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The Latin music community is mourning the loss of a legend. Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, known for her hit song, "The Girl From Ipanema," has died. She was 83. The news was confirmed on ...
'The Girl From Ipanema' made Astrud Gilberto the worldwide voice of bossa nova. The Brazilian singer and songwriter died Monday at 83.
In 1964, Gilberto appeared in the films Get Yourself a College Girl and The Hanged Man. Her first solo album was The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965). Upon moving to the United States, she went on tour with Getz. [12] Beginning as a singer of bossa nova and American jazz standards, Gilberto started to record her own songs in the 1970s.
Brazilian vocalist; sang "The Girl from Ipanema" 83: June 5, 2023: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Undisclosed [141] Tony McPhee The Groundhogs: 79: June 6, 2023: Complications from fall and stroke [142] Peter Belli Danish singer: 79: June 8, 2023: Undisclosed [143] Jack Earls Rockabilly singer and guitarist: 90: June 12, 2023: Madison Heights ...
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"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.
Astrud Gilberto, 83, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer ("The Girl from Ipanema"), Grammy winner . [82] Robert Hanssen, 79, American FBI agent and convicted spy, colon cancer. [83] Jimmy Hotz, 69, American inventor and record producer, heart attack. [84]
The song that is widely held to be the second most-covered song of all time — after the Beatles’ “Yesterday” — is “The Girl From Ipanema,” aka “Garota de Ipanema,” whose ...