Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)

Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)

"Corcovado" (known in English as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars") is a bossa nova song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. The English lyrics were written by Gene Lees. The US chart version was by Andy Wiliams.

The title refers to the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro.

Notable Recordings

*Cannonball Adderley and Sergio Mendes - "Cannonball's Bossa Nova" (1962)
*Charlie Byrd - "Brazilian Byrd" (1964)
*Mary Wilson - "The Supremes Live! In Japan" (1973)
*Miles Davis - "Quiet Nights" (1962)
*Everything But The Girl - "Red Hot + Rio" (1996)
*Cliff Richard - "Kinda Latin" (1966)
*Ella Fitzgerald - "Ella Abraça Jobim" (1981)
*Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto - "Getz/Gilberto" (1963)
*Sergio Mendes - "Sergio Mendes & Bossa Rio" (1964)
*Oscar Peterson - "We Get Requests" (1964)
*Elis Regina and Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Elis & Tom" (1974)
*Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim" (1967)
*Stacey Kent and Jim Tomlinson - The Lyric (2005)
*Queen Latifah - "Trav'lin' Light" (2007)
*Woven Hand - "Ten Stones" (2008)


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