FILE - Brazilian vocalist Astrud Gilberto poses for a photo in New York on Aug. 20, 1981. Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl ...

The post Astrud Gilberto, “The Girl from Ipanema” Singer, Dead at 83 appeared first on Consequence. Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, best known for her version of the bossa nova classic “The Girl ...

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 ...

Astrud Gilberto, the singer whose beloved recording of "The Girl From Ipanema" is often credited with bringing Brazilian bossa nova to the United States, has died. She was 83. Her granddaughter Sofia ...

Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl from Ipanema” made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83.

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Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on "The Girl from Ipanema" made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age ...