Mona Lisa “Mona Lisa” is a song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950). It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 1950. Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you You’re so like...
The Mighty Quinn “Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)” is a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan and first recorded during The Basement Tapes sessions in 1967. “Everybody’s in despair, every girl and boy But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here...
Midnight Sun 1947 Music by J Francis Burke and Lionel Hampton Lyrics by Johnny Mercer Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice, Warmer than the Summer night. The clouds were like an alabaster palace, Rising to a snowy height. Each star its own Aurora Borealis,...
BACKPAGE TITLE “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” is a jazz song written by Joe Zawinul in 1966 for Julian “Cannonball” Adderley and his album Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at ‘The Club’. The song is the title track of the album and became a...
Meditation (Meditacao) 1960 “Meditation” (“Meditação” in Portuguese) is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim English lyrics by Norman Gimbel. “In my loneliness When you’re gone And I’m all by...