Astrud Gilberto (née Weinert)
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Astrud Gilberto (née Weinert) 🇧🇷

Astrud Gilberto (Known as "Astrud Gilberto")
["Bossa Nova Singer","Songwriter","Grammy Award Winner","Animal Rights Advocate"]
Born Mar 29, 1940 🇧🇷 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Passed Away Jun 05, 2023 Philadelphia, United States
Lifespan 83 years old
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"Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Ipanema goes walking, and when she passes, each one she passes goes, 'Aah'."

Archival Overview

Brazilian singer whose cool, unadorned, breathy vocals on The Girl from Ipanema introduced bossa nova to the world, winning the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1965 and selling millions of copies.

Biographical Record

Astrud Gilberto (1940–2023) provided the defining, effortless vocal essence of Brazilian bossa nova. Born in Bahia and raised in Rio de Janeiro, she was married to guitarist João Gilberto when she accompanied him to New York in March 1963 for a recording session with jazz saxophonist Stan Getz.

Having never sung professionally, producer Creed Taylor invited her to sing the English lyrics penned by Norman Gimbel for Antônio Carlos Jobim's song \"The Girl from Ipanema\". Her detached, whisper-soft phrasing transformed the track into a sensational worldwide phenomenon, winning the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965 and propelling the album Getz/Gilberto to legendary status.

She embarked on a fruitful solo recording career spanning sixteen albums, singing in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese, establishing herself as an enduring cultural ambassador of Brazilian musical elegance.

Key Life Milestones

1963

Historic Recording of The Girl from Ipanema

Stepped into the studio to sing the English vocal on The Girl from Ipanema, creating one of the most recorded pop songs in history.

1965

Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Became the first Brazilian female artist to win the Grammy for Record of the Year, triumphing over The Beatles and Louis Armstrong.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States
GPS: 40.0150, -75.2400
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