No.55 "Give Me One More" by Marlene
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Index
1. Song data
| Title | Give Me One More |
|---|---|
| Artist | Marlene |
| Album Title | marlene |
| Track No. | 12 |
| Duration | 5:27 |
| Released | 1990 |
| Publisher | EMI music Japan |
| Lyricist | Candee (Nozomi Takao) |
| Composer | Candee (Nozomi Takao) |
| Arranger | Takao Sugiyama |
About the creators
"Candee", namely "Nozomi Takao" was a singer-songwriter, vocalist and chorus arranger in popular song sector.
Her voice was beautiful and the performance was excellent. And she had supported prominent artists like Tatsuro Yamashita or "Sing Like Talking" from the chorus side.
"Takao Sugiyama" is a arranger and composer active mainly in a popular song field.
The number of songs he arranged is huge and an indispensable arranger in J-pop.
Cover art
- Sound impressions
Smooth and active
This is a smooth and active, very comfortable pop-song in cruising speed.
Just after shiny opening sound of the crash cymbal, the ensemble of the drums, bass and the keyboards creates a stable lively rhythm.
A beautiful harmony of the strings brings elegant breeze to the sound, and the french horns(?) add a grand image.
The cool and lovely chorus of "Candee" accompanies with the main vocal from beginning to the end of the song, and brings out the charm of it.
Touch husky charactoristic alto voice of Marlene is attractive always, and relaxes listeners well.
- Reference
Wikipedia page for "Marlene" is below.
- About the artist
The Jazz vocal of the '80s
Marlene debuted in Japan in 1981 with the album "Just like first love". Since then, 19 singles, and 24 original, 6 best albums has been released until now.
(Wikipedia, Marlene)
Marlene was born in Manila, the Philippines in 1960. She was grown up in there, and debuted as a professional singer when she was 15.
In her 19, she came to Japan and released few singles as a singer "Marilyn". In 1981, she contracted with CBS sony and started the career as a Jazz vocalist "Marlene".
Lucky for her, the timing of debut coincided with the '80s Jazz vocal boom.
She quickly received attention from fans for her outstanding power of vocal, together with the most popular singers like Yasuko Agawa, Mari Nakamoto, Eri Ohno, and so on.
It's Magic
Here is one of her signature hit song, "It's Magic" released in 1983. Her overwhelming powerful vocal would attracts listners.
This song was originally released as a Fusion instrumental by a popular pop instrumental group, T-Square (The Square) in 1981. But a nice lyrics were written later for Marlene.
If you have a chance, please listen.
Here is a said original instrumental version of "It's Magic", performed by "The Square"
Apple Music(jp)
Getting back to talking about, now she is one of the top Jazz vocalist of Japan, and still actively singing in sessions with various Jazz players.
We would like to pick up & introduce her best tracks on our blog again in other occasions.
- Samples from online music stores
About the samples
Please go to the page below, and just play or click track No.12.
Trial button is on the left side of the song title.
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Amazon JP(en)
recochoku.jp
Apple Music(jp)
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7. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | Give Me One More |
|---|---|
| Artist | マリーン (Marlene) |
| Album Title | marlene |
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