4-487: Maurício Alberto Kaisermann (born 7 September 1951), better known by his stage name Morris Albert , is a Brazilian singer and songwriter best known for his 1974 single " Feelings ". Albert was born into an Austrian immigrant family. At the beginning of his musical career, he was a member of several bands as a singer and guitarist After the success of the first single "Feel the Sunshine", he recorded his debut album in 1974 under
8-473: The melody as his own, but was later successfully sued by Gasté in 1988, for stealing intellectual property. Morris was defended by William Sheffield in Gasté's lawsuit. Gasté received approximately US$ 500,000 for the plagiarism lawsuit over his melody in the 1957 French movie soundtrack of Le feu aux poudres . Sources: Sources: Feelings (Morris Albert song) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
12-523: The single “Leave me” in the United States. He won 43 gold and 17 platinum albums. In 1978 in the United States, he recorded another hit, "She's My Girl", among several other of his compositions. Albert has four children, three daughters and a son, from three relationships. As of 2004, he was living in Italy. "Feelings" was based on a melody composed by French songwriter Loulou Gasté . Albert originally claimed
16-574: The title Feelings , which reached No. 1 in his homeland and stayed on the charts for half a year. The single " Feelings " was a soft rock hit song and made Albert a one-hit wonder . The ballad reached the top ten U.S. Billboard charts in the summer of 1975, and sold more than 1 million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA on 13 November 1975. "Feelings" made Albert sell more than 160 million records (including singles, albums and compilations) worldwide. Also in 1975 Albert successfully recorded
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