Paulo; later on, she would appear for the first time on a TV program, for TV Bandeirantes. This was followed by an appearance on Mixturação (director/producer Walter Silva, April 1973), a TV Record program where she was one of the promising new talents. Thus, success gradually took place.When she transitioned from sports to stage performance, she was supported by her father, an amateur opera singer, and her mother, a pianist. Early in her musical career, she was invited to participate in an international tour, starting with a presentation at the Olympia in Paris. This tour was organized by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herm%C3%ADnio_Bello_de_Carvalho&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hermínio Bello de Carvalho</a>, a major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">record producer</a> in Brazil. They performed at Olympia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Madison Square Garden</a> in New York City, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Belgium</a>, and Canada with great success, launching two albums, Brasil Export 73 and Festa Brasil. Both were produced by Hermínio Bello, who would also produce the next two albums, Quatro Paredes and Gotas D'Água, the last with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Nascimento" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Milton Nascimento</a>'s production.By 1977, she reached national recognition in Brazil, notably with Jura Secreta, Face a Face and O Que Será. The last, composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Buarque" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chico Buarque</a>, was featured in the soundtrack of the film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands</a>, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Barreto" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bruno Barreto</a>, which helped to popularize the music. The same year, she also met <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Buarque" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chico Buarque</a> at the studio and said, "O Que Será opened doors for me and my career."From June 16 to September 15, 1978, she was among artists of the Projeto Pixinguinha that traveled around the country with upcoming new singers. An excerpt from the Projeto comments on her success:<blockquote>In 1977, beyond launching 'Face a Face' and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands</a> soundtrack, she was acclaimed in a spectacle at the Museu de Arte Moderna. At the Teatro Clara Nunes, directed by Hermínio Bello de Carvalho, she presented "Face a Face". She is improving her performance in each spectacle and is featured now among Brazil's best singers. She has just recorded "Cigarra", singing Gonzaguinha's "Petúnia Resedá" as well as songs by Fagner and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Silva_(writer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abel Silva</a> ("Sangue e Pudins"), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Nascimento" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Milton Nascimento</a> and Ronaldo Bastos ("Cigarra").</blockquote>