João Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto: The Girl From Ipanema ( Jobim, de Moraes, 1962)

Al Hirt: The Girl From Ipanema The Girl from Ipanema ( Garota de Ipanema ) was a worldwide hit in the mid1960s that won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes (19131980) with English lyrics written later by Norman Gimbel (who in 1984 was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame). The version of the song performed by A