Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz, & João Gilberto The Girl from Ipanema

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Chances are that if you tuned into a top 40 AM radio station during the summer of 1964, you would have heard "The Girl from Ipanema." My upload of the extended version from the Getz/Gilberto album has received over 3 million views. Here is the single release version which was a major hit that summer. "The Girl from Ipanema" ("Garota de Ipanema") written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes and in English by Norman Gimbel was recorded by Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto and Stan Getz, in March 1963. The album Getz/Gilberto, was released in March 1964 on the Verve label. The single version reached number one on the Pop Standard chart and was named Record of the Year in 1965. The album won the 1965 Grammy Awards for Best Album of the Year, Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Individual or Group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The personel are Stan Getz - tenor saxophone, João Gilberto - guitar, vocals, Astrud Gilberto – vocals, Antonio Carlos Jobim - piano, Sebastião Neto – bass, and Milton Banana - drums. I do not own the right to the song, audio, or images contained in this video. The sound recording is administered by UMG. No copyright infringement is intended. The purpose of this upload is for viewer enjoyment and education not for monetary gain.