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15 de feb. de 2022 · Culture Music Features. ‘He made sure that she got nothing’: The sad story of Astrud Gilberto, the face of bossa nova. Without the 22-year-old’s voice, ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ would...
"Garota de Ipanema" (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡaˈɾotɐ dʒipɐ̃ˈnemɐ]), "The Girl from Ipanema", is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz song. It was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes.
6 de jun. de 2023 · Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, who in her 20s recorded “The Girl from Ipanema” and became an international star, has died, according to social media posts from her granddaughter and on...
6 de jun. de 2023 · Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian bossa nova singer best known for The Girl from Ipanema, has died aged 83. One of Brazil's biggest stars of the 1960s and 70s, she recorded 16 albums and worked...
6 de jun. de 2023 · Astrud Gilberto, whose soft and sexy vocal performance on “The Girl From Ipanema,” the first song she ever recorded, helped make the sway of Brazilian bossa nova a hit sound in the...
27 de oct. de 2019 · Though “The Girl from Ipanema” shot 24-year-old Astrud Gilberto to worldwide fame in 1964, the Brazilian singer was overshadowed by another figure in her home country. Instead of idolising...
6 de jun. de 2023 · Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto onstage in 1965. Evening Standard/Getty Images. The singer behind one of the most recorded songs in history has died. With her breathy...
