#normangimbel — Public Fediverse posts
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"Happy Days" is a song written by #NormanGimbel and #CharlesFox. It is the theme of the 1970s television series #HappyDays. The song was written and performed in a style similar to 1950s rock and roll appropriate to the era depicted in the series, with male vocals singing #doowop influenced harmonies, and can be heard during the TV show's opening and closing credits as it runs in #perpetualRerunSyndication.
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"Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle, with #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics are by #PauloSérgioValle, the composer's brother.
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"Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle, with #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics are by #PauloSérgioValle, the composer's brother.
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"Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle, with #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics are by #PauloSérgioValle, the composer's brother.
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"Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle, with #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics are by #PauloSérgioValle, the composer's brother.
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"Meditation" ("Meditação" in #Portuguese) is a #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song composed by #AntônioCarlosJobim and #NewtonMendonça. The #English version has lyrics by #NormanGimbel. In Finland, the song was recorded in 1963 by Olavi Virta with lyrics by Saukki under the title "Hymy, kukka ja rakkaus". Erkki Liikanen recorded the song in 1967 with lyrics by Aarno Raninen under the title "Taas on hiljaisuus".
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"Canadian Sunset" is a #popularSong with music by jazz pianist #EddieHeywood and lyrics by #NormanGimbel. An #instrumental version by Heywood and #HugoWinterhalter reached No. 2 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart and No. 7 on the #RAndBChart in 1956. A version sung by #AndyWilliams was also popular that year, reaching No. 7 on the Billboard chart. The #SoundsOrchestral, conducted by #JohnnyPearson, hit the #EasyListeningChart reaching No. 14.
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"Happy Days" is a song written by #NormanGimbel and #CharlesFox. It is the theme of the 1970s television series #HappyDays. It can be heard during the TV show's opening and closing credits as it runs in #perpetualRerunSyndication. "Happy Days" was first recorded in 1974 by #JimHaas with a group of other #sessionSingers for the first two seasons. These versions were used only during the closing credits of Seasons 1 and 2.
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"Making Our Dreams Come True" is a 1976 hit single written by #CharlesFox and #NormanGimbel. It was recorded by #CyndiGrecco, then an unknown musician. The title track of her debut album, it was also used as the theme song to the 1976–83 television sitcom #LaverneAndShirley (where it was titled "We're Gonna Make It" in the first-season end credits). "Making Our Dreams Come True" reached number 25 on the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 and number 21 on the #CashBox Top 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSI1Sn3Yso8