Cantora soul Teena Marie morreu aos 54 anos

A cantora norte-americana soul e R&B Teena Marie morreu no domingo durante o sono, aos 54 anos, em Pasadena, nos Estados Unidos, revelou a imprensa local.
Conhecida como «Lady T» e «Rainha de marfim do soul», Teena Marie foi uma das poucas cantoras brancas a ter êxito e a ser respeitada no soul e R&B, com temas como «I Need Your Lovin`», «Lovergirl».
Teena Marie gravou ainda um tema, «Portuguese Love», com referência a Portugal.
Com Rick James, um dos pioneiros do funk e que Teena Marie considerava um mentor, gravou o álbum «Wild and Peaceful», em 1979, pela mítica editora Motown.
O disco não tinha a sua imagem na capa, o que levou a que muitos na comunidade afro-americana pensassem que fosse negra.
Em 1982 desvinculou-se e processou a Motown, num caso que fez jurisprudência na indústria discográfica, já que a partir do caso de Teena Marie as editoras deixaram de poder manter um artista sem editar música.
Ao longo da carreira, Teena Marie ficou conhecida por outros temas como «I`m a Sucker For Your Love», «Cassanova Brown» e «Fire and Desire», um dueto com Rick James.
Em 2009, depois de uma luta contra a dependência de medicamentos, Teena Marie andou em digressão com o álbum «Congo Square».
De acordo com a polícia, Teena Marie morreu aparentemente de causas naturais, durante o sono.
Diário Digital / Lusa

"Portuguese Love"

Hey, baby, how you doin'
Wow, huh, it's really been a long time
You know
Remember that night
You remember
On a starry winter night in Portugal
Where the ocean kissed the southern shore
There a dream I never thought would come to pass
Came and went like time spent through and hourglass
You made love to me like fire and rain
Ooh, you know you've got to be a hurricane
Killing me with kisses, oh, so subtly
You make love forever, baby
You make love forever
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
You've got to say you love me too
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
I'm gonna give it all to you
Portuguese love
Won't you say it to me, say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love
Won't you say it to me, say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love
Won't you say it to me, say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese
Harbor nights, we made love till the morning star
Then you crooned a song to me on your guitar
Was it so familiar calling soft my name (Teena)
Sunlight dancing slowly through loves window panes
And you made love to me like sugar and spice
Hush my broken heart, this must be paradise
Killing me with kisses, oh, so tenderly
You make love forever, baby
You make love forever
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
You've got to say you love me too
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
I'm gonna give it all to you
Portuguese love
Won't you say it to me, say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love
Won't you say it to me, say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love
Won't you say it to me, say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese
Amore Portuguese
Say you love me, baby
Amore Portuguese
Say you love me, baby
Yo quiero a la ser amor
A feeling too hard to ignore
Say amore Portuguese
You've got to say you love me
You knew that you felt good to me, oh, baby, oh
From the first kiss to the last I'm trembling
You made love to me like no other man
And if you please I'd like to go back there again
Killing me with kisses, oh, so tenderly
You make love like, wee
You make love forever
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
You've got to say you love me too
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
I'm gonna give it all to you
Portuguese love
Won't you say it to me, say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love
Won't you say it to me, say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love
Won't you say it to me, say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love
Amore, amore Portuguese
Aye, say you love me (Portuguese love)
Amore, amore Portuguese
Aye, baby, aye, aye Portuguese love
Amore, amore Portuguese
Say, say, baby, aye, aye, hey, hey (Portuguese love)
Portuguese amore, amore Portuguese
Say, say, say aye, say aye, aye, aye, hee
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Love me
Say you love me
Love, love me (I love you)
Portuguese amore
Say you love me, say, say
Say you love me, baby
You know what I'm sayin', baby
Maybe that will express what I've been going through (I love you)