steve L wrote:
And background for the recording....
During a recording session in New York with João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz, the idea of cutting an English-language version came up. Norman Gimbel wrote the English lyrics. João's wife, Astrud Gilberto, was the only one of the Brazilians who could speak English well and was chosen to sing. Her voice, without trained singer mannerisms, proved a perfect fit for the song
From Wikipedia......despite ?? heard it for years !!
Arpine Mikaeli Ter-Petrosyan (born September 30, 1990, Yerevan) whose artistic name is Arpi Alto ( Armenian: Արփի Ալտո ), is an Armenian singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. She was born in a family of artists and musicians. Her mother, Anahit Ter Petrosyan, is a German jazz artist.