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Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto (Portuguese: [asˈtɾud ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert; March 29, 1940 – June 5, 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter. She gained international attention in the mid-1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema".

Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Evangelina Weinert

(1940-03-29)March 29, 1940
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

June 5, 2023(2023-06-05) (aged 83)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • artist

1963–2002

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(m. 1959⁠–⁠1964)​

Nicholas LaSorsa (1960s–1980s)

astrudgilberto.com

Castro, Ruy. 2000. (published in English in 2003)

Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World

Il popolo del samba, La vicenda e i protagonisti della storia della musica popolare brasiliana, Preface by Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Introduction by Gianni Minà, RAI-ERI, Rome, 2005, ISBN 8839713484

De Stefano, Gildo

Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile, Preface by Chico Buarque, Introduction by Gianni Minà, Logisma Editore, Firenze, 2017, ISBN 978-88-97530-88-6

De Stefano, Gildo

Official website

by Joey Sweeney, Philadelphia Weekly, 5 June 2002. (Archived at Wayback Machine.)

"Desperately Seeking Astrud Gilberto"

at IMDb

Astrud Gilberto

discography at Discogs

Astrud Gilberto

at YouTube

Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz – The Girl From Ipanema