Le Restaurant
Brenda Russell Lyrics
For a tea at two
I would be just be there waiting
He left so soon
He'd only just arrived
He hummed a tune
One that I found romantic
It filled the room
Down at Le Restaurant
And he left his tips in the candy jar
He carried on just like a song
And I'd always wondered where he'd gone
He never, never knew
How I would dream about him
My rendez, rendezvous
Down at Le Restaurant
Amidst a gaze
One day he sat beside me
I turned a page
Down at Le Restaurant
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Written by: BRENDA RUSSELL
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Brenda Russell is an adult-contemporary singer-songwriter that hit the music scene in 1979 with her debut album "Brenda Russell". Her sister is rumoured to be none other than, Donna Summer, the queen of Disco. The release featured her her first hit song, "So Good So Right". The story goes, it came up while washing dishes and, still wearing an apron, she rushed to the piano wrote it down. The album also featured the hit "If Only for One Night" which was later famously covered by Luther Vandross. Read Full BioBrenda Russell is an adult-contemporary singer-songwriter that hit the music scene in 1979 with her debut album "Brenda Russell". Her sister is rumoured to be none other than, Donna Summer, the queen of Disco. The release featured her her first hit song, "So Good So Right". The story goes, it came up while washing dishes and, still wearing an apron, she rushed to the piano wrote it down. The album also featured the hit "If Only for One Night" which was later famously covered by Luther Vandross.
Brenda's greatest success came in 1988 with the release of her third album, "Get Here". It featured the hit singles "Get Here" and "Piano In The Dark". At the 31st Grammy Awards, Brenda was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female for "Get Here". "Piano In The Dark" was nominated for Song of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (there was a duet? -- duet vocal was by Joe Esposito of Brooklyn Dreams). "Get Here" was later a huge hit covered by Oleta Adams.
Nearly all of her songs were written by herself. Some of her compositions are also performed by others like Roberta Flack, Diana Ross, Patrice Rushen, Patti Austin, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Justin Guarini, and very successfully by the aforementioned Luther Vandross and Oleta Adams.
Russell is also a chief songwriter and lyricist for the hit Broadway musical "The Color Purple". In 2005 she saw a Broadway musical version of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Produced by Oprah Winfrey, the show's score is written by Russell and lyricists-composers Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. Russell and her co-writers were nominated for a Tony Award (for Best Score) and a Grammy Award (in the Best Musical Show Album category).
Brenda's greatest success came in 1988 with the release of her third album, "Get Here". It featured the hit singles "Get Here" and "Piano In The Dark". At the 31st Grammy Awards, Brenda was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female for "Get Here". "Piano In The Dark" was nominated for Song of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (there was a duet? -- duet vocal was by Joe Esposito of Brooklyn Dreams). "Get Here" was later a huge hit covered by Oleta Adams.
Nearly all of her songs were written by herself. Some of her compositions are also performed by others like Roberta Flack, Diana Ross, Patrice Rushen, Patti Austin, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Justin Guarini, and very successfully by the aforementioned Luther Vandross and Oleta Adams.
Russell is also a chief songwriter and lyricist for the hit Broadway musical "The Color Purple". In 2005 she saw a Broadway musical version of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Produced by Oprah Winfrey, the show's score is written by Russell and lyricists-composers Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. Russell and her co-writers were nominated for a Tony Award (for Best Score) and a Grammy Award (in the Best Musical Show Album category).
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Terrence Ragin
This song is so hauntingly beautiful and it shakes my soul and core.
Dwight Alfred
Yes indeed. Miss Russell is such a gifted composer and singer.
Samuel Wilson
I STRONGLY AGREE !
anthony ryan
Oh it definitely does that
eun ki song
MEE TOO.
Living Well in the Earthly Realm
One of my favorite songs
Shando
Everything about this song is wonderful, the lyrics and the musicianship is top tier, their feel for this amazing composition is what transports me whenever I listen to this song. Brenda Russell has never sounded better.
Howard Hodge
I feel like I'm sitting there in the corner watching the song unfold in front of me. What an artist.
Kelli Vieira
Amoooo estas mΓΊsicas πΆπΆπΆπΆπΆπΆ
Paul Donovan
She does such a MASTERFUL job describing things on this song that I can just picture the scenario inside this cafe!! "He teased Francois behind the bar,and he left his tips in the candy-jar." I've LOVED this song since first hearing it on the album with"Piano In The Dark"!!