Gracie Rivera 利慧詩
Gracie Rivera 是於七十年代中期,繼Teresa Carpio(杜麗莎 )後,能成功在香港建立了知名度另一位菲藉女歌手。
筆者沒有Gracie的詳细個人資料,只記得她最初是憑翻唱Mary MacGregor原唱的"Torn Between Lovers"後才為當時的本地樂迷認識, 跟着又翻唱了法藉女歌手Marie Myriam在1977年全歐歌唱大賽的冠軍歌曲"The Bird And The Child" ("L'Oiseau Et L'Enfant"),收錄這曲的LP《Gracie Rivera》在EMI推出市場及經電台熱播後,迅即登上當年的每週西洋流行曲榜首,而該LP的銷量更獲1978年度本地IFPI頒發的金唱片獎。其它在她當红時期灌錄的受歡迎"翻唱"歌曲,記憶中還有"You Light Up My Life"、"Don't Cry For Me Argentina"、"All You Get From Love Is A Love Song"等。
自1977年至1979年,Gracie Rivera為EMI灌唱的LP如下:
Gracie (1977/EMGS-6012)
Side One
- Torn Between Two Lovers (Phillip Jarrell.Peter Yarrow)
- Fairy Tale (Paul Greedus)
- Amazing Grace (John Newton)
- Morning Of My Life (Barry Gibb)
- Somebody Waiting (Roger Nichols.Paul Williams)
- Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)
- The Music Of Love (Harlan Sanders)
- It's Time (Gracie Rivera)
- Fly Away (John Denver)
- Eres Tu (Juan Carlos Calderon.Mike Hawker)
- Like A Sad Song (John Denver)
- I Am A Rock (Paul Simon)
"Amazing Grace"Youtube版本﹕
"Somebody Waiting"Youtube版本﹕
"The Music of Love"Youtube版本﹕
"It's Time"Youtube版本﹕
"Eres Tu"Youtube版本﹕
Gracie Rivera (1977/EMGS-6022)
Side One
- The Bird And The Child (Jean-Paul Cara.Joe Gracy.H. Banks)
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Andrew Lloyd Webber.Tim Rice)
- All You Get From Love Is A Love Song (Steve Eaton)
- I Got A Name (Norman Gimbel.Charles Fox)
- Where Do I Go From Here (Parker McGee)
- Catch The Wind (Leitch Donovan)
- House Of The Rising Sun
Side Two
- Angel Of The Morning (Chip Taylor)
- Summer Breeze (Dash Crofts.Jim Seals)
- When I Need You (Albert Hammond.Carole Bayer Sager)
- Just A Dream (Gracie Rivera)
- Take My Hand For A While (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
- I Don't Want To Talk About It (Danny Whitten)
- Lo Siento Mi Vida (Linda Ronstadt.Kenny Edwards.Gilbert Ronstadt)
"Take My Hand For A While"試聽版﹕
"Lo Siento Mi Vida"2分01秒試聽版﹕
16 Motion Picture Greats For You (1977/SPR 1001)
"Morning Of My Life"Youtube版本﹕
Hit Sounds Vol. 7 (1977/EMGS-6011)
Hit Sounds Vol. 8 (1977/EMGS-6018)
- Torn Between Two Lovers (Phillip Jarrell.Peter Yarrow)
- Streets Of London (Ralph McTell)
Side One
- New Days.....New Ways (Steve Fenwick.Charles Rockliff)
- You Light Up My Life 【Theme From Movie ﹝You Light Up My Life﹞】 (Joe Brooks)
- Please Tell Him That I Said Hello (Mike Dibbens.Peter Shepstone)
- We're All Alone (Boz Scaggs)
- You Give Me Those Feelings (Lynsey de Paul)
- Baby Don't Be Givin' Me Up (Dennis Lambert.Brian Potter)
- Never Have To Say Goodbye Again (Jeffery Commanor)
- Pag-Ibig Mo Langit Ko
- Who Was It Stole Your Heart Away (Barbara Dickson)
- Never Let Him Go (David Gates)
- There's Nothin' You Can Do To Change My Mind (Geoff Stephens.Eddie Seago)
- I Just Want To Love You (Randy Sharp)
- You Are A Song (Jim Weatherly)
- Country Road (Bill Danoff.John Denver .Taffy Nivert)
- Adoro (Armando Manzanero)
"We're All Alone"Youtube版本﹕
"Pag-Ibig Mo Langit Ko"Youtube版本﹕
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying (1978/EMGS-6036)
Side One
- If You Go Away (Jacques Brel.Rod McKuen)
- Songbird (David Wolfert.Steve Nelson)
- Ready For The Times To Get Better (Allen Reynolds)
- It's Killing Me (Perry Martin)
- Isn't It Always Love (Karla Bonoff)
- Thank You For Being A Friend (Andrew Gold)
- Before My Heart Finds Out (Randy Goodrum)
- Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Jackie DeShannon.Jimmy Holiday.Randy Meyers)
- To Know Him Is To Love Him (Phil Spector)
- Yours Sincerely (Chris Arnold.David Martin.Geoff Morrow)
- Reach Out For The One Who Loves You (P. Hawkins)
- I'll Play For You (Dash Crofts.Jim Seals)
- A Rock And Roll Song (Joe Brooks)
- Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Les Chadwick.Les Maguire.Freddie Marsden.Gerry Marsden)
Star Hits (1978/EMGS-6028)
Side One
- When A Child Is Born (Ciro Dammicco (Zacar).Fred Jay)
- The Bird And The Child (Jean-Paul Cara.Joe Gracy.H. Banks)
- You Light Up My Life 【Theme From Movie ﹝You Light Up My Life﹞】 (Joe Brooks)
- Blue Bayou (Joe Melson.Roy Orbison)

- Take A Chance On Me (Benny Andersson.Björn Ulvaeus)
- If I Can't Have You (Barry, Maurice & Robin Gibb)
EMI Star Hits Volume 3 (1978/EMGS-6046)
- Songbird (David Wolfert.Steve Nelson)
- Last Dance (Paul Jabara)
Side One
- We're Home Again (Hal Shaper.Jerry Goldsmith)
- I've Been There (Gracie Rivera)
- You To Me Are Everything (Ken Gold.Micky Denne)
- You Make Me Fell (Mighty Real) (Sylvester.James Wirrick)
- Falling (Lenny LeBlanc.Eddie Struzick)
- Born Winner (Mark Charron)
- Bish's Hideaway (Stephen Bishop)
- Woman In Love (Dominic Bugatti.Frank Musker)
- Make A Little Love (L. Hiller.M. Hiller.I. Cohen)
- Honey I'm Lost (Ben Findon.Mike Myers)
- Shake It (Terence Boylan)
- Reminiscing (Graham Goble)
第 2 屆香港金唱片頌獎典禮中,由已故的著名電台DJ陳任(Joe Chen)頌授與Gracie Rivers金唱片之Youtube版本短片:
Labels: Gracie Rivera. 利慧詩
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我一直想找她唱過的"The Lord's Prayer" (如果沒有記錯的話,也可能是另一位在香港打出名堂的東南亞女歌手,好像是星架坡的),因為那是極不流行的Caribbean style, 卻剛好是我讀中學時校內聖詩集的版本,(當然她稍改為帶點西方民歌風格)相對其他在教會和藝術歌唱界流行的版本,輕快悅耳得多.網上很難找到.
如果你有,可否放上網分享 ?
Dear edwin,
多謝你的光臨!
記憶中,Gracie Rivera並沒有灌唱過The Lord's Prayer這歌。而在七十年代時期曾灌唱該歌的本地歌手,應是Esther Chan陳懿德。
本人於2007年2月曾在本網誌內有一篇Esther Chan陳懿德的報導文章,連結如下:
http://macaenese5354.blogspot.com/2007/02/esther-chan.html
Hi! Macaenese5354
在你的網頁裏,看到Gracie Rivera(The bird and the child)大碟封面,勾起了我年少時的回憶.
請問如何可才能夠重溫大碟裏面所有歌曲呢?
特別是Take my hand for a while
dearjohn﹕
已把"Take My Hand For A While"這歌曲的試聽版播放器放上了。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHyUYsbpwTk
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