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...DIED. CONSUELO VELAZQUEZ, 84, classically trained Mexican pianist-turned-pop composer, whose sultry World War II-era ballad Besame Mucho became one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, covered by artists including Sammy Davis Jr., Celine Dion, Jose Carreras and The Beatles; in Mexico City. In a 2003 interview, Velazquez revealed that when she wrote the famous lyrics at age 17?"Kiss me over and over, as if this night were the last time"?she had never been kissed...
DIED. CONSUELO VELAZQUEZ, 88, classically trained Mexican pianist turned pop composer whose sultry World War II--era ballad Besame Mucho became one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, covered by such artists as Frank Sinatra and the Beatles; in Mexico City...
This kind of balance makes the moments when Oberst gets truly miserable much more compelling. Landlocked Blues starts out chronicling a bad relationship and over the course of six riveting minutes meanders into an antiwar ballad. It is easily the best song written against the war in Iraq, as well as one of the better ones about a decomposing affair. Oberst tops himself with Lua, in which he sings about a lost girl in ways that are not particularly dramatic, just perfectly descriptive...
Fabrizio started the night off with the classic “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” and said that if she had known the judges would have wanted more enthusiasm from the performers, she would have chosen a more upbeat second song—instead of the ballad “Come Away With...
...disc begins with the title song, a sweet and somber ballad, where Heinegg’s uniquely silky vocal intonations infuse an ethereal element to the percussively-accented melody. From then on, the tempo varies between solemnly slow and slightly upbeat among the songs, though a strong rhythmic presence reigns powerfully throughout each of them...