Rio de
Janeiro - Girl from Ipanema lyrics "Girl
from Ipanema" / "Garôta de Ipanema," was composed 1962 by
Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics in Portuguese by Vinícius
de Moraes.
"Girl
from Ipanema" / "Garôta de Ipanema," was composed 1962 by
Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics in Portuguese by Vinícius
de Moraes. (Norman Gimbel wrote the English lyrics.) It was
first recorded in 1962 by Pery Ribeiro. A 1964 recording
became an American hit. That recording, sung by Astrud
Gilberto in English and in Portuguese by João Gilberto, with
João Gilberto on guitar, Stan Getz on saxophone, and the
composer, Antonio Carlos Jobim, on piano, appeared on the
1964 album Getz/Gilberto, which introduced Bossa Nova to
audiences worldwide.
