Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo
Marie Claire D'Ubaldo is an Argentine singer / musician and a prolific songwriter; she has appeared as a guest vocalist on many albums. She had her biggest success with "Falling Into You" which was covered by Celine Dion, who also named her album after the single. Dion's album has sold well in excess of 30 million albums worldwide.
Biography
Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo released her debut album, Marie-Claire in Japan in 1990. Her follow-up Spanish language album, Alma de Barro, was released in 1994, and the English Language version, Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo, was released internationally in the same year. Her biggest personal hit was The Rhythm Is Magic; it went to number 1 in Italy for 5 weeks in the summer was the 4th most air played single of the year and was used in the soundtrack to the Italian film Il Ciclone. The song and album did very well in Italy, Japan, Latin America, Hispanic North America, Austria, Finland, Norway, and Russia. Other songs featured on the album were written with Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, and Tony MooreMarie Claire was signed by creative executive, Dave Massey, to a songwriting agreement at leading independent music publisher, Hit & Run Music Publishing in 1993. D'Ubaldo was a rare instance of a UK based publisher signing a latin-influenced artist / songwriter. Massey's meeting with Annie Rosebery, who was interested in signing Marie Claire, led to the collaboration with Nowels and Steinberg.
At the beginning of 1995, Polydor had closed its US office and Davitt Sigerson, who had signed Marie Claire to the label, had left. According to Tony Moore, 'nobody at Polygram was serious about supporting the album or recording a new one and didn't see "Falling Into You" as a hit, they dropped her'.
Marie-Claire is best known for the single "Falling Into You" which was written and originally performed by Marie Claire, but later covered by Celine Dion; the single was to become the title track for Celine's album. The original backing track recorded by Marie-Claire, along with her own backing vocals, is the version used by Celine. This version was used in the film 'Terminal Velocity'.
During the late 1990s and early millennium, Marie-Claire often performed live in London at The Kashmir Klub and The Bedford, performing the tracks she had written for herself and other artists. In 2002, Marie Claire did the vocals for two songs on the self-titled debut album by Conjure One, Manic Star and Sleep
Discography
Albums
- Marie Claire
- "Highway" 3:42
- "Changing Faces" 5:16
- "The Night Is Always Right" 3:31
- "Time" 4:58
- "Burning Rivers" 4:04
- "I Can Never Believe " 5:01
- "Going Home" 4:10
- "Nothing Left to Hide" 4:38
- "Touch" 3:08
- Alma De Barro
- "La Magia Del Ritmo"
- "Los Ojos De Mi Padre "
- "Y Caigo Un Poco Mas"
- "Nocturna"
- "Heroes De Papel"
- "Hay Un Carnaval"
- "Tanger"
- "Voces"
- "Alma De Barro"
- "A Woman's Love"
- "Donde Estan"
- "Venteveo"
- "The Rhythm Is Magic"
- Marie Claire D’Ubaldo
This is the English-language version of Alma De Barro; whilst both albums share some of the same songs, but both have exclusive new tracks, so both are essential for fans.
- "Rhythm Is Magic"
- "My Father's Eyes"
- "Falling Into You"
- "Rachel"
- "Only Human"
- "Carnival In Heaven"
- "Burning Rivers"
- "No Turning Back"
- "Alma De Barro"
- "Woman's Love"
- "Outside"
- "Venteveo"
- Personnel includes:
- *Marie Claire D'Ubaldo ;
- *John Themis ;
- *Tony Moore ;
- *Andy Reynolds ;
- *Andrew Smith ;
- *Rick Nowels ;
- *Steve Farris ;
- *Mauricio Venegas ;
- *Sid Page ;
- *John Thirkle ;
- *Phil Smith ;
- *Peter Thomas ;
- *David Boruff ;
- *Paul Spong ;
- *Neil Sidwell ;
- *Richard Kottle Bushnell, John Thompson ;
- *Martin "Frosty" Beedle ;
- *Sheila E.
- Producers:
- *Phil Chapman, Frank Musker, Richard Darbyshire ;
- *Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg ;
- *Marie Claire D'Ubaldo ;
- *Davitt Sigerson ;
- *John Themis ;
- *Desmond Child.
- Engineers:
- *Phil Chapman ;
- *Steve MacMillan ;
- *Norman Goodman ;
- *John Beverly Jones, Brian Malouf ;
- *Matthew Gruber.
- All songs written or co-written by Marie Claire D'Ubaldo except "A Woman's Love".
- Songwriting & Duets, Pt. 1
This album has only been released in Italy in December 2009, on the back of the success of the re-recorded 2009 version of Rhythm is Magic.
- "1 Il segreto sta nel ritmo "
- "2 Blue Boy "
- "3 Sueños "
- "4 Roses of Violence"
- "5 Lay Down Your Arms"
- "6 Only One World "
- "7 Don't Suffer"
- "8 The Rhythm Is Magic 2010 "
Singles
- Time - Japanese only release by TEICHIKU Japan, TEDP-2.
- "Time"
- "The Night Is Always Right"
- The Rhythm Is Magic
- The Rhythm Is Magic
- The Rhythm Is Magic
- The Rhythm Is Magic
- The Rhythm Is Magic
- My Fathers Eyes
- My Fathers Eyes 3:52
- My Fathers Eyes 4:46
- Nocturna 3:55
- The Rhythm Is Magic 4:06
- Sleep by Conjure One with Marie Claire as guest vocalist
- Sleep
- Tears From The Moon
- Tears From The Moon
- Sleep
- Sleep
- Sleep
Videos
- "Los Ojos De Mi Padre" English and Spanish versions Directed by Dani Jacobs Filmed in Buenos Aires.
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Guest appearances
- "Falling Into You" by Celine Dion - Marie Claire on backing vocals
- "Manic Star" on the album Conjure One by Conjure One
- "Sleep" on Conjure One by Conjure One
- "Y Dale Algeria A Mi Corazon" with Union (from "World In Union - The Official Album of the Rugby World Cup"
- "Blue boy feat. Laura Critchley"from album Songwriting and duets" label: 1st POP ITALY
Recorded tracks co-written by Marie-Claire
- "Falling into You" by Celine Dion
- "I Have Always Loved You" by Enrique Iglesias
- "I Have Always Loved You" by No Mercy
- "A Prayer For Everyone" by Belinda Carlisle
- "The Consequences Of Falling" by k.d. lang
- "One & One" by Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler
- "Intimacy" by The Corrs
- "Casino Royale" by Sandra
- "Sleep With Me" by Edyta Górniak
- "Above The Clouds" by Amber
- "Yes" by Amber
- "Fearless" by Claire Johnston
- "He'll Come Home" by Rita Kleinstein
- "Carnival In Heaven" by Malandra Burrows
- "Slave To My Feelings" by Pure Sugar
- "Love You Senseless" by Pure Sugar
- "Amor" by Lola Ponce
- "Rozmowa z aniolem" by Magda Femme
- "Human Traffic" by OdD
Published / copyrighted tracks co-written by Marie Claire
- "69 Floors Above The Street"
- "Afterglow"
- "Al oido"
- "Am i mad"
- "Among the many wonders of the..."
- "Another girl"
- "Better late than never"
- "Butterfly"
- "Clementina"
- "Coming from the heart"
- "Confessions"
- "Cry when the night is so old"
- "Devil made me do it"
- "Don’t suffer"
- "El Viajero Fiel"
- "Esmerelda"
- "Even when you cried"
- "For you once upon a time"
- "Free the spirit"
- "Give me one more dance"
- "Half"
- "Heart of you"
- "Heaven help this heart of mine"
- "How long before"
- "I don’t know"
- "I Feel You"
- "I release you"
- "In the land of the blind"
- "Inside my universe"
- "Jackpot"
- "Kiss so light"
- "Lay down your arms"
- "Learn to fly"
- "Let it go"
- "Listen to the rain"
- "Love is breaking my heart"
- "Loving me loving you"
- "Lunatic"
- "Mankind"
- "Mas y mas"
- "Maybe i was mistaken"
- "Mi Heroe"
- "Moment"
- "Mother Russia"
- "Muses Released"
- "My Own"
- "Mystery of Life"
- "Nao Posso"
- "No Words"
- "Nothing"
- "Nuestra Illusion"
- "On The Surface"
- "One Flew West Love Has Strange"
- "Once Last Dream"
- "Once More Dance"
- "Once More For The Dreamers"
- "Only One World"
- "Only Thing I Want"
- "Too Late To Say Goodnight"
- "Totally Insane"
- "Under The Feet"
- "Recuerdo"
- "Salvation"
- "Si"
- "Silent Lullaby"
- "So Little Time"
- "Soy"
- "Taking My Life Back"
- "Talk About love"
- "Tan Solo Una Vez Mas"
- "Tangier Amended"
- "There’s A Tiny Door"
- "Totally Insane"
- "Tout Est Dit"
- "Voice"
- "Void"
- "We Drove Wild"
- "We’re One And The Same"
- "When I Fell"
- "When You Smile"
- "You Can Never Get Enough"