There is great history to this song...one of the most recorded songs in history. The two composers, Jobim & Moraes wrote the song while sitting in a bar near the beach in Ipanema (a suburb of Rio) watching a gorgeous girl walk to the beach. The real girl from Ipanema is Heloisa Pinheiro & is still alive: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helo%C3%ADsa_Pinheiro
Have always loved Bossa-nova! Thumbs up! Guitar, xylophone, snare, piano and saxophone. They went to New York to record this Portuguese song and decided to do an English version. Astrud was the only of them who could speak English so she sang the English.
Tony, GREAT show ! You obviously, are a patient listener of good music. You had a temporary and intense crush, on this song. The dark background in your presentation makes the song, the star of the show. When I was a little boy (early 60s) we visited my aunt in LA. It was cold and raining outside the big glass window of the bakery,, we were in. And people were walking by, bundled up against the wind and rain. And this song was on the little store radio.
That note that arrested you was a perfect demonstration of "desafinado", roughly translated as 'out of tune' or 'off-key'. It's a feature of bossa nova music that I particularly like too. Few singers do it better than Astrud and her then husband João Gilberto, who sang the Portuguese verses at the start.
They had a studio and the female singer no showed. So his wife filled in. She was the only one that spoke English. She probably still lives off of the residuals.
One of the greatest songs ever crafted
For real ❤️
after hearing occasionally for 57? years (my parents had the album), it is still beautiful. thanks.
There is great history to this song...one of the most recorded songs in history. The two composers, Jobim & Moraes wrote the song while sitting in a bar near the beach in Ipanema (a suburb of Rio) watching a gorgeous girl walk to the beach. The real girl from Ipanema is Heloisa Pinheiro & is still alive: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helo%C3%ADsa_Pinheiro
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Have always loved Bossa-nova! Thumbs up! Guitar, xylophone, snare, piano and saxophone. They went to New York to record this Portuguese song and decided to do an English version. Astrud was the only of them who could speak English so she sang the English.
Tony, GREAT show ! You obviously, are a patient listener of good music. You had a temporary and intense crush, on this song. The dark background in your presentation makes the song, the star of the show. When I was a little boy (early 60s) we visited my aunt in LA. It was cold and raining outside the big glass window of the bakery,, we were in. And people were walking by, bundled up against the wind and rain. And this song was on the little store radio.
Thank you! I really do love this song. It's still on my playlist to this day lol
That note that arrested you was a perfect demonstration of "desafinado", roughly translated as 'out of tune' or 'off-key'. It's a feature of bossa nova music that I particularly like too. Few singers do it better than Astrud and her then husband João Gilberto, who sang the Portuguese verses at the start.
This song has been covered by Nat Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra,and Andy Williams, just to name a few.
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Great Brazilian's Bossa Nova songs...!!!
This song won the 1965 Grammy for Song of the Year.
They had a studio and the female singer no showed. So his wife filled in. She was the only one that spoke English. She probably still lives off of the residuals.
That's so cool! Seems she lucked out pretty well! Lol
came out in 64
Astrud didn't speak English, just singing phonetically (?). And Stan Getz, one of the great saxophonists. I loved these guys back in the 60s.
Vão os homens e ficam as vozes dos anjos fuiii
Meet the REAL girl from Ipanema, the actual young woman who inspired the composers to write the song: ua-cam.com/video/ct0kxfEsIqU/v-deo.html
That was. That was. That was. Not elevator music.
Transcendent
1964
He is singing in Portuguese? She is English...
Yes. The singer is João Gilberto, the creator of Bossa Nova.
Te invito a escuchar bossa nova. Lo mejor de lo mejor.
After listening to the song for the past couple months, it has gotten easier to dissect the different variations of the song. I absolutely love it!
She is Brazilian just singing this LOVELY song in english.
@@kentclark6420 os dois são brasileiros nacidos na Bahia e pronto aceita man