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1. A Brazilian MPB singer and songwriter
2. A Grammy-nominated American jazz singer
1. Maysa Figueira Monjardim Matarazzo (June 6, 1936, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – January 22, 1977, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), better known as Maysa Matarazzo or simply Maysa, was a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress, being one of the first female songwriters of Brazil and one of the precursors of the genre samba-canção. She had great success in the 1950s and 1960s, known especially for her pessimistic, hopeless, melancholic and dramatic lyrics and interpretations, very characteristic of her image and career. She is also associated with bossa nova music, but is widely known as a torch song (música de fossa) interpreter.
Maysa's grandfather was Alfeu Adolfo Monjardim de Andrade e Almeida, the 1st Baron of Monjardim, and wife Laurinda Luísa Pinto Pereira. Maysa showed talent at a young age and by twelve had written a samba song, which later became a hit from her first album. She married André Matarazzo Filho, a member of a wealthy and traditional São Paulo family in 1954 at the age of 18 and two years later had a son, Jayme Monjardim. Jayme would later be known as a television director. In the late 1950s she formed a successful bossa nova group and also did television work relying on her magnificent pair of gorgeous green eyes.
Her tour to Buenos Aires first projected bossa nova beyond Brazil's borders but was not without controversy. The tour was a great success and extended to Chile and Uruguay, but Maysa had an affair with the show's producer, Ronaldo Bôscoli, a journalist and composer linked romantically to bossa nova's muse Nara Leão. This led not only to a break between Nara and Ronaldo, but also to a fracture in the bossa nova movement. Nara supported Carlos Lyra's nationalist vertent of the bossa nova movement, to the detriment of Boscoli's more orthodox approach, emphasizing form rather than content in bossa nova compositions. Nara also began courting older composers of traditional sambas, such as morro composers Zé Kéti and Cartola. She also became an idol of the protest song genre against the military dictatorship in Brazil. Nara's pocket show "Opinião" marked the start of a series of protest musical shows, which both in Rio and São Paulo distracted the public from the main themes of "the love, the smile and the flower", typical of the bossa nova years. So Maysa became "persona non grata" both to the bossa-novistas and the protest singers and her career faltered. She reacted by marrying Spaniard music producer Miguel Anzana, with whom she moved to Spain and began a series of presentations not only in Spain, but also Portugal, Italy and France.
Her personal life, already tumultuous, became even more chaotic leading to her being called "the Janis Joplin of Bossa Nova". But she later made a come back with one of the first notable shows in Rio's "Canecão" venue, the equivalent of Carnegie Hall in NYC. Maysa also played the Olympia in Paris to a full house twice and enjoyed considerable success in Europe. She is still considered the best Brazilian "torch song" (fossa) musician, rivaled only perhaps by Nora Ney as interpreter and Dolores Duran as composer. Upon her return to Brazil, Maysa continued to blend her old unique "broken love affair" trademarks with the more current festival style and occasional bossa nova hits. In the 1970s Maysa tapped her actress side and acted on a few telenovelas in Brazil. She also composed the soundtrack for a Rede Globo telenova just as the TV network became the powerhouse of Brazilian soap operas. She appeared more in peace with herself in latter years but died in a car crash in 1977, on the Rio-Niterói bridge, which connects the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói over the Guanabara Bay.
In January 2009, 32 years after her death, a miniseries about her life was broadcast on Brazilian television and spanned two new books about one of Brazil's most charismatic divas. Maysa's style influenced the following generations of Brazilian female singers and composers, with great ascendancy in the works of Angela Ro Ro, Simone, Cazuza, Leila Pinheiro and Fafá de Belém.
2. Maysa Leak (born August 17, 1966) is an American jazz singer better known by her mononym Maysa. She is well known by fans of smooth jazz both for her solo work and for her work with the British band Incognito.
After receiving her degree from Morgan State University, Maysa headed to Southern California to perform with Stevie Wonder’s female backup group Wonderlove, While with Wonder, Maysa was a vocalist on the Jungle Fever soundtrack and performed on numerous television shows including The Arsenio Hall Show, Oprah and The Tonight Show.
It was during an over-the-telephone audition in the early 90s, that Maysa become a member of the acclaimed British jazz/funk/R&B band Incognito and in 1992 she relocated to London and recorded Tribes, Vibes & Scribes, featuring the hit single "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing." Since then, Maysa has appeared on over seven Incognito recordings.
Maysa recorded her self-titled debut in 1995, followed by her second album All My Life in 2000, Out of The Blue in 2002, Smooth Sailing in 2004, Sweet Classic Soul in 2006, and now Feel The Fire, 2007. In 2008, Metamorphosis peaked at No.1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz top 100 chart and no.13 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In 2010, "A Woman in Love", Maysa 8th Solo cd debuted at No.1 on the Contemporary Jazz Charts. Maysa's 9th solo album,Motions of Love, released in November 2011, debuted at No. 1 on Billboards Contemporary Jazz Charts and Number 7 on the R&B charts.
Maysa has also collaborated with well-known jazz performers like Gerald Veasley, Rick Braun, Will Downing, Jason Miles' Soul Summit, Rhythm Logic, Jonathan Butler and Pieces of a Dream.
In 2009, Maysa won the very first new Soul Train Award named for the brand's new owners, CENTRIC. The Cenric Award : Soul Approved /Underground.
Maysa Leak was a spokesperson for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a disease that can be fatal to premature babies. She appears in RSV PSA commercials, with her son Jazz, sponsored for the March of Dimes.
In 2013, Maysa received her first Grammy nomination in the "Best Traditional R&B Performance" award category for the song "Quiet Fire" from her album Blue Velvet Soul.
Wishing On A Star
Maysa Lyrics
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To follow where you are
I'm wishing on a dream
To follow what it means
I'm wishing on a star to follow where you are
I'm wishing on a dream to follow what it means
And i wish on all the rainbows that i see
I wish on all the people who really dream
And i'm wishing on all the loving we've never done
I never thought i'd see
A time when you would be
So far away from home so far away from me
Just think of all the moments that we'd spent
I just can't let you go from me you were meant
And i didn't mean to hurt you but i know
That in the game of love you reap what you sow
I feel it's time we should make up baby
I feel it's time for us to get back together
And make the best of things oh baby
When we're together whether or never
I feel it's time we should make up baby
I feel it's time for us to get back together
And make the best of things oh baby
When we're together whether or never
I'm wishing on a star
To follow where you are
I'm wishing on a dream
To follow what it means
And i wish on all the rainbows that i see
And i wish on all the people we've ever been
And i'm hoping on all the days to come and days to go
And i'm hoping on days of loving you so
I'm wishing on a star
I'm wishing on all the rainbows that i see
I'm wishing on a star star star
The lyrics of "Wishing on a Star" by Maysa Leak is a melancholic and nostalgic song about longing for and missing someone. The song opens with the singer admitting that she wishes upon a star to follow her loved one wherever they may be. She also wishes upon her dreams, hoping to follow its meaning, which may bring her closer to her loved one. Throughout the song, she expresses her wish to be reunited with her loved one and make up for lost time. She wishes on rainbows and people who genuinely dream, emphasizing the hopefulness of their reunification. However, she also acknowledges that there are no guarantees in life and that she is hoping for something that may never come true.
The lyrics also suggest that the singer may have caused the rift between her and her loved one. She didn't mean to hurt them, but she knows that in the game of love, you reap what you sow. Despite the hurt and separation they have experienced, the singer is still hopeful that they can reconnect and make up for lost time. The chorus repeats the same lines of wishing on a star and rainbows, emphasizing her undying hope and yearning for her loved one's return.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm wishing on a star
I'm hoping for a positive outcome or result, and I'm relying on a celestial body to bring me closer to that outcome.
To follow where you are
I want to be with you, wherever you may be, and I'm using this wish to help achieve that.
I'm wishing on a dream
I have a hope or desire, and I'm relying on a metaphorical dream to help me obtain that hope or desire.
To follow what it means
I'm relying on my understanding of that dream to guide my actions and decisions toward achieving my hope or desire.
And i wish on all the rainbows that i see
I'm hoping for positive outcomes whenever I see a rainbow, which is a symbol of hope and promise.
I wish on all the people who really dream
I hope for positive outcomes for others who have aspirations and goals, and I'm using this wish to help them achieve those things.
And i'm wishing on tomorrow praying never comes
I hope for a future in which negative events don't occur, which is why I'm wishing that tomorrow never arrives.
And i'm wishing on all the loving we've never done
I have a desire for more love and affection from you, and I'm using this wish to help us achieve that.
I never thought i'd see
I never imagined or expected to experience this situation or feeling.
A time when you would be
I never thought there would come a time when you would be in a certain condition or location.
So far away from home so far away from me
You are physically distant from both your dwelling place and from me, and it's causing me emotional pain.
Just think of all the moments that we'd spent
I want you to reflect on and recognize all of the shared experiences and memories we have accumulated over time.
I just can't let you go from me you were meant
I don't want to lose you, because I believe that we're supposed to be together.
And i didn't mean to hurt you but i know
I didn't intend to cause you any harm, but I realize now that my actions or words may have hurt you.
That in the game of love you reap what you sow
The actions and decisions you make in a romantic relationship have consequences, which may be positive or negative depending on your choices.
I feel it's time we should make up baby
I believe that we should forgive each other and reconcile whatever issues caused our separation.
I feel it's time for us to get back together
I believe that we should rekindle our romantic relationship and continue our lives together.
And make the best of things oh baby
I believe that we should make the most out of our time together, and create the best version of our lives and relationship.
When we're together whether or never
Whether we are together in the future or not, I will always feel this way about you and our relationship.
And i'm hoping on all the days to come and days to go
I'm optimistic about our future together, and I'm looking forward to spending all of our days together.
And i'm hoping on days of loving you so
I'm looking forward to experiencing love and affection for you every day, and I'm hoping that you feel the same way about me.
I'm wishing on a star star star
I'm hoping that my wishes come true, and I'm relying on the power of celestial bodies to help me achieve my desired outcomes.
Writer(s): B. CALVIN
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