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Astrud Gilberto Dies: Brazilian Singer
Of Sultry ‘The Girl From Ipanema’
Bossa Nova Classic Was 83

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Posted By: plomke, 6/6/2023 1:40:07 PM

Born on March 5, 1940, in Salvador, Bahia, and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto was virtually unknown to the wider public when she was recruited by producer Creed Taylor, saxophonist Stan Getz and her then-husband, guitarist Joao Gilberto, and to lend her vocals on two songs for Getz/Gilberto. The album, recorded in 1963, would have a huge impact on the popularization of bossa nova music, in no small measure due to of one of those songs featuring Astrud: “The Girl from Ipanema,” released as a single in 1964, sold more than 5 million copies, reached No. 5 on t

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Now I feel old. RIP sweet thing...

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Reply 1 - Posted by: earlybird 6/6/2023 1:52:06 PM (No. 1486026)
Me, too, OP. How I loved (still love)their special brand of jazz...
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Reply 2 - Posted by: bad-hair 6/6/2023 2:02:31 PM (No. 1486037)
I would hate to have a hit like that. No matter how many other (better) songs you wrote that's all your audience would ever want to hear. Even worse, somebody else wrote it for you. Hey Hey We're The Monkees !!!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: ThreeBadCats3 6/6/2023 2:08:50 PM (No. 1486046)
Along with most every lover of female vocalists and jazz, I loved Astrud Gilberto. (occasional bad hair excluded),. I’ve always resented that the album, on Verve I think, was not as well recorded as it should have been. Sad that she is gone.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Son of Grady 6/6/2023 2:13:23 PM (No. 1486049)
I could always get lost in her singing, what sexy voice. Makes me want to put on an old Alpaca sweater and listen to her music.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Aubreyesque 6/6/2023 3:04:27 PM (No. 1486080)
Oh, dear!! And I was just listening to her music last week!! No pretense, no "show the teeth when you smile for the camera" no "hey look at me Im in your face" - nothing but pure music.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: jar 6/6/2023 3:46:28 PM (No. 1486116)
So sorry she received no money for this recording or any for the song at all.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: jj1319 6/6/2023 4:03:40 PM (No. 1486128)
Wow, the bossa nova girl is gone. So many lovely memories with that music playing. This old chunk of coal can't help being "moved" by her pleasant voice. RIP, sweet lady.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: anniebc 6/6/2023 4:43:07 PM (No. 1486146)
Love that song. The song is timelessly beautiful. Bossa Nova!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Hazymac 6/6/2023 4:44:41 PM (No. 1486148)
Although Astrud Gilberto was not Jobim's actual Girl from Ipanema, for those of us who loved bossa nova music, she was that girl. Through the years she recorded a number of good albums, specializing in the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim. Here is "Agua de Beber" (Water to Drink), Jobim singing backup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0gzsR-40Bw Rest in peace, beautiful lady. We loved what you did.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Hardright 6/6/2023 8:10:54 PM (No. 1486302)
Saw her and Stan Getz in San Francisco, North Beach in 1964. I had to borrow a friends Drivers License to get into the club. . I was under age.. Back then they didn't have your picture on the License. It was worth it. They were great.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: ChattyCatsSusan 6/6/2023 8:38:16 PM (No. 1486325)
Never knew what her name was, but I sure knew and loved this song. She did it so well, and nobody could top her version for me. RIP Astrud, may God enjoy your singing.
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