Astrud Gilberto, 'The Girl from Ipanema' singer, dead at 83
foxnews.comAstrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, has died at the age of 83. 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.
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