"The Girl from Ipanema"
("Garota de Ipanema")
is a well-known bossa nova song, a
worldwide hit in the mid-1960s that
won a Grammy for Record of the Year
in 1965. It was written in 1962, with
music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and
Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de
Moraes with English lyrics written later
by Norman Gimbel. It was also
famously sung and played by Jobim in
1965 on the Andy Williams show.
The first commercial recording was in
1962, by Pery Ribeiro. The version
performed by Astrud Gilberto, along
with João Gilberto and Stan Getz, from
the 1964 album Getz/Gilberto, became
an international hit, reaching #5 in the
U.S.,
("Garota de Ipanema")
is a well-known bossa nova song, a
worldwide hit in the mid-1960s that
won a Grammy for Record of the Year
in 1965. It was written in 1962, with
music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and
Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de
Moraes with English lyrics written later
by Norman Gimbel. It was also
famously sung and played by Jobim in
1965 on the Andy Williams show.
The first commercial recording was in
1962, by Pery Ribeiro. The version
performed by Astrud Gilberto, along
with João Gilberto and Stan Getz, from
the 1964 album Getz/Gilberto, became
an international hit, reaching #5 in the
U.S.,