“The Girl from Ipanema” (“Garota de Ipanema”) was 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 Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes (1913-1980) with English lyrics written later by Norman Gimbel (who in 1984 was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame). The version of the song 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 United States, #29 in the United Kingdom, and charting highly throughout the world. In 2004, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.
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