RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil---Satin-voiced Brazilian songstress Astrud Gilberto, who died at 83, shot to fame in the 1960s with "The Girl from Ipanema," the song that did more than any other to export bossa nova to the world.
Here are five fast facts about the late singer's most famous song.
'Garota de Ipanema'
The song---"Garota de Ipanema," in the original Portuguese---was written in 1962 by poet-lyricist Vinicius de Moraes and pianist-composer Tom Jobim.
"Vinicius and Tom," as the duo became known, were regulars at a bar called the Veloso, in the Rio de Janeiro beachside neighborhood of Ipanema.
The song was inspired by a 17-year-old local girl, Heloisa Pinheiro, who wo...
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