It was the first time that a song in portuguese was a hit in america and all over the world. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. It was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 2011. A big succes here in europe sergio mendes and his group brasil 66. I found tv footage of this song, stripped out the sound and put the stereo version in. Mendes was not at this meeting, only adler and ahmet ertegun. Some may consider this kitsch, and perhaps it is if you are too young to remember when this was a hit song. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render of the hit trax midi file backing track. Early career the child of a physician in niteroi, brazil, mendes attended the local conservatory with hopes of becoming a classical pianist. Sergio mendes covered the song with his band brasil 66 on their debut album herb alpert presents. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Most of the songs are covers of other popular hits of the day, including numbers originally penned by paul simon or the beatles, but which sound new and fresh in brasil. It is available for download on the itunes store and also streamable on the apple music streaming servive below.
He has released over thirtyfive albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. Classics volume 18, foursider, stillness, equinox, top tracks. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. I first discovered sergio mendes on the real jazz sirius xm radio station. Mendes is married to gracinha leporace who regularly performs vocals for her husband. Mendes is married to the singer gracinha leporace who regularly performs vocals. The greatest hits of sergio mendes and brasil 66 by sergio. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Not all of these were hits indeed, not all of them were singles and they are not representative of the wide range of brazilian material that mendes cut during this period.