Lightly Latin - 1966

 

Manhã de Carnaval ( Carnival )Perry Como ~ Mr. Saturday Night!
~ from the film "Black Orpheus"
Music by Luiz Bonfa and lyrics by Antonio Mariz, 1960
English lyrics by George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore ( Hugo & Luigi )
 
Arranged and Conducted by Nick Perito
Choral Director: Ray Charles and the Ray Charles Singers.
Produced by Andy Wiswell
 
Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Final Recording Time 2:39
 
Recorded February 28th, 1966    ~   Matrix No. SPA1-6235 Take 17
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Lightly Latin ~ RCA Victor 1966
 
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Notes: ~ Guitarist Luiz Bonfa and composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, who both rose o fame during the bossa nova craze of the 1960s, collaborated on the score to the gorgeous Brazilian film 'Black Orpheus.' This haunting melody was the movie's leitmotif; it threaded through the story of Orfeo and Eurydice and was heard in a variety of contexts. When English lyrics were written for it, the song became 'A Day in the Life of a Fool,' the sad, wan story of a dejected lover. And that's what Perry sings here very movingly, with chorus and orchestra and a gentle bossa nova beat.

( notes from "The Incomparable Como" Readers Digest UK compilation 1975 )

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Produced by Andy Wiswell
Arranged and Conducted by Nick Perito
Choral Director: Ray Charles and the Ray Charles Singers.
Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
December 29, 1965 ~ March 1, 1966

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