Song No. 115 — Quero-te Assim | Tito Madi (1957)

Quero-te Assim was released on at least five singles in 1957 by Tito Madi, Luiz Cláudio, Vera Lúcia, Sidney Morais and Ivon Cury. Dates of recordings and releases are not all provable and may diverge widely as with Gregorio Barros’ version which was recorded in November 1957 but released in March 1958. What seems certain is that Vera Lúcia’s version was released in August, Tito Madi’s in October and Ivon Cury’s in November 1957. Only Luiz Cláudio featured the song as an A-side release, moreover, most reliable sources state his version as the first one. However, it was the version by the composer himself, though issued only as a B-side, that became the most successful one, ranking at number 53 of 1957.

Two years after its single release, Tito Madi included Quero-te Assim as the opening track of his album of the same name. The song was included on four more of Madi’s original albums, although once performed by Nelly Martins, once by Ribamar and only in 1973 and 1995 with reinterpretations by Madi himself.

Except for the years from 1960 to 1970, the song enjoyed about 35 recordings to date, mostly in its original time as a waltz.

Selected recordings of Quero-te Assim:

1. Luiz Cláudio from the single Quero-te Assim b/w (1957, Columbia CB-10.350-a) album Sonhando com Luiz Cláudio (1957, Columbia LPCB 35043)

2. Tito Madi from the single Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Você b/w Quero-te Assim (1957, Continental 17.482-a) and the album Quero-te Assim (1959, Continental LPP 3072)

3. Ivon Cury from the single Carrossel (round And Round) b/w Quero-te Assim (1957, RCA Victor 80-1859-a) and the album Eu Canto Assim (1958, RCA Victor BPL 15)

   

4. Irany Pinto, José Menezes, Moacyr Silva & Sivuca from the album 4 Azes em Hi-Fi (1958, Copacabana CLP 11057)

  

5. Sylvia Telles from the album Silvia (1958, Odeon MOFB 3034)

   

6. Portinho from the album Ritmo das Américas (1958, Odeon MOCB 3027)

7. Moacyr Silva & Marisa Gata Mansa from the album Convite a Música N^o. 2 (1958, Copacabana CLP 11063)

   

8. Nelly Martins from the album Encontro no Sábado – Com Nelly Martins e Tito Madi (1959, Continental LPP 3051)

9. Lana Bittencourt from the single Escala de Cores b/w I Wish (Quero-te Assim) (1959, Columbia CB-11.138-a)

10. Ribamar & Coro de Severino Filho from the album Carinho e Amor (1960, Columbia LPCB 70003)

   

11. Altemar Dutra from the album O Romântico (1970, Odeon MOFB 3624)

   

12. Miltinho from the album Dóris, Miltinho e Charme – Vol. 2 (1971, Odeon MOFB 3680)

   

13. Tito Madi from the album A Fossa Vol. 3 (1973, London/Odeon LLB 1087-S)

   

14. Claudette Soares from the album Fiz do Amor Meu Canto (1976, Odeon SMOFB 3925)

   
Art work for Fiz do Amor Meu Canto by Tadeu Valerio de Jesus with photographs by Cynira Arruda

QUERO-TE ASSIM

Quero todo teu olhar no meu • Quero todo teu amor pra mim • Quero ser todinho teu enfim • Fazer feliz e ser feliz • Quero estar contigo a dançar • Com tua mão acariciando a mim • O meu rosto encostadinho ao teu • Assim, assim, assim

E depois se entre nos houver • A distancia a nos separar • Quero que teu pensamento vá • Me procurar, procurar • Eu também estarei pensando em ti • Com o meu amor que Deus mandou enfim • Deixa-me abraçar-te agora, assim • Assim, assim, assim

Song No. 27 — Para Não Sofrer | Antônio Carlos Jobim (1962)

Para Não Sofrer was introduced in May 1962 by Nelly Martins on her single Insensatez b/w Para Não Sofrer. Presumably, this was the last of about 17 singles by the singer and actress released between 1956 and 1962.

The wistful song is one of the lesser known compositions by Antônio Carlos Jobim since it undeservedly went into oblivion for about forty years almost right after its debut until it was rediscovered in 2005 for a collaboration album by various members of the Caymmi and Jobim families, titled Falando de Amor.

Including Orlando Silveira’s version, strangely titled Velho Riacho, Para Não Sofrer was recorded five times in 1962 and 1963.

Interestingly, the original arrangement for Nelly Martins was reutilized the following year by Jorge Ferreira da Silva aka Jorginho da Flauta on his collaboration album with saxophonist Aurino Ferreira de Oliveira, titled Na Cadência do Samba.

Selected recordings of Para Não Sofrer:

1. Nelly Martins from the single Insensatez b/w Para Não Sofrer (1962, RCA Victor 80-2465-a)

2. Célia Reis from the album O Samba é Célia Reis (1962, Philips P 632.112 L)

   
Art work for O Samba é Célia Reis by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

3. Orlando Silveira from the album Programa Dançante (1962, RCA Victor BBL 1187)

4. Jorginho da Flauta from the album Na Cadência do Samba (1963, RCA Victor BBL 1235)

   
Art work for Na Cadéncia do Samba with photograph by Mafra

5. Jane Simone from the album Em Cada Novo Amor (1963, Continental PPL 12076)

   

PARA NÃO SOFRER

Eu não quero mais amar • Para não sofrer • Para não chorar • Vida perdida • Estrada tão complicada • Melhor nem dizer,ai • Melhor nem pensar • Para não sofrer • Para não chorar

Velho riacho • Que vem lá da serra • Cantigas tão antigas me contou • Velho riacho • Então me conte agora • Como eu vou viver,aí • Sem o meu amor • Se eu vou viver • Sem o meu amor