Vivo Sonhando
{{short description|1962 bossa nova song by Antônio Carlos Jobim}}
"Vivo Sonhando" (a.k.a. "Dreamer", translated literally as "I Live Dreaming") is a bossa nova song from 1962 with words and music by Antônio Carlos Jobim.{{cite web |url=http://www.jobim.org/jobim/handle/2010/4582 |title= Vivo sonhando. Author's manuscript, annotated.| last=Jobim |first= Antônio Carlos |publisher= Instituto Antônio Carlos Jobim, Manuscripts Collection | date=1962|access-date=2017-11-27}} English lyrics were added later by Gene Lees.
In 1990, for a Brazilian album project, Susannah McCorkle received permission from Jobim to compose new lyrics in English, entitling her version, "Living on Dreams."{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |title= The Pop Life |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/12/arts/the-pop-life-025390.html |work=The New York Times |date=12 December 1990 |location=New York |access-date=2017-11-27}}
The first recording of "Vivo Sonhando" was by Os Cariocas in 1963.{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/work/64629|title=Original versions of Vivo Sonhando written by Antônio Carlos Jobim|website=SecondHandSongs.com |date= |accessdate=2017-11-29}} Jobim recorded an instrumental version the same year for his debut album, The Composer of Desafinado Plays, and recorded a vocal version in English on his 1980 album, Terra Brasilis.
Recorded versions
- Os Cariocas - Mais Bossa Com Os Cariocas (1963)
- Antônio Carlos Jobim - The Composer of Desafinado Plays (1963), Terra Brasilis (1980)
- Marcos Valle - Samba "Demais" (1963)
- Leny Andrade - A Arte Maior de Leny Andrade (1963)
- Eumir Deodato – Inútil Paisagem – As Maiores Composições de Antonio Carlos Jobim (1964)
- Stan Getz & João Gilberto (with Jobim) – Getz/Gilberto (1964)
- Sergio Mendes & Art Farmer (with Jobim) – The Swinger from Rio
- Dick Farney – Dick Farney (1965)
- Wanda Sá - Wanda Vagamente (1964), Softly (1965)
- Sylvia Telles - Bossa Session: Sylvia Telles, Lúcio Alves, Roberto Menescal e Seu Conjunto (1964), The Music of Mr. Jobim (1966)
- Dom Um Romão – Dom Um (1964)
- Astrud Gilberto (with Jobim) - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
- Walter Wanderley – O Autêntico Walter Wanderley (1965)
- Billy Eckstine – Momento Brasileiro (1979)
- Sarah Vaughan – Copacabana (1979)
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Abraça Jobim (1981)
- Susannah McCorkle – Sabia (1990)
- Joe Henderson - Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1995)
- João Donato - Só danço samba (1999)
- Ivan Lins - Jobiniando (2001)
- Jaques Morelenbaum, Paula Morelenbaum, and Ryuichi Sakamoto - Morelenbaum 2/Sakamoto: Casa (2001)
- Jim Tomlinson - Brazilian Sketches (2003)
- Eliane Elias - Dreamer (2004)
- Stacey Kent – Dreamer In Concert (2011)
- Bebel Gilberto – Tudo (2014)
- Vinicius Cantuária – Vinicius Canta Antonio Carlos Jobim (2015)