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Sentado Beira do Caminho
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Wikipedia article
"'Sentado Beira do Caminho'" is a Brazilian song composed by Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos and released as a single in May 1969 by Erasmo Carlos.
Background
The song was inspired by a 1968 hit song, Bobby Russell's "Honey (I miss you)", and it describes the despair and hopelessness of a lover waiting for his beloved.
(the songs of Bobby Russell (Honey) and Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos are two completely different songs. The hits "L'appuntamento", "Sentado Beira do Caminho" and "Nuestro Encuentro" have the same music and similar lyrics in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish language. There is an important difference when translated from Portuguese to the Italian Language, the idea of "mixing tears with raindrops" was replaced with "wait for your love no matter the bad weather", which was an important loss of the initial message and a poetry theme switch).
A Spanish-language version of the song was also released titled "Sentado a la Vera del Camino" and was recorded by Erasmo Carlos. The Spanish version has been covered by Los Vikings and . In 1988, American singer Eydie Gorm recorded the Spanish-language version ('Sentado a la Vera del Camino') with Roberto Carlos for her album 'De Corazn a Corazn'. The song peaked at number two on the 'Billboard' Hot Latin Songs. Their version led to the duo receiving a nomination for Pop Group or Duo of the Year at the inaugural Lo Nuestro Awards in 1989.
In 1970 the song was adapted into the Italian language by Bruno Lauzi and recorded by Ornella Vanoni with the title "L'appuntamento". This version, chosen as the closing song of the radio show 'Gran Variet', became an immediate hit, ranking #2 on the Italian hit parade. The song was also covered by several artists, including Mina, Andrea Bocelli, Johnny Dorelli, Fernanda Porto and (in a Greek version) Dimitra Galani ( ) ( - Encounter).
Vanoni's version was included in the musical score of the film 'Ocean's Twelve'.
Track listing
Original version
; 7" single RGE 70.363# "Sentado Beira do Caminho" (Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos)
# "Johnny Furaco" (Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos)
L'appuntamento
; 7" single CBS 3654# "L'appuntamento" (Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos, Bruno Lauzi)
# "Uomo, uomo" (Luciano Beretta, Donata Giachini, Nicola Aprile)
Sentado a la Vera del Camino
; 7" single CBS 653054 7# "Sentado a la Vera del Camino" (Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos)
Charts
' Ornella Vanoni version'
'Eydie Gorm and Roberto Carlos version'
References
Category:1969 singles
Category:1969 songs
Category:Roberto Carlos (singer) songs
Category:1970 singles
Category:1988 singles
Category:Eydie Gorm songs
Category:Portuguese-language songs
Category:Ornella Vanoni songs
it:L'appuntamento (brano musicale)
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