Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) (song)

"Corcovado" (known in English as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars") is a bossa nova song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim in 1960. An English lyric was later written by Gene Lees. The Portuguese title refers to the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro. Andy Williams recorded the song with English lyrics, reaching #92 in the Billboard Hot 100 and #18 in the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in 1965.

Notable recordings
It is now considered a jazz standard, having been recorded by:


 * João Gilberto - O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor (1960)
 * Cannonball Adderley and Sérgio Mendes - Cannonball's Bossa Nova (1962)
 * Miles Davis - Quiet Nights (1962)
 * Stan Getz, Antônio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1963)
 * Charlie Byrd - Brazilian Byrd (1964)
 * Vince Guaraldi-"The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi" (1964)
 * Caterina Valente - Valente on TV (1964)
 * Morgana King - on TV at Hollywood Palace (1964)
 * Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests (1964)
 * Sérgio Mendes - Sergio Mendes & Bossa Rio (1964)
 * Cliff Richard - Kinda Latin (1966)
 * Earl Grant - Bali Ha'i (1966)
 * Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
 * Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me (1967)
 * Mary Wilson - The Supremes Live! In Japan (1973)
 * Elis Regina and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Elis & Tom (1974)
 * Rita Reys and Metropole Orchestra - Rita Reys Sings Antonio Carlos Jobim (1981)
 * Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim (1981)
 * Astrud Gilberto - Jazz Masters 9 (1993)
 * Everything but the Girl - Red Hot + Rio (1996)
 * Chris Connor - I Walk With Music (2002)
 * Jacintha - The Girl From Bossa Nova (2004)
 * Stacey Kent and Jim Tomlinson - The Lyric (2005)
 * Olivia Ong - A Girl Meets Bossa Nova (2005)
 * Theresa Sokyrka - These Old Charms (2005)
 * Karita Mattila - Fever (2007)
 * Art Garfunkel - * Some Enchanted Evening (2007)
 * Queen Latifah - Trav'lin' Light (2007)
 * Woven Hand - Ten Stones (2008)
 * Diana Panton - ...If The Moon Turns Green (2008)
 * Señor Coconut And His Orchestra - Around The World With Señor Coconut And His Orchestra (2008)
 * Diana Krall - Quiet Nights (2009)
 * Andrea Bocelli with Nelly Furtado - Passione (2013)