In 1964, "The Girl From Ipanema" put bossa nova on the charts in the U.S. The song was composed by the godfather ... Chuck Loeb. Getz was best man at their wedding. This year, Cuesta and Loeb ...

In March, the Brazilian style of music known as bossa nova made an unexpected appearance ... hard-charging music that’s immensely popular on YouTube. But right now the young American and English ...

A huge number of other musicians have picked up the threads and woven many beautiful songs. Those who carried the torch in Brazil understood that bossa nova's status as a popular music had come to its ...

She was married then to Brazilian singer-songwriter Joao Gilberto, a legendary figure in bossa nova ... Let's look back at some of her best songs, in no particular order, but we have to start ...

which established a soon-to-be-familiar pattern of mixing bossa nova covers and originals with takes on popular English-language songs, including the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends ...

To celebrate the release of Hit Me Hard and Soft, which is made up of ten songs and runs to 44 minutes, here is our pick of Billie Eilish’s best songs ... but Billie Bossa Nova, from Happier ...

The band’s 1967 album “Look Around” set the popular formula of blending original work with bossa nova covers of English-language songs, including the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My ...

will be remembered musically for much more than her best-selling 1963 dance single “Blame It on the Bossa Nova.” The Grammy-winning singer was a staple of late-night and variety TV programs in ...

By Jon Pareles Astrud Gilberto, who died on Monday at 83, brought the first, alluring taste of Brazilian bossa nova to countless ... but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding ...

The dozen songs feature international hits sung in Japanese, French and English. Here's a different sound for Today's Top Tune, "Mayonaka No Bossa Nova" (Midnight Bossa Nova), from 1969. Banner image: ...