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Sérgio Santos Mendes (born Niteroi, 11 February 1941) is a Brazilian musician. Born the son of a physician in Niteroi, Brazil, Mendes attended the local conservatory with hopes of becoming a classical pianist. As his interest in jazz grew, he started playing in nightclubs in the late-1950s just as bossa nova, a jazz-inflected derivative of samba, was taking off. Mendes played with Antonio Carlos Jobim (regarded as a mentor), and many U.S. jazz musicians who toured Brazil.

Mendes formed the Sexteto Bossa Rio and recorded Dance Moderno in 1961. Touring Europe and the United States, Mendes recorded albums with Cannonball Adderly and Herbie Mann and played Carnegie Hall. Mendes moved to the U.S. in 1964 and cut two albums under the Brasil '65 group name with Capitol Records and Atlantic Records. When sales were tepid, he replaced his Brazilian born vocalist Wanda Sa with the distinctive voice of Chicago native Lani Hall (who learned Mendes' Portuguese material phonetically) and switched to Herb Alpert's A&M label and released Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66. (Hall would later marry Alpert). The album ultimately went platinum based largely upon the success of the single Mas Que Nada and the personal support of Alpert, with whom Mendes toured regularly. Though his early singles with Brasil '66 (most notably Mas Que Nada) met with some success, Mendes really burst into mainstream prominence when he performed the Oscar nominated Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "The Look of Love" on the Academy Awards telecast in March 1968. Brasil '66's version of the song quickly shot into the top 10, eclipsing Dusty Springfield's version from the soundtrack of the movie, and Mendes spent the rest of 1968 enjoying consecutive top 10 and top 20 hits with his follow-up singles, "The Fool on the Hill" and "Scarborough Fair." Though he continued to enjoy adult contemporary chart successes with Brasil '66 through 1971, he would not experience the mainstream chart hits he enjoyed in 1968 until his comeback album in 1983 generated the biggest single of his career, "Never Gonna Let You Go." However, from 1968 on, Mendes was arguably the biggest Brazilian star in the world, enjoying immense popularity worldwide and performing in venues as varied as stadium arenas and the White House, where he gave concerts for both President Johnson and President Nixon.

Mendes' career in the U.S. stalled in the mid-70s, but he remained very popular in South America and Japan. (This disparity became a Seinfeld in-joke.) His two albums with Bell Records in 1973 and 1974, followed by several for Elektra from 1975 on, found Mendes continuing to mine the best in American pop music and post-Bossa writers of his native Brazil, while forging new directions in soul with collaborators like Stevie Wonder, who wrote Mendes' R&B-inflected minor hit, "The Real Thing." In 1983, he rejoined Alpert's A&M records and enjoyed huge success with a self-titled album and several follow-up albums, all of which received considerable adult contemporary airplay with charting singles. By the time Mendes released his Grammy-winning Elektra album Brasileiro in 1992, he was the undisputed master of pop-inflected Brazilian jazz. The late-1990s lounge music revival brought retrospection and respect to Mendes' oeuvre, particularly the classic Brasil '66 albums. He has released over thirty-five albums, and still plays his bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. His newest album, Timeless released in 2006, featured Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas, Q-Tip, Justin Timberlake, and Pharoahe Monch.

(Text taken in whole from the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Mendes on March 30, 2006)

Morning In Rio
Sergio Mendes Lyrics

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It's three o'clock in the morning
We've danced the whole night through
And daylight soon will be dawning
Just one more waltz with you
That melody so entrancing
Seems to be made for us two
I could just keep on dancing forever dear with you

There goes the three o'clock chime, chiming, rhyming
My heart keeps beating in time
Sounds like an old sweet love tune
Say that there soon will be a honeymoon

It's three o'clock in the morning
We've danced the whole night through
And daylight soon will be dawning
Just one more waltz with you
That melody so entrancing

Seems to be made for us two
I could just keep on dancing forever dear with you

Overall Meaning

The song "It's Three O'Clock in the Morning" by Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 is a romantic ballad that tells the story of a couple who has spent the entire night dancing and wants to continue dancing until the daylight breaks. The lyrics speak of the couple's love and how the music seems to be made just for them. It's a beautiful and emotional song that captures the feeling of being lost in the moment with someone you love.

The melody of the song is very simple yet it's very captivating. The lyrics are easy to understand but full of meaning. The song's pacing is just right, with the opening verse setting the scene for the rest of the song. The tempo is moderate, which makes the song relaxing and easy to listen to.

Interestingly, "It's Three O'Clock in the Morning" has been covered by many musicians over the years. This song has been recorded by Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, and even Elvis Presley. The song is considered a standard in the jazz genre and continues to be popular today.

Line by Line Meaning

It's three o'clock in the morning
It's very late at night.

We've danced the whole night through
We've been dancing for a long time.

And daylight soon will be dawning
The sun will come up soon.

Just one more waltz with you
Let's dance one more dance together.

That melody so entrancing
The music is very captivating.

Seems to be made for us two
It feels like the music was written for us to dance to.

I could just keep on dancing forever dear with you
I enjoy dancing with you so much that I could do it forever.

There goes the three o'clock chime, chiming, rhyming
The clock is ringing to signify the time.

My heart keeps beating in time
My heart is in sync with the music and the rhythm.

Sounds like an old sweet love tune
The music sounds like a romantic song from the past.

Say that there soon will be a honeymoon
It feels like we are about to embark on a new romantic journey together.

Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JULIAN ROBLEDO, DOROTHY TERRISS

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