Sarah Vaughan - Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) Mercury Records 1964

"Corcovado" (known in English as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars") is a bossa nova song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. The English lyrics were written by Gene Lees. The US chart version was sung by Andy Williams. The title refers to the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro. Sarah's accompanied by Jerome Richardson (flute), Wayne Andre (trombone), Dick Hixson (bass trombone), Bernard Eichen (violin), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Bob James (piano), Willie Bobo (percussion), Bobby Donaldson (drums), George Duvivier (double bass), and Frank Foster (arranger, conductor). Recorded in New York City, August 15, 1964. (Mercury Records) Quiet nights of quiet stars Quiet chords from your guitar Floating on the silence that surrounds us Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams Quiet walks by quiet streams And the window that looks out On the mountains and the sea, how lovely This is where I want to be Here with you so close to me Until the final flicker of life's ember I, who was lost and lonely Believing life was only a bitter, tragic joke Have found with you The meaning of existence, oh, my love Quiet nights of quiet stars Quiet chords from your guitar Floating on the silence that surrounds us Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams Quiet walks by quiet streams And the window that looks out On the mountains and the sea This is where I want to be Here with you so close to me Until the final flicker of life's ember I, who was lost and lonely Believing life was only a bitter, tragic joke Have found with you The meaning of existence, oh, my love The meaning of existence, oh, my love I love the quiet nights and the quiet stars