Maurício Alberto Kaisermann (born 7 September 1951), better known by his stage name Morris Albert, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter best known for his 1974 single "
Feelings
Feelings are subjective self-contained phenomenal experiences. According to the ''APA Dictionary of Psychology'', a feeling is "a self-contained phenomenal experience"; and feelings are "subjective, evaluative, and independent of the sensations ...
".
Biography
Albert was born into an Austrian immigrant family. At the beginning of his musical career, he was a member of several bands as a singer and guitarist After the success of the first single "Feel the Sunshine", he recorded his debut album in 1974 under the title ''Feelings'', which reached No. 1 in his homeland and stayed on the charts for half a year. The single "
Feelings
Feelings are subjective self-contained phenomenal experiences. According to the ''APA Dictionary of Psychology'', a feeling is "a self-contained phenomenal experience"; and feelings are "subjective, evaluative, and independent of the sensations ...
" was a
soft rock
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hit song
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and made Albert a
one-hit wonder
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. The
ballad
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reached the top ten
U.S. ''Billboard'' charts in the summer of 1975 and sold more than 1 million copies, and was awarded a
gold disc
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by the
RIAA
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on 13 November 1975.
Feelings made Albert sell more than 160 million records (including singles, albums and compilations) worldwide.Also in 1975 Albert successfully recorded the single “Leave me” in the United States. He won 43 gold and 17 platinum albums.
In 1978 in the United States, he recorded another hit, "She's My Girl", among several other of his compositions.
Albert has four sons from three relationships
and currently lives in Italy with his family.
"Feelings" controversy
"Feelings" was based on a melody composed by French songwriter
Loulou Gasté
Louis "Loulou" Gasté (18 March 1908 – 8 January 1995) was a French composer of songs.
Life
Louis Gasté was born in Paris in 1908. In his fifty-year career, he composed approximately 1,200 songs, ten of which were internationally successfu ...
. Albert originally claimed the melody as his own, but was later successfully sued by Gasté in 1988, for stealing of intellectual property. Morris was defended by William Sheffield in Gaste's lawsuit. Gasté received approximately 1/2 million dollars US for the plagiarism lawsuit over his melody in the 1957 French movie soundtrack of "Le feu aux poudres".
Discography
Albums
*1974 - After We've Left Each Other''
* 1975 - En Castellano!
* 1976 - Morris Albert
*1977 - Love and Life
*1978 - Ubaldo Continiello, Morris Albert - Feeling Love (L'ultimo Sapore Dell'aria)
*1979 - Once Upon a Man
*1981 - Solitude
*1983 - Beginnings
*1984 - Feelings
* 1984 - Very Alive - Again
* 1987 - Back To Love
* 1990 - Feelings
*1996 - Sentimientos
*1999 - Lover
*2003 - Moods
*2004 - Cuore
* 2006 - Live & Forever
* 2011 - Feelings Of Love
Sources:
[ Charts & Awardsat ]AllMusic
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Singles and EPs
*1972 - Feel the Sunshine/Good Morning Mr.Sun
*1973 - The Throat
*1973 - Shalom My Israel/The Man from Nazareth
*1973 - The Throat (Single)
*1974 - Feelings
* 1974 - Sentimientos
* 1974 - Sentimientos / Gitana
* 1974 - Woman / Where Is The Love Of The World
*1974 -
Feelings
Feelings are subjective self-contained phenomenal experiences. According to the ''APA Dictionary of Psychology'', a feeling is "a self-contained phenomenal experience"; and feelings are "subjective, evaluative, and independent of the sensations ...
" –
US #6;
US AC #2;
UK #4,
SA #5,
AU #5,
NZ #4,
*1975 - Leave Me
*1975: "
Sweet Loving Man" – U.S. No. 93, Easy Listening #15; Canada #83, AC #17
* 1975 - Dime/Cristina
* 1975 - Sweet Loving Man / Christine
* 1975 - Signor Censore/Feelings
*1976 - She's My Girl
*1976 - Memories
* 1976 - Primer Lugar Del Festival De Mallorca 1976. Seras = So Nice / Por Ultima Vez = If Only She'd Say...
* 1976 - Ella Es Mi Chica / Todos Aman A Alguien
* 1976 - Woman / Where Is The Love Of The World
* 1976 - Leave Me/Vieni
*1977 - So Nice
*1977 - Conversation
*1977: "Someone, Somehow"
*1977 - Conversation
* 1977 - Midnight/Part Of Me
* 1977 - Conversation/Mornings
* 1977 - Morris Albert
* 1978 - フィーリングラブ = Feeling Love
* 1979 - Angel Lady/Once Upon A Man
* 1981 - Manila Nights
*1982 - Do You Miss Me
* 1983 - Feelings
* 1983 - I Look At The Sun
* 1983 - Feelings/Natural High
* 1983 - Dahil Sa Iyo/Because Of You
*2003 - Empty View
*2004 - Cuore (with
Mietta
Daniela Miglietta (born 12 November 1969 in Taranto, Italy) is an Italian singer, actress and novelist. She has released 11 albums in total.
Biography
In 1988 she took part in the Sanremo Music Festival in the ''New comers'' category with '' ...
)
* Unknown - Feelings/Forever
* Unknown - If We Believe
*Unknown - Lisa Martine, Morris Albert, Linda Hargrove, Larry Fox – Lisa Martine
Compilations
* 1979 - Feelings
* 1991 - Seleção De Ouro
* 1993 - L'Album D'Or
* 1993 - Feelings
* 1998 - Feelings
* 2004 - Feelings
[https://www.discogs.com/pt_BR/release/9153095-Morris-Albert-Feelings]
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See also
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List of one-hit wonders on the UK Singles Chart
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List of one-hit wonders in the United States
A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit. The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes (such as "Take on Me" by A-h ...
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List of performers on Top of the Pops
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This list of performers on ''Top of the Pops'' includes popular music recording artists and musical ensembles who have performed on ''Top of the Pops'', a weekly BBC television programme that featured artists from the UK Singles Char ...
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I Love the '70s (U.S. TV series)
References
External links
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Morris Albert- Discogs
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1951 births
Living people
Brazilian songwriters
20th-century Brazilian male singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
Brazilian people of Austrian descent
English-language singers from Brazil
Singers from São Paulo
Soft rock musicians