Astrud Gilberto DEAD

[VoR]

Brazil's Queen of Bossa Nova



Among her many achievements, she also inspired one of the odder moments in Emma Bunton's solo career.

 

[octophone]

Vinyl fetish Twitter is certainly in mourning.

 

[lolly]

Among her many achievements, she also inspired one of the odder moments in Emma Bunton's solo career.

I'd probably say 'despite' rather than 'among', but yeah.

 

[GNL]

She got paid just $120 for 'The Girl from Ipanema'.

UGH!

The sad story of Astrud Gilberto, the face of bossa nova

Without the 22-year-old’s voice, ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ would not have become the phenomenon it did – but mistreatment, misogyny and lack of compensation wore her down, writes Martin Chilton

www.independent.co.uk

 

[win_the_game]

Genuinely a bit at this one.

 

[octophone]

She got paid just $120 for 'The Girl from Ipanema'.

UGH!

The sad story of Astrud Gilberto, the face of bossa nova

Without the 22-year-old’s voice, ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ would not have become the phenomenon it did – but mistreatment, misogyny and lack of compensation wore her down, writes Martin Chilton

www.independent.co.uk

Typical of the industry both at the time and, indeed, now.

 

[Marina Salty]

RIP

 

[Finn]

I had part of my circumcision to The Girl From Ipanema. It was playing in the operating theatre. I still can't hear it (or - ironically - 'Feeling Good' by Nina Simone, the other song I remember being played) without a shudder.