Hugo Mario Montenegro was born in New York City in 1925. He served in the U.S. Navy for two years, mostly as an arranger for the Newport Naval Base band in Newport, Rhode Island. After the war he attended Manhattan College while studying composition and leading his own band for school dances.
In the middle 1950s, he was directing, conducting, and arranging the orchestra for Eliot Glen and Irving Spice on their Dragon and Caprice labels. It was he who was directing the Glen-Spice Orchestra on Dion DiMucci's first release when Dion was backed by Dragon recording artists, the Timberlanes. Released on Mohawk #105 in 1957, the songs were "Out In Colorado" and "The Chosen Few", which were soon issued on the Jubliee label for better distribution.
He was later hired by Time Records as a musical director producing a series of albums for the label, and moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s where he began working for RCA records, producing a series of albums and soundtracks for motion pictures and television themes, such as two volumes of Music From The Man From U.N.C.L.E., an album of cover versions of spy music themes Come Spy With Me and an album of cover versions of the Clint Eastwood The Man With No Name series of spaghetti westerns that led to major chart hits.
Montenegro began scoring motion pictures with the instrumental music from Advance to the Rear in 1964. Following the success of his albums, he was contracted by Columbia Pictures where he did such films as Hurry Sundown (film) and two Matt Helm pictures. Montenegro was also contracted to Coumbia's television production company Screen Gems where he is most famous for his theme from the second season of the television series I Dream of Jeannie, his theme song "Seattle" and music from Here Come the Brides and The Outcasts. During the mid‑60s he started producing some of the most renowned works from the space age pop era, featuring electronics and rock in albums such as Moog Power and Mammy Blue.
Montenegro's electronic works were decisive and influential for the future generations of electronic musicians, giving a retro/futuristic edge by the use of the Moog synthesizer, and helped to push its popularity.[citation needed] He will be also remembered by his versions of classics such as Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
In the late 1970s severe emphysema put an end to his musical career, and he died of the disease in 1981.
Don't Leave Me
Hugo Montenegro Lyrics
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Way back
Back into time
No baby No baby No baby
No, no, no
If you take your love away from me
No baby No baby No baby
No, no, no
No baby No baby No baby
No, no, no
You've got your problems baby
And I've got mine
Let's just spend it all by putting it together, yeah
When you say you love me it don't mean a thing
If you care, you'll be there, like you used to be, yeah
I'm searching for the words to make you realize
That I really, really want you to stay, oh
Tears of frustration I hold inside
But if you walk away
You'll make this grown man cry
Don't leave
Don't leave me girl
Please stay with me tonight
Don't leave me girl
Please stay with me tonight
Forget my pride girl, I beg you
You're my heart, you're my soul
You've got so much control
My love runs deep within the ocean and sea
But if you sail away
You'll take a center piece of me
Don't leave
Don't leave me girl
Please stay with me tonight
Don't leave me girl
Please stay with me tonight
(No, Don't go)
Don't leave
Don't leave me girl
Please stay with me tonight
Don't leave me girl
Please stay with me tonight
Stay, stay, stay
Stay right here with me forever
Stay, stay, stay
Stay right here with me forever
If you take your love away from me
I'll go crazy, crazy, crazy, insane
If you take your love away from me
I'll go crazy, I'll go really crazy
If you take your love away from me
I'll go crazy, I'll go really crazy
Stay, stay, stay
Stay right here with me forever
Stay, stay, stay
Stay right here with me forever
No baby, no baby, no baby
The song "Don't Leave Me" by Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra is a love song that discusses the fear of being left behind by a loved one. It starts with the classic line "What we gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time," which suggests a longing for an earlier, simpler time. The repetition of "no baby" adds to the song's sense of desperation and pleading, emphasizing the singer's desperation and fear of being abandoned.
The lyrics go on to describe the problems that both the singer and their partner are facing but urge them to work together to overcome them, emphasizing the importance of being there for each other. The chorus, "Don't leave, don't leave me girl, please stay with me tonight," is a heartfelt plea for the partner to stay and not abandon the relationship.
The song's final verses make it clear that the singer is willing to do anything to keep their partner, admitting that they will go "crazy, crazy, crazy, insane" if their love were to leave them.
Overall, "Don't Leave Me" is a powerful ballad about the fear of being left behind and the desperate need for love and companionship.
Line by Line Meaning
What we gonna do right here is go back
Let's reminisce a bit and go back in time
Way back
Long time ago
Back into time
Travel back to the past
No baby No baby No baby
A plea to stay with the partner and not leave
If you take your love away from me
The fear of the partner's love fading away
I'll go crazy, I'll go insane
The realization of the madness that comes with a breakup
You've got your problems baby
Both partners have their issues
And I've got mine
Acknowledging personal faults
Let's just spend it all by putting it together, yeah
Facing obstacles together and working them out
When you say you love me it don't mean a thing
Words are not enough to show love; actions speak louder
If you care, you'll be there, like you used to be, yeah
If love still exists, then act like it and show up
I'm searching for the words to make you realize
Trying to communicate feelings effectively
That I really, really want you to stay, oh
Expressing the desire for the relationship to continue
Tears of frustration I hold inside
Emotional turmoil due to potential loss of relationship
But if you walk away
The hurt of a partner leaving
You'll make this grown man cry
Acknowledge how you would hurt the partner by leaving
Don't leave
A request to stay
Don't leave me girl
Asking specifically the girlfriend to stay
Please stay with me tonight
Wanting the partner to stay and not leave
Forget my pride girl, I beg you
A lack of ego where the beg for love is more important than pride
You're my heart, you're my soul
A heartfelt and honest confession of feelings
You've got so much control
The partner provides structure and meaning to their life
My love runs deep within the ocean and sea
Expressing the depth of love through analogies to the ocean and sea
But if you sail away
If the partner decides to leave, their absence would hurt deeply
You'll take a center piece of me
Losing a significant aspect of oneself after a loved one leaves
Stay, stay, stay
Desperate wish for the partner to stay, reiterating previous statements
Stay right here with me forever
A declaration of wanting the partner to remain always
If you take your love away from me
Repeating the fear of the partner's fading love
I'll go crazy, crazy, crazy, insane
Highlighting the potential madness that a breakup may cause
No baby
Asking the partner to stay
Stay, stay, stay
Reiterating the desire for them to remain
Stay right here with me forever
Insisting on a forever-lasting bond
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Written by: Karen Lynn Anderson, Chauncey Andrae Hannibal, Roosevelt Harrell, Etterlene Jordan, Teddy Riley
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Turkeyhome
Love it to pieces!! fantastic arrangements.
SID from Australia
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS UP!!! Thank you thank you. I have the LP record but no record player. This music is so cool compared to today's trash. Couldn't find it on any mp3 searchers, google, etc.. and you put up the full album on youtube! Thanks
19Chuck80
one of my fave songs from this album
chester arthur french
he did the theme for I dream of Jeannie and bewitched. i love this sooo much
Chuck Diesel Kicks & disks
chester arthur french didn't know that! Cool
Marry Jane brothers
nice song :) gave it a 5star :P
SID from Australia
Actually, where is the rest of the album? Put up Dizzy PLEASE!!!!
LUIS GONZALEZ MUÑOZ
search with ARES.