more Tom Jobim songs

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Visit Songbook’s Antônio Carlos Jobim index.

songs included in this page, chronologically by year written:

1956 – Eu e o meu amor (aka “Lamento no morro”) (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) — written for the play Orfeu da Conceição
1957 – Eu não existo sem você (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) — written in 1957; 1958 recordings by Elizeth Cardoso and Maysa
1957 – Por causa de você (m. Antônio Carlos Jobim, w. Dolores Duran) — lyric of the English-language version, “Don’t Ever Go Away,” by Ray Gilbert
1958 – Este seu olhar (Antônio Carlos Jobim) — lyric of the English-language version, “That Look You Wear,” by Gene Lees
1959 – Eu sei que vou te amar (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes)
1962 – O morro não tem vez (aka “Favela”) (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes)
1964 – Bonita (Antônio Carlos Jobim) — lyric of the English-language version by Gene Lees, Ray Gilbert*

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In the chapter “Freedom” of the 2011 book Antonio Carlos Jobim: An Illuminated Man by Helena Jobim, sister of the biography’s subject, the author indicates that Tom Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes were formally introduced in 1956 at Vilarino**, a Rio bar popular with musicians, intellectuals, and journalists. Finding that they “immediately connected very well,” the pair soon left for Tom’s home and began to work on the music for the de Moraes play Orfeu da Conceição that day.

1956

Eu e o meu amor (aka “Lamento no morro”) (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) — written for the play Orfeu da Conceição

Roberto Paiva and chorus — from the 1956 soundtrack LP Músicas de Orfeu da Conceição, Odeon (Brazil) MODB 3056

Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum — from the 1999 LP Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum

1957

Eu não existo sem você (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) — written in 1957; 1958 recordings by Elizeth Cardoso and Maysa

Maysa — “gravada ao vivo nos estúdios da TV Record, em 1959” (recorded live in the studios of TV Record, in 1959)

Tom Jobim — vocals: Ana Lontra Jobim (solo), Tom Jobim — from the 1987 album Inédito, commercially released in 1995

Tom Jobim, featuring Paula Morelenbaum — recorded live in 1990; issued in 2000 on the LP Tom Canta Vinícius

Maria Bethânia — from her 2005 album Que Falta Você Me Faz

lyric

Por causa de você (m. Antônio Carlos Jobim, w. Dolores Duran) — lyric of the English-language version, “Don’t Ever Go Away,” by Ray Gilbert

Second Hand Songs

Dolores Duran — from the 1957 LP Dolores Duran canta para você dançar…, Copacabana CLP 11011

Tom Jobim — from the 1967 album A Certain Mr. Jobim, Warner Bros. WS 1699

Maria Creuza

Tom Jobim with Paula Morelenbaum — from the 1987 album Inédito, commercially released in 1995

1958

Este seu olhar (Antônio Carlos Jobim) — lyric of the English-language version, under the title “That Look You Wear,” by Gene Lees

Morgana – 1959

Moacyr Silva e seu Conjunto – 1959

Dick Farney – 1960

Lord Astor – 1960

João Gilberto — from the 1961 album João Gilberto, (Brazil) Odeon MOFB 3202

Nara Leão — from the 1971 LP Dez anos depois

Sumares/Okada/Rodriguez – 2010 — Hedley Club, San Jose, CA

1959

Eu sei que vou te amar (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes)

Vinicius de Moraes con Maria Creuza e Toquinho — from de Moraes’ 1970 debut album En La Fusa

1962

O morro não tem vez (aka “Favela”) (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes)

Second Hand Songs: O Morro Não Tem Vez — 1962 recording by Pedrinho Rodrigues

Jobim — recorded as “Favela”; issued on the 1963 LP The Composer of Desafinado, Plays

Stan Getz – Luiz Bonfa Septet — recorded in NYC, 8 February 1963 — Stan Getz (ts) Antônio Carlos Jobim (p, g) Luiz Bonfá (g) Tommy Williams (b) Paulo Ferreira (d) Jose Carlos (d, per) Maria Helena Toledo (vo); released on the 1963 LP Jazz Samba Encore!

1964

Bonita (Antônio Carlos Jobim) — lyric of the English-language version by Gene Lees, Ray Gilbert**

Tom Jobim — from The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim, (US) Warner Bros. Records W 1611 (Mono) WS 1611 (Stereo)

guitar and vocal: Tom Jobim

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* On the songwriting credits for the English-language lyric to “Bonita,” Wikipedia says:

Gene Lees, who had written several other English-language lyrics for Jobim, claims that “Jobim gave my lyric to Bonita, which I had written in New York, to Ray Gilbert, who altered a phrase or two and put his name on it. If you look at the credits on the back of the album titled The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim … you’ll find that the writer credit on Bonita reads Jobim/Gilbert. Gilbert produced an album for Warner Brothers in which he again used the song, again taking credit for the lyric…. I was furious at both records and took the matter up with the American Guild of Authors and Composers. A hearing was organized, with Sheldon Harnick as its chairman, and I presented the evidence of my authorship. The committee ruled that it was indeed my lyric, solely or largely…. The contretemps over Bonita was one of the reasons I parted company with Jobim.”^[3]

* Vilarino — It’s not clear to me whether Helena Jobim spelled the name of the venue incorrectly or the spelling has been changed. The place is now called Casa Villarino.