"Ue o Muite Arukō" (上を向いて歩こう, "I Look Up as I Walk"), alternatively titled "Sukiyaki", is a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961. The song topped the charts in several countries, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.

The song grew to become one of the world's best-selling singles of all time, selling over 13 million copies worldwide.

Sukiyaki (上を向いて歩こう)

Diamond and Streisand each recorded solo versions of the song which were met with moderate success. The roots of the duet version, as chronicled in myriad Streisand and Diamond biographies, as well as Streisand's Just for the Record... box set, revolve around WAKY (AM) Louisville, KY program director, Gary Guthrie, who spliced the two solo tracks together as a going-away present to his wife, Becky, whom he was in the process of divorcing. Guthrie's spliced-together duet version first aired on WAKY on May 24, 1978.

You Don't Bring Me Flowers (duet with Célia Jones)

"One Day at a Time" is a popular Country and Western-style Christian song written by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson. It has been recorded by over 200 artists and has reached No.1 in several territories. Scottish singer Lena Martell had a UK Singles Chart number one with her version in 1979.

One Day at a Time Sweet Jesus

The Kenny Rogers and Dottie West recording of this 1971 song was included on four albums: Classics in 1979 selling over 2,000,000 copies; Duets in 1984 selling over 1,000,000 copies; 42 Ultimate Hits in 2004 selling over 500,000 copies and 21 Number Ones in 2006 selling over 500,000 copies.  This is my cover of that duet featuring the great Brazilian songstress Celia Jones.

All I Ever Need is You (duet with Célia Jones)

"Welcome to My World" is a popular music standard written by Ray Winkler and John Hathcock and recorded by many artists, most notably Jim Reeves in 1963.  A traditional love song, the bridge includes lyrics taken from Matthew 7:7–8 ("Knock and the door will open; seek and you will find; ask and you'll be given ... ," from the Sermon on the Mount).

Welcome to My World

"Happy Trails" is a song by Roy Rogers and his wife Dale Evans, known as the theme song for the 1940s and 1950s radio program and the 1950s television show in which they starred. It was written by Evans and always sung by the duo over the end credits of those programs.

Happy Trails

"Crying" is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson for Orbison's third studio album of the same name (1962). Released in 1961, it was a number 2 hit in the US for Orbison and was covered in 1978 by Don McLean, whose version went to number 1 in the UK in 1980. Dave Marsh calls the song a "rock-bolero" with "blaring strings, hammered tympani, a ghostly chorus, the gentle strum of a guitar, and a hint of marimba"

Crying (Roy Orbison cover)

"Islands in the Stream" was written by the Bee Gees and recorded by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers' fifteenth studio album "Eyes That See in the Dark". The Bee Gees released a live version in 1998 and a studio version in 2001.

Islands in the Stream (duet with Lenna Pablo)

"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" is a song written by Gerry Marsden, Freddie Marsden, Les Chadwick and Les Maguire, the members of British beat group Gerry and the Pacemakers. It was first recorded and issued as a single by Louise Cordet in February 1964. Shortly after Cordet's version failed to chart, the song was recorded by Gerry and The Pacemakers themselves in April 1964. The Gerry and The Pacemakers recording became an international hit, and remains one of their best known singles.

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

The lyrics of "Santa Lucia" (1849) celebrate the picturesque waterfront district of Naples (Napoli), Borgo Santa Lucia, in the Gulf of Naples, with an invitation (sales pitch) from a boatman to take a ride in his boat to better enjoy the cool evening. It is sung in its tradition Neapolitan language, through there is also a version in Italian.

Santa Lucia

The theme song from the 1962 Italian film, with instrumentation by a very talented trio of Rio de Janeiro Bossa Nova musicians.

Sukiyaki (上を向いて歩こう)

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