Short Biography
Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro – December 8, 1994 in New York City), also known as Tom Jobim, was a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. A primary force behind the creation of the bossa nov... Read More...
The Girl from Ipanema - Raleigh News & Observer An American traveler cruises to the Muse Tall and tan and young and lovely and now 62 or 63 years old, depending on whom you ask, Heloisa Pinheiro -- the woman who inspired "The Girl From Ipanema" -- has never made a single centavo off the song. I ...
The goddess of the ocean ... in Toronto - 680 News Toronto - So it's June. I can't believe half a year has already passed since I was on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ... staring at the fireworks exploding above my head on new year's eve. At the bottom of Rio's towering mountains, among ...
