She was tall and tan and young and lovely, just as the classic song she inspired says. But does that mean Helo Pinheiro has the right to use "The Girl From Ipanema" to promote herself? Not according… ...

She was a bossa super-nova. Astrud Gilberto, the bossa nova singer most famous for her recording of “The Girl From Ipanema,” widely viewed as the unofficial cultural anthem of Brazil, has died at age ...

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Astrud Gilberto, whose soft and sexy vocal performance on “The Girl From Ipanema,” the first song she ever recorded, helped make the sway of Brazilian bossa nova a hit sound in the United States in ...

The mascots for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be named 'Tom' and 'Vinicius' after the singer-songwriters who wrote The Girl from Ipanema, organisers said on Sunday. The Olympic mascot ...

In the 1960s, Brazil gave the world the bossa nova, a musical style based on the samba but about 10 times cooler and mellower, if that’s possible. And, amazing as it sounds, a girl from Ipanema really ...

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Tall and tan and young and lovely and now 62 or 63 years old, depending on whom you ask, Heloisa Pinheiro — the woman who inspired “The Girl From Ipanema” — has never made a single centavo off the ...

Hear the new version of the iconic Brazilian song played at the Rio opening ceremony By Judy Cantor-Navas The evergreen bossa nova classic “The Girl From Ipanema” had a boost in current popularity ...

According to the words of the classic Brazilian song of nearly 40 years ago, she was "tall and tan and young and lovely". Today, however, the "Girl from Ipanema" – real name Helen Pinheiro – is a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Helo Pinheiro’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing in the past few weeks. Never mind that she is now 74 and a grandmother of four - the girl ...