Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer known for 'The Girl from Impanema,' has died, longtime friend Paul Ricci, confirmed Tuesday. The musician was 83 years old.
Musician Paul Ricci, a family friend, confirmed that she died Monday. He did not provide additional details.
Gilberto became a global star after she made an English cameo in the hit bossa nova song,"The Girl from Ipanema," in 1964.Gilberto was born in Salvador of Bahia, Brazil, and raised in Rio de Janeiro. She became an overnight, unexpected superstar in 1964, thanks to knowing just enough English to be recruited by the makers of"Getz/Gilberto," the classic bossa nova album featuring saxophonist Stan Getz and her then-husband, singer-songwriter-guitarist Joao Gilberto.
The original song was written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, but producers believed the song could reach a bigger audience with Portuguese and English lyrics.Jazz singer Astrud Gilberto poses for a portrait at Birdland on Aug. 19, 1964 in New York. "I begged [my husband] to tell me what it was, but he adamantly refused, and would just say: ‘Wait and see ...’ Later on, while rehearsing with Stan, as they were in the midst of going over the song ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ Joao casually asked me to join in, and sing a chorus in English, after he had just sung the first chorus in Portuguese. So, I did just that," she explained.
"When we were finished performing the song, Joao turned to Stan, and said something like: 'Tomorrow Astrud sing on record… What do you think?' Stan was very receptive, in fact very enthusiastic; he said it was a great idea. The rest, of course, as one would say, ‘is history.’"
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