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Vivo Sonhando
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Wikipedia article
"'Vivo Sonhando'" (a.k.a. "'Dreamer'", translated literally as "I Live Dreaming") is a bossa nova song from 1962 with words and music by Antnio Carlos Jobim. English lyrics were added later by Gene Lees.
In 1990, for a Brazilian album project, Susannah McCorkle received permission from Jobim to compose new lyrics in English, entitling her version, "Living on Dreams."
The first recording of "Vivo Sonhando" was by Os Cariocas in 1963. Jobim recorded an instrumental version the same year for his debut album, 'The Composer of Desafinado Plays', and recorded a vocal version in English on his 1980 album, 'Terra Brasilis.'
Recorded versions
* Os Cariocas - 'Mais Bossa Com Os Cariocas' (1963)
* Antnio Carlos Jobim - 'The Composer of Desafinado Plays' (1963), 'Terra Brasilis' (1980)
* Marcos Valle - 'Samba "Demais"' (1963)
* Leny Andrade - 'A Arte Maior de Leny Andrade' (1963)
* Eumir Deodato 'Intil Paisagem As Maiores Composies de Antonio Carlos Jobim' (1964)
* Stan Getz & Joo Gilberto (with Jobim) 'Getz/Gilberto' (1964)
* Sergio Mendes & Art Farmer (with Jobim) 'The Swinger from Rio'
* Dick Farney 'Dick Farney' (1965)
* Wanda S - 'Wanda Vagamente' (1964), 'Softly' (1965)
* Sylvia Telles - 'Bossa Session: Sylvia Telles, Lcio Alves, Roberto Menescal e Seu Conjunto' (1964), 'The Music of Mr. Jobim' (1966)
* Dom Um Romo 'Dom Um' (1964)
* Astrud Gilberto (with Jobim) - 'The Astrud Gilberto Album' (1965)
* Walter Wanderley 'O Autntico Walter Wanderley' (1965)
* Billy Eckstine 'Momento Brasileiro' (1979)
* Sarah Vaughan 'Copacabana' (1979)
* Ella Fitzgerald 'Ella Abraa Jobim' (1981)
* Susannah McCorkle 'Sabia' (1990)
* Joe Henderson - 'Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim' (1995)
* Joo Donato - 'S dano samba' (1999)
* Ivan Lins - 'Jobiniando' (2001)
*Jaques Morelenbaum, Paula Morelenbaum, and Ryuichi Sakamoto - 'Morelenbaum 2/Sakamoto: Casa' (2001)
* Jim Tomlinson - 'Brazilian Sketches' (2003)
* Eliane Elias - 'Dreamer' (2004)
* Stacey Kent 'Dreamer In Concert' (2011)
* Bebel Gilberto 'Tudo' (2014)
* Vinicius Canturia 'Vinicius Canta Antonio Carlos Jobim' (2015)
References
Category:1962 songs
Category:Songs with music by Antnio Carlos Jobim
Category:Bossa nova songs
Category:Brazilian songs
Category:Portuguese-language songs
Category:Songs with lyrics by Gene Lees
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