Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | Antonio Carlos Jobim |
| Lyricist (English) | Gene Lees |
| Year Written | 1960 |
| About Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars | |
| Known in the original Portuguese as “Corcovado,” this is one the great early bossa nova songs. The song has a serene quiet feeling–the English title fits the mood of the song perfectly. Both Stan Getz and Miles Davis recorded jazz versions of “Quiet Nights.” | |
Lyrics
Quiet nights and quiet stars
Quiet chords from my guitar
Floating on the silence that surrounds us
Quiet nights and quiet dreams
Quiet walks by quiet streams
And the window lookin’ on the mountains and the sea how lovely
This is where to be
Here with you so close to me
Till the final flicker of life’s ember
I who was lost and lonely
Believing life was a only a bitter tragic joke
Have found with you the meaning of existence oh, my love
This is where to be
Here with you so close to me
Till the final flicker of life’s ember
I who was lost and lonely
Believing life was a only a tragic joke
Have found with you the meaning of existence oh, my love
Session / Album Information
1962
“Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars” was recorded on December 19, 1962 and released in 1962 on the album I Wanna Be Around. It was arranged by Marty Manning.
This recording released on:
- 1963: Columbia LP 12″: P 13575 — I Wanna Be Around
- 1963: Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 2000 — I Wanna Be Around
- 1963: CBS LP 12″: SBPG 62149 — I Wanna Be Around (UK)
- 1963: Columbia LP 12″: CS 8800 — I Wanna Be Around
- 1964: CBS 45: AAG 225
- 1965: Columbia LP 12″: CL 2373 — Tony’s Greatest Hits, Vol. III
- 1965: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9173 — Tony’s Greatest Hits, Vol. III
- 1967: CBS LP 12″: SBPG 62821 — Tony’s Greatest Hits [UK]
- 1995: Columbia CD: CK 66504 — I Wanna Be Around
- 2006: RPM/Columbia/Legacy CD: 82876 87234 — I Wanna Be Around
- 2008: Columbia/RPM/Legacy CD: 731397 — The Essential Tony Bennett [Limited Edition 3.0]
- 2011: Disc #26 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK25) I Wanna Be Around
1964
“Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars” was recorded on April 8, 1964 and released in 2011 on Tony Bennett Live at the Sahara: From This Moment On, as part of the 2011 Complete Collection. It was arranged by Ralph Sharon.
This recording released on:
- 2011: Disc #74 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK72) Tony Bennett Live at the Sahara: From This Moment On