Won’t You Be Our Valentine? Five Beautiful Women & Five Beautiful Men / ¿Quieres ser nuestra/o enamorada/o? Cinco bellas mujeres y cinco bellos hombres

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Marvin Gaye (1939-1984)

Marvin Gaye_1970sMarvin Gaye in 1971Marvin Gaye in a live performance

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Don Cheadle (born 1964)

Don Cheadle in 2011Don Cheadle

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James Todd Smith (L. L. Cool J., born 1968)

L. L. Cool J. in 2008L. L. Cool J. in 1986.

John Amaechi (born 1970)

John Amaechi in 2010.

John Amaechi as a basketball player_6 foot 10 and 270 lbs..

Shemar Moore (born 1970)

Shemar MooreShemar Moore when he was still a model_before he began to do TV

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Anna Mae Bullock (Tina Turner, born 1939)

Tina Turner in the 1970s_ photograph copyright Jack RobinsonTina Turner on stage in the early 1970sTina Turner with her signature hairdo from the 1980s

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Alfre Woodard (born 1952)

Alfre Woodard in 1993Alfre Woodard in 2013

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Helen Folasade Adu (Sade, born 1959)

Sade OneSade Two

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Vanessa Williams (born 1963)

Vanessa Williams in the 1990sVanessa Williams in 1988 when her song Dreaming went Number 1 on the R and B charts.

Dana Elaine Owens (Queen Latifah, born 1970)

Dana Elaine Owens a.k.a. Queen Latifah as Matron Mama Morton in the film ChicagoQueen Latifah all decked out

 

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Amor o Libertad: una canción “Soul” de los años 70: “Libre” por Deniece Williams

This is Niecy_1976 debut album by Deniece Williams

Deniece Williams (nacido en 1950)

Libre” (1976)

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Susurrando en su oído,

mi pocón mágica de Amor;

diciéndole que soy sincera

y que no hay nada que es demasiado bueno para nosotros

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Pero – quiero ser libre – libre – libre…

Y tengo que ser yo, sí, yo, sí – yo.

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Manos coqueteandos en su cabeza

dan misterio a nuestras noches;

hay alegría todo el tiempo – ah, ¡como me complace ese hombre!

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Pero – quiero ser libre – libre – libre…

Y tengo que ser yo, sí, yo, sí – yo.

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Sintiéndote cerca de mí

hace sonreír todos mis sentidos;

no desperdiciemos nuestro arrobamiento

porque me quedo aquí solo un ratito

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Y quiero ser libre – libre – libre…

Y tengo que ser yo, sí, yo, ah sí – yo.

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Deniece Williams (born 1950)

Free” (1976)

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Whispering in his ear
My magic potion for love
Telling him I’m sincere
And that there’s nothing too good for us
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But I want to be free, free, free
And I’ve just got to be me yeah, me, me
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Teasing hands on his mind
Give our nights such mystery
Happiness all the time
Oh and how that man pleases me
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But I want to be free, free, free
And I’ve just got to be me, me, me
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Feeling you close to me
Makes all my senses smile
Let’s not waste ecstasy
‘Cause I’ll only be here for a while
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And I’ve got to be free, free, free-eee, ohh-ohh
And I just wanna be me, yeah – me.

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Amor y un alma vieja: “Yendo a la deriva” por Jimi Hendrix

Nancy Reiner_Cover drawing for posthumous Jimi Hendrix album The Cry of Love released in February 1971Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)

Yendo a la deriva” (1970)

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Yendo a la deriva
En un mar de lágrimas olvidadas
En un bote salvavidas
Navegando para
Tu amor: mi hogar.

Ah ah ah…
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Yendo a la deriva
En un mar de antiguas angustias
En un bote salvavidas
Tirando para
Tu amor,

Tirando para

mi hogar.

Ah ah ah oooo ah…

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Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)

Drifting” (1970)

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Drifting
On a sea of forgotten teardrops
On a lifeboat
Sailing for
Your love

Sailing home.

Ah ah ah…
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Drifting
On a sea of old heartbreaks
On a lifeboat
Sailing for
Your love

Sailing home.

Ah ah ah oooo ah…

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