The Girl From Ipanema

Commoner Exec Mr Wilkes · ‎06-29-2016

Astrud Gilberto, whose smooth, buttery vocals helped propel Stan Getz's version of the bossa nova hit to the top of the charts, has passed at 83.

She was 24 and a first time recording artist when this well known version reached Number 1 on Billboard's Easy Listening Chart and peaked at 5 on the Hot 100 in 1964.

Astrud was born in Brazil, but not Ipanema.

skatting44 · ‎07-26-2019

enchanting recording that one never forgets

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

Beautiful voice and wondeful song. At that time, 24 was very much an adult. At least where I come from.

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

One of my father's favorite songs.

4kitties · ‎03-09-2010

Just watched and listened to it on you tube. 💕

“I heard the sound I had to follow”
In Your Wildest Dreams by Justin Hayward

lgfan · ‎10-19-2012

That performance in the picture came out in the movie "Get Yourself a College Girl" with Mary Ann Mobley in 1964.

Witchy Woman · ‎03-15-2010

@Commoner Exec Mr Wilkes

So sorry to hear this. I have several of her CDs in rotation with my other jazz music.

I never get tired of hearing her voice.

She is singing in heaven now

piperbay · ‎04-03-2013

She sang the song "A certain smile, A certain sadness" on the Walter Wanderley album

called Rainforest. He was also from Brazil and that album is fun to play in the summer.

PickyPicky3 · ‎10-22-2018

It's so sad that Astrud was never accepted by the people of Brazil as a legitimate musician. Her husband Joao was beloved, and their divorce and her move to the USA meant she rejected her country at a time it was suffering. The Brazilian press vilified her and the people agreed.

She was always OK by me. RIP.