Song No. 108 — Você Não Sabe Amar | Dorival Caymmi, Carlos Guinle & Hugo Lima (1950)

Você Não Sabe Amar was introduced in June 1950 by Francisco Carlos as A-side to Timidez.

In addition to the more familiar Não Tem Solução and Sábado em Copacabana, the beautiful Você Não Sabe Amar is one of only eight compositions by Guinle and the first being recorded.

Arranged by Alexandre Gnattali, Francisco Carlos performed the song in his role as “Flávio” in the 1956 film “Colégio de Brotos”. He re-recorded the song the next year on his album Adorável Como um Sonho.

Selected recordings of Você Não Sabe Amar:

1. Francisco Carlos from the single Você Não Sabe Amar b/w Timidez (1950, RCA Victor 80-0648-a)

2. Luiz Eça from the album Um Piano na Madrugada (1956, Copacabana CLP 3061)

   

3. Francisco Carlos from the album Adorável Como um Sonho (1957, RCA Victor BPL 10)

   

4. Marisa Gata Mansa from the album A Suave Mariza (1959, Copacabana CLP 11089)

   

5. Sylvia Telles from the album Recordando Carlinhos Guinle (1962, Philips P 632.116 L)

   

6. Moacyr Peixoto from the album Pra Balançar (1963, Philips P 632.175 L)

   
Art work for Pra Balançar by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

7. Cláudia from the album Deixa eu Dizer (1973, Odeon SMOFB 3724)

   

8. Chico Buarque from the album Sinal Fechado (1974, Philips 6349 122)

   

9. Dick Farney from the album Dick Farney (1976, Odeon EMCB 7012)

   

VOCÊ NÃO SABE AMAR

Você não sabe amar, meu bem • Não sabe o que é o amor • Nunca viveu, nunca sofreu • E quer saber mais que eu

O nosso amor parou aqui • E foi melhor assim • Você esperava e eu também • Que esse fosse seu fim

O nosso amor não teve querida as coisas boas da vida • E foi melhor para você • E foi também melhor pra mim

Song No. 95 — Children’s Games a.k.a. Chovendo na Roseira | Antônio Carlos Jobim (1970)

Chovendo na Roseira was presented in March 1970 as a short instrumental piece entitled Children’s Games, part of of twelve songs composed by Jobim and arranged by Eumir Deodato for the US film The Adventurers. The film was based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins, which retells the life of the jet-set playboy Porfirio Rubirosa. Despite the top-class cast with Charles Aznavour, Ernest Borgnine, Olivia de Havilland and opera star Anna Moffo, the best thing about the film was basically only its “airborne world premiere”, when the film was first shown on the premiere voyage of the Boeing 747 Superjet from New York to Los Angeles in the presence of the stars.

Around the time of the film’s release in March 1970, Jobim recorded a longer version of Children’s Games for his album Stone Flower, which was released in July 1970. Stone Flower was arranged and conducted by Eumir Deodato and produced by Creed Taylor in the studios of legendary jazz sound engineer Rudy van Gelder. The musicians included trombonist Urbie Green, bassist Ron Carter and drummer João Palma.

In Brazil, Children’s Games was first recorded in 1971 by either Osmar Milito or Luiz Carlos Vinhas, both with Jobim’s subsequently added lyrics entitled Chovendo na Roseira. With English lyrics by Gene Lees, titled Double Rainbow, the song was probably first recorded in 1974 by Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’77.

In the same year, Elis Regina recorded what is probably the best-known version of the song on their joint album with Jobim, entitled Elis & Tom. The album was produced by Aloysio de Oliveira and arranged by César Camargo Mariano, who also played electric piano on Chovendo na Roseira, accompanied by Oscar Castro-Neves on guitar, Luizão Maia on bass, Paulo Braga on drums and either Hubert Laws or Jerome Richardson on flute.

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Selected recordings of Chovendo na Roseira:

1. Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Stone Flower (1970, CTI Records ‎[USA] CTI 6002 and CTI Records [BRA] LPS 624.513)

   

   
Art work for Stone Flower by Tony Lane with photograph by Pete Turner

2. Luiz Carlos Vinhas and Os Kalangos from the single Capim Gordura b/w Chovendo na Roseira (1971, Tapecar CS-313)

3. Osmar Milito and Quarteto Forma from the album E Deixa o Relógio Andar! (1971, Som Livre SIG 1004)

4. Luiz Eça and Quinteto Villa-Lobos from the album Vanguarda (1972, Odeon SMOFB 3730)

   
Art work for Vanguarda by Joselito

5. Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Elis & Tom (1974, Philips 6349 112)

6. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’77 from the album Vintage 74 (1974, Circa – 1305)

   

7. Dom Um Romão from the album Hotmosphere (1976, Pablo Records/Philips 2310 777)

   
Art work for Hotmosphere by Norman Granz and Gribbitt with photograph by Monica Botkay

Selected recordings of Chovendo na Roseira originally not issued in Brazil:

1. Antônio Carlos Jobim from the film The Adventurers (1970, Paramount Records [USA] SPFL 260)

   

2. Stan Getz, João Gilberto and Miúcha from the album The Best of Two Worlds – Stan Getz & João Gilberto (1976, Columbia [USA] PC 33703)

Chovendo na Roseira performed by Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim during the recording sessions in 1974

CHOVENDO NA ROSEIRA

Olha, está chovendo na roseira • Que só dá rosa, mas não cheira • A frescura das gotas úmidas • Que é de Luisa • Que é de Paulinho • Que é de João • Que é de ninguém

Pétalas de rosa carregadas pelo vento • Um amor tão puro carregou meu pensamento • Olha, um tico-tico mora ao lado • E passeando no molhado • Adivinhou a primavera

Olha que chuva boa prazenteira • Que vem molhar minha roseira • Chuva boa criadeira • Que molha a terra • Que enche o rio • Que limpa o céu • Que traz o azul

Olha o jasmineiro está florido • E o riachinho de água esperta • Se lança em vasto rio de águas calmas • Ah, você é de ninguém • Ah, você é de ninguém

DOUBLE RAINBOW

Listen • The rain is falling on the roses • The fragrance drifts across the garden • Like the scent of some forgotten melody • This melody belongs to you • Belongs to me, belongs to no one

See the way the crimson petals • Scatter when the wind blows • Ah, the secret sigh of love • That suddenly the heart knows • See how a robin’s there among the puddless • And, hopping through the misty rain drops • He’s come to tell us it is spring

Look at the double rainbow • The rain is silver in the sun light • A fleeting fox is in the garden • Rain sweet lovin’mother rain • That soaks the earth • That swells the streams • That cleans the sky • And brings the blue

See how the jasmin tree is all in flower • The little brook of clever waters • Flows into a vast river • Ah, you belong to no one • Ah, you belong to no one

Song No. 88 — É Luxo Só | Ary Barroso & Luis Peixoto (1957)

É Luxo Só was introduced in 1957 by Elizeth Cardoso at the Boate Night and Day in Rio de Janeiro as the closing song of the show “Mister Samba”. Produced by music show director Carlos Machado aka “O Rei da Noite“, the show portrayed Barroso’s life and compositions with Cardoso as one of the leading performers.

Although on record É Luxo Só was first recorded in October 1957 by Maria Helena Rapóso with Severino Araújo and by Heleninha Costa in November 1957, it was Cardoso’s recording, released in January 1958, arranged by Severino Filho, that made É Luxo Só a classic. The next year, Cardoso included the song in her album Naturalmente.

Severino Filho recorded his version of É Luxo Só in 1959 with his Orquestra Pan American featuring Coral Oito Vozes, which is actually Os Cariocas expanded with four more singers. (Severino Filho’s Orquestra Pan American was the second orchestra of that name, following the first in the late 1920s, and was confusingly credited Pan American Orchestra when songs from the two original 1959 albums were compiled in 1963 on Big Band – Big Voices – Bossa Nova.)

Following Cardoso’s single release, É Luxo Só was instantly picked up by various artists, including five more single issues by Dalva de Andrade, Orlando Ribeiro, Dorinha Freitas, Manoel da Conceição and Marilda Viana.

É Luxo Só is one of the best known songs by Ary Barroso, one of Brazil’s most successful and influential composers of the 40’s and 50’s apart from being a lawyer, a sportscaster and TV host amongst other things. Barroso was also the first samba composer to enjoy international fame when his 1939 song Aquarela do Brasil was featured in Walt Disney’s 1942 film Saludos Amigos, re-titled Brazil and performed by Aloysio De Oliveira. In 1945, Barroso’s song Rio de Janeiro from the movie Brazil (aka Stars and Guitars) was nominated for an Academy Award.

Selected recordings of É Luxo Só:

1. Maria Helena Rapóso from the single Nega Nhanhá b/w É Luxo Só (1957, Mocambo 15.179)

2. Heleninha Costa from the single É Luxo Só b/w Exaltação à Bahia (1957, Copacabana 5.844)

3. Elizeth Cardoso from the single É Luxo Só b/w Por Acaso (1958, Copacabana 5.850-a) and the album Naturalmente (1959, Copacabana CLP 11091)

  

4. Norberto Baldauf from the album Week End no Rio Nº 2 (1958, Odeon MOFB 3028)

   

5. Dalva de Andrade from the single É Luxo Só b/w Sou Eu (1958, Polydor 253-a) and the album Eis Dalva de Andrade (1959, Polydor LPNG 4040)

6. Nelsinho from the album Magia do Samba (1958, RCA Victor BBL 1007)

   

7. João Gilberto from the album Chega de Saudade (1959, Odeon MOFB 3073)

   
Art work for Chega de Saudade by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira

8. Turma da Bossa from the album Sambas de Bossa Nova (1959, Musidisc Hi-Fi 2023)

   

9. Os Vocalistas Modernos from the album Sucessos em Foco (1959, Philips P 630.400 L)

   

10. Guimarães from the album Dançando no Fred’s (1959, Internacional CID 27002)

   

11. Orquestra Pan American from the album Samba Internacional (1959, Musidisc Hi-Fi 2027)

   
Art work for Samba Internacional by Joselito with photograph by Mafra

12. Chiquinho do Acordeon from the album Dançando no Rio N^o 2 (1959, Continental LPP 3063)

   

13. Jorge Goulart from the album Eu Sou o Samba (1960, RCA Victor BBL 1090)

14. Os Saxsambistas Brasileiros from the album Saxsambando (1960, Plaza PZ 303), reissued as Desafinado (1962, Dauntless/Áudio Fidelity [US] DM 4304) and as Sax Sambando (196?, Plaza PZ 2203) and as Sambas Que Não Se Esquece (1970, Tropicana n/a) by Bil Bell

Artwork for Saxsambando by Michel Schachter

   

   
Artwork for Sax Sambando by Michel Schachter

  

15. Avena de Castro from the album Tudo é!… Bossa Nova (1960, Helium HLP 36004) aka De Castro Toca e Você Dança (1962, Masterplay MDL 13016)

Photograph for Tudo é!… Bossa Nova by Humberto de Carvalho

   

16. Luiz Eça & Astor Silva from the album Cada Qual Melhor! (1961, Odeon MOFB 3232)

   
Art work for Cada Qual Melhor! by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira

17. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd from the album Jazz Samba (1962, Verve [US] V6-8432 and 1963, Verve/Copacabana VMLP 14006)

   
Cover painting for Jazz Samba by Olga Albizu

18. Tânia Maria from the album Tania Maria – Para Dançar Vol. 2 (1963, Entré/CBS 4013)

   

19. Dudú from disc 1 of the album box set Grande Baile Vol. 3 (1966, Discastro GED 1011)

   

20. Elizeth Cardoso & Zimbo Trio from the album Ao Vivo no Teatro João Caetano Vol. 1 (1968, Museu da Imagem e do Som MIS 004)

   

Selected medleys including É Luxo Só:

1. Sexteto Espetacular from the album Para Sua Festa (1959, Copacabana CLP 11078)

   

2. Zito Righi aka Bob Fleming from the album Bob Fleming (1961, Musidisc XPL-6)

   

3. Luiz Bandeira from the album Nas Madrugadas do Rio (1966, RGE XRLP 5291)

   

É LUXO SÓ

O meu samba não vem sozinho • Traz muito amor • Traz alma e carinho • Eta samba cai

Olha, esta mulata quando dança • É luxo só • Quando todo seu corpo se balança • É luxo só • Tem um não sei quê que faz a confusão • O que ela não tem, meu Deus, é compaixão • Eta, mulata bamba • Olha, esta mulata quando dança • É luxo só • Quando todo seu corpo se balança • É luxo só

Porém, seu coração quando se agita • E palpita mais ligeiro: Nunca vi compasso tão brasileiro • Eta samba, cai pra lá, cai pra cá, cai pra lá, cai pra cá • Eta samba, cai pra lá, cai pra cá, cai pra lá, cai pra cá • Mexe com as cadeiras, mulata, ai • No requebrado me maltrata, ai, ai

Eta mulata bamba • Olha, esta mulata quando dança • É luxo só • Quando todo seu corpo se balança• É luxo só • Porém, seu coração quando se agita • E palpita mais ligeiro: Nunca vi compasso tão brasileiro • Eta samba, cai pra lá, cai pra cá, cai pra lá, cai pra cá • Eta samba, cai pra lá, cai pra cá, cai pra lá, cai pra cá