At the age of 17, Helô Pinheiro became the inspiration for the song “The Girl from Ipanema” when songwriters Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes saw her walking to the beach in Ipanema, her neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.
This is Astrud Gilberto. She made the song famous. Did you know this is the second most often recorded song in history? EVERYONE has recorded this song, even some people who haven’t. I have this video cued up to where she starts singing in English, but if you move the PLAY bar to start this video at the beginning, you can hear her sing it in her native Portuguese before she shifts into English. Very cool. – Indy
