From his 1961 hit “Bluesette” with Toots Thieleman, to composing the English lyrics to “The Girl from Ipanema,” to winning the Best Song Oscar for “It Goes like It Goes” from the movie Norma Rae, to composing the memorable theme songs for TV shows such as Laverne and Shirley and The Love Boat, composer Norman Gimbel has created a rich and diverse catalog of American standards. This superb P/V/G collection – containing 50 career-spanning songs selected by Gimbel himself! – also features a foreword written by his four children, a biography, great photos, and a chronological index of titles. Songs include: Bluesette • The Girl from Ipanema • Happy Days • How Insensitive • I Will Follow Him • I Will Wait for You • It Goes like It Goes • Killing Me Softly with His Song • Live for Life • Making Our Dreams Come True • Meditation • Ready to Take a Chance Again • So Nice (Summer Samba) • Sway • Sweet Happy Life • Traces • Watch What Happens • and more.
Song List
Água De Beber (Water To Drink)
Always There
(Walt Disney Pictures presents LADY & THE TRAMP II: SCAMP'S ADVENTURE)
Am I Feeling Love
(from the Miramax Film ARABIAN KNIGHT)
Amazing
Bits And Pieces
(from the 20th Century Fox Film THE STUNTMAN)
Bluesette
Canadian Sunset
Come With Me Now
(Theme from LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS)
Different
(from the Universal Film PUFNSTUF)
Different Worlds
(Theme from the Paramount Television Series ANGIE)
Flattery
(from the Broadway Musical WHOOP-UP)
Girl
(from the Paramount Film STAR SPANGLED GIRL)
The Girl From Ipanema (Garôta De Ipanema)
(featured in THE COLOR OF MONEY)
Girl In The Moon
Good Friend
(from the Paramount Film MEATBALLS)
Happy Days
(Theme from the Paramount Television Series HAPPY DAYS)
How Insensitive (Insensatez)
I Got A Name
(from the 20th Century Fox Film LAST AMERICAN HERO)
I Will Follow Him (I Will Follow You)
(featured in the Motion Picture SISTER ACT)
I Will Wait For You
(from THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG)
It Goes Like It Goes
(from the 20th Century Fox Film NORMA RAE)
It Was Me (C'etait Moi)
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Live For Life
(from LIVE FOR LIFE)
Love Among The Young
Making Our Dreams Come True
(Theme from the Paramount Television Series LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY)
A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry
Meditation (Meditacao)
Moondust
(from the Paramount Film MEATBALLS)
Only Love (L'Amour en Heritage)
(from MISTRALS DAUGHTER)
Past The Age Of Innocence
Pine Top's Boogie
Ready To Take A Chance Again
(from the Paramount Picture FOUL PLAY)
Ricochet Romance
Slow Hot Wind (Lujon)
So Nice (Summer Samba)
Song Of The Sabiá (Sabiá)
Sway (Quien Sera)
Sweet Happy Life (Samba de Orpheo)
(Theme from BLACK ORPHEUS)
Time
(from the Film THE ONLY THRILL)
Time For Me To Go
Time Is A Gift
(from the MGM Film THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH)
Together
Traces
Watch What Happens
(from THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG)
We Could Have It All
(from the Universal Film THE LAST MARRIED COUPLE IN AMERICA)
Welcome To My World
(from the Warner Bros. film A TROLL IN CENTRAL PARK)
A Whale Of A Tale
(from 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA)
Where's Poppa
(from the United Artists Film WHERE'S POPPA?)
Wonder Woman
(from the Warner Bros. TV Series WONDER WOMAN)
