Queen of Songs

Queen of Songs is a studio album by Filipino singer-actress Nora Aunor released in 1972 by Alpha Records Corporation in the Philippines in LP format[1] and later released in 1999 in a compilation/ cd format.[2] it contains 12 tracks consisting of mainly cover versions of Connie Francis (Everybody's Somebody's Fool and Who's Sorry Now), Carole King (Sweet Seasons) and Petula Clark (You and I and Love Me With All Your Heart). She also ventured into singing foreign language tunes in Spanish (Lo Siento Mucho) and in Japanese (Here's My Happiness). The latter was originally sung by Teddy Tanaka and covered also famously by Nora Aunor's sometime singing partner Eddie Peregrina. The Irving Berlin penned Sayonara from the 1957 film of the same name, while Japanese in theme, is fully in English. On the other hand, Love Me With All Your Heart, was originally a Spanish song, Cuando calienta el sol. The same can be said of The Wedding which was originally a Spanish tune named La Novia (the Bride).

Queen of Songs
Studio album by
Released1972
GenreTraditional pop, classic pop
LanguageEnglish
LabelAlpha Records Corporation (Philippines)
Nora Aunor chronology
Mga Awiting Pilipino
(1972)
Queen of Songs
(1972)
Mga Awitin ng Puso
(1972)
Singles from Queen of Songs
  1. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"
  2. "I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing"
  3. "Sweet Seasons"
  4. "The Wedding"
  5. "You and I"
  6. "Lo Siento Mucho"
  7. "A Poor Man's Roses"
  8. "Love Me with All Your Heart"
  9. "Sayonara"
  10. "Who's Sorry Now?"

The extended version of Nora Aunor's famous Coca-Cola commercial, I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing is also included here.

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Poor Man's Roses"Bob Hilliard, Milton De Lugg03:29
2."You and I"L Bricuse03:19
3."The Wedding"J. Prieto, F. Jay02:32
4."Sayonara"I. Berlin03:48
5."Lo Siento Mucho"T. Grooms02:13
6."Love Me with All Your Heart"C & M Regual, T. Stern02:19

Side two

Album credits

Musical Arranger

  • Doming Valdez

Recording Supervisor

  • Gil Cruz

Recorded At

  • CAI Studios

Original Cover Design

  • Rudy Retanan

See also

References

  1. "Queen of Songs Album". Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  2. "Alpha Records OPM Hits". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
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