Vivo Sonhando

"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.^[1] 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."^[2]

The first recording of "Vivo Sonhando" was by Os Cariocas in 1963.^[3] 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)

References

1. Jobim, Antônio Carlos (1962). "Vivo sonhando. Author's manuscript, annotated". Instituto Antônio Carlos Jobim, Manuscripts Collection. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
2. Holden, Stephen (12 December 1990). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
3. "Original versions of Vivo Sonhando written by Antônio Carlos Jobim". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.